Role: People Partner - Employee Relations

Location: Murarrie, QLD

Employment Type: Full-time 6 months Fixed term 

At Goodstart, we're not just Australia's largest provider of early learning and care – we're a passionate community of 15,000 team members across more than 660 centres, dedicated to nurturing over 60,000 children every day. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, our mission is to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families.

Join our team as a People Partner - Employee Relations!

In this vital role, you'll act as the first point of contact for employee and leader enquiries related to people matters. Leveraging your broad generalist HR knowledge, you will provided high quality, tailored and humanised case management across all people related matters to deliver an Amazing Goodstart Experience aligned to Goodstart strategic objectives.

Be a part of making a difference with Goodstart!

Your Impact:

• Provides on-demand advice and coaching on engagement, retention, and performance matters.
• Delivers practical, risk-aware guidance on both routine and complex people issues, including case management.
• Offers expert advice on policies, agreements, and employment legislation, ensuring correct interpretation and application.
• Promotes organisational values and coaches leaders to foster a positive, high-performing culture.
• Supports performance management, including disciplinary and grievance processes, ensuring compliance.
• Collaborates with specialists and teams to align practices with legislation and organisational standards.
• Recommends and improves policies, procedures, and people practices to enhance employee experience.
• Drives a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, respect, and accountability.

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 (as agreed with line manager).
• Not-For-Profit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay
• Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%).
• Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA.
• Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.
• Free annual flu shot(optional).
• Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance.
• First Nations Support and Cultural Leave.
• Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes.

You’ll bring to the table:

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Employee Relations, Law, or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated customer service mindset that keeps the customer at the center of what you do
• Highly efficient with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Experience working in a fast paced and high-volume environment
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adjust style to meet audience requirements
• Flexible and able to operate in a dynamic environment
• Generalist experience across elements of the employee lifecycle
• Current working with children check for paid employment

How to apply

Click ‘Apply Now’ and submit your application.

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 – for further information and support, email deadlycareers@goodstart.org.au

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

If you are a placement agency or external recruiter, please refrain from submitting resumes to Goodstart unless you have a signed staffing agency agreement with us. Goodstart will not be responsible for or pay any placement fees for candidates submitted by agencies that are not approved suppliers. Any resumes received from agencies or external recruiters without an agreement will be reviewed by Goodstart and may be shared with our internal recruiting team for their reference

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: MURARRIE, BRISBANE || QLD || Australia (AU) || | || No Early Childhood Qualification || Full-Time