Role: Human Resources Business Partner

Location: Sydney, Alexandria (Hybrid working) at least one day per week in the office

Employment Type: Full time, permanent employment

With 15,000 Goodstart team members across 661 centres nurturing 63,600 children, we’re Australia's largest provider of early learning and care. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families. From our centre teams to our support teams, we work together to make a real difference for children in those crucial early years.

Goodstart are currently seeking a HR Business Partner (internal title is People Specialist) to work across National and State Portfolio’s supporting leaders as part of the state based Senior Leadership Team, as well as working within the National P & C team on initiatives that support our people plan.

Your Impact:

As part of the National People & Culture team you will lead and drive the achievement of desired business objectives through expert knowledge of, and commitment to, developing and implementing effective, fit for purpose national and state people solutions, aligned with Goodstart’s strategies, policies and procedures.

Working with senior leaders in NSW and ACT and reporting to the Head of People, this role will act as a strategic and trusted advisor by developing a deep understanding of the business so as to support the achievement of our strategic people plan. 

You’ll help achieve this by  

To be successful in this role, you will bring solid HR business partnering experience and the ability to develop and implement our people strategy across diverse teams, particularly with regards to talent, capability and leadership. You will also have experience in employment relations, change management and/or project management experience and have a proven capacity to operate both strategically and operationally.

You will be highly influential in driving change, not just within the HR function but across the whole organization. You will also have a track record of delivering high quality outcomes to enable business and team excellence and be a respected professional with the ability to influence stakeholders on all levels.

What Goodstart can offer you:

• Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
• Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
• Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
• Exclusive discounts on travel, Apple and Dell products, and more.
• Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
• Be a part of a team and work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging, inclusion and purpose
• Security and stability - as Australia’s largest provider of early learning and care and a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia’s children and their families

You’ll bring to the table:

• Have a bachelor’s degree in a HR/Business or relevant discipline
• Be adept at translating HR and organisational theory into pragmatic, fit for purpose, practice.
• Have analytical and commercial skills to identify insights and actions from people and business metrics and engagement results.
• Thrive on complexity, ambiguity, and be able to multi-task.
• Have a systems lens, able to see how the separate elements fit together within HR and across the wider organisation and work effectively as a member of virtual functional and cross-functional teams.
• Be able to focus on priorities, using sound judgement to determine where to apply your efforts for greatest impact.
• Be adaptable and able to work in an environment that has periods of high activity (fast paced) and competing demands.

How to apply

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We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process.

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all positions.

Have a question?  Contact our Talent Acquisition Team via email alee@goodstart.org.au   

Agencies:  Whilst we appreciate your interest, we are confident we can find a great candidate without external support

Supporting our people and protecting our children

We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.

Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check.

Posting Notes: ALEXANDRIA, SYDNEY || NSW || Australia (AU) || | || No Early Childhood Qualification || Full-Time