Senior People & Culture Business Partner

at  Victorian Planning Authority

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Senior People & Culture Business Partner to join the People & Performance Group.

The People and Culture team are responsible for all People and Culture initiatives across the business. Our key focus is the delivery of our 2021 - 2024 People and Culture Strategy, which has five areas of focus to drive organisational capability, culture, and performance:

• Great Culture and Careers
• Inclusion, Diversity, Belonging and Equity
• Capability and Performance
• Health, Safety and Wellbeing
• Systems and Support

The Senior People & Culture Business Partner provides a high-level of support and coordination across the P&C activities of the employee lifecycle, including recruitment and selection, onboarding & offboarding, employee relations, performance review processes, OHS coordination, learning and development, employee engagement, and diversity & inclusion. They will demonstrate experience and confidence in decision-making, an ability to problem solve, strong skills in managing stakeholders at all levels, solid operational efficiencies, and emerging leadership skills in project management and strategic thinking.
All key selection criteria can be found in the position description which is located under the attachments heading on the Victorian Government Careers website.
How to Apply
To find out more about this opportunity, click the ‘Apply Now’ button. As part of your application you are required to attach a resume and covering letter demonstrating that you meet the key selection criteria found in the Position Description.
For queries relating to this role please email Kristen.gameau@vpa.vic.gov.au
What We Offer

In addition to working in an inclusive and supportive team environment, our employees also enjoy benefits, such as:

• competitive salaries
• opportunities for flexible working arrangements to support work/life balance
• salary packaging of superannuation and leave loading
• generous leave entitlements, including the opportunity to purchase up to an additional eight weeks’ leave per annum
• an annual performance and development scheme, with performance-based salary increases
• health and well-being initiatives such as fruit box and flu vaccination
• free access to the VPA’s Employee Assistance Program, which provides personal and confidential counselling support on personal and work-related issues
• end of trip facilities which include bike storage and showers to support those wishing to use non-motorised forms of travel.

Important Information about your application
The VPA believes in diversity and equality and we are committed to ensuring that our workplace is reflective of the Victorian community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.
We will offer reasonable adjustments for persons with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment as part of our commitment to build an inclusive workplace that supports everyone being fully integrated and valued for their contribution.
Applications for this position close at 11.59 pm on Sunday 14 July 2024

• Great Culture and Careers
• Inclusion, Diversity, Belonging and Equity
• Capability and Performance
• Health, Safety and Wellbeing
• Systems and Suppor