Manager People and Culture (HR Strategies and Payroll)

at  The National Museum of Australia

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential/Desired: We are seeking a candidate with over 5 years of experience in Human Resources (HR), ideally including at least 2 years focused on Employee Relations and with relevant team management experience. Specifically, we value expertise in management and providing HR advice, and handling HR reporting tasks of varying complexity.
The candidate will also have demonstrated expertise in managing a range of HR strategies including learning and development and workforce planning. They’ll be skilled at delivering innovative solutions to enhance the employee experience throughout the employee life cycle. Their experience should extend to working across multi-functional stakeholder groups, ensuring effective collaboration. Additionally, familiarity with the Aurion system (desired) will be advantageous. Time management, collaborative communication, and direct management of less experienced team members are also essential skills.
Attributes: The ideal HR professional will possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills, actively seek improvement opportunities, and effectively coach and manage team performance. They’ll think broadly, uphold professional standards, pay attention to detail, and handle sensitive information with confidentiality. As a proud HR professional, they’ll contribute to building a positive workplace culture.
Qualifications in Human Resources or related field would be beneficial.

ROLE PURPOSE

The Manager, People and Culture (HR Strategies and Payroll) will be an enthusiastic people leader who shares our commitment to a strong and best practice HR culture. As the Executive Level 1 leader within People and Culture (P&C) you’ll gain operational exposure within our small agency, focusing on HR strategic operations and planning.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborating closely with other P&C Managers, your responsibilities will be multifaceted and include:

• Senior Employee Relations Advice: You’ll provide expert guidance on employee conditions and entitlements, ensuring fair and effective solutions.
• Orchestrating Strategic Workforce Initiatives, fostering engagement, and cultivating outcome-driven partnerships.
• Developing Learning and Development Tactics to enhance staff competencies.
• Coordinating HR Policy Frameworks to ensure organisational compliance.
• Managing Industrial Relations, including the oversight of Enterprise Bargaining processes.
• Facilitating Dispute Resolution in accordance with the Code of Conduct and escalated performance management issues.
• Analysing HR Data (apart from recruitment & WHS) to inform strategic decisions.
• Supervising Payroll Operations and the execution of shared services.
• Leading Employee Engagement through active consultation and managing Human Resources Committees, including the Workplace Consultative Committee (WCC) and the RAP working group (RAPWG).

Additionally, you will manage a small team, working in partnership with executives, managers, and employees to provide quality, best practice HR advice. Your support will be instrumental in building innovative and streamlined HR processes that strengthens the Museum’s capability and overall performance. In our small team, you’ll also have the chance to contribute to other areas of HR, including performance management and diversity and inclusion efforts.