Business Partner – People & Culture
Are you someone that thrives in a purpose-driven environment? Forensicare have an exciting opportunity for a Business Partner to join Victoria’s leading Forensic Mental Health service!
Grade: HS7
Location: Thomas Embling Hospital
12-month fixed term - Full time
$122,106 + super + salary packing + benefits
(new EA Is imminent and salary subject to change)
At Forensicare, we work at the intersection of mental health and justice, delivering specialised services across inpatient, community and secure environments.
In this role you’ll be embedded as a key partner to our hospital directorate. You’ll operate within a hybrid Business Partnering model, combining strategic people partnering with a strong focus on workplace relations and case management. You will spend a significant proportion of your time supporting leaders through complex employee matters, while also partnering more broadly on workforce planning, capability uplift and organisational change. Preventative interventions, manager capability development and coaching are a critical strategic component of the role, aimed at reducing risk, lifting confidence and resolving issues earlier. As such, this opportunity will particularly suit candidates with a solid workplace relations foundation who enjoy hands on case management and can confidently translate that expertise into pragmatic, trusted advice for operational leaders in a complex, high risk environment.
What You’ll Do
As a trusted P&C Business Partner, you’ll be the first call for leaders seeking practical, confident advice.
You will:
- Provide expert guidance on complex people matters, applying industrial instruments, legislation and policy consistently.
- Coach leaders across Prisons operations to build capability, manage risk and resolve issues early.
- Support the design, review and maintenance of PDs aligned to capability frameworks and workforce demand.
- Bring P&C insight to organisational reform, change planning and workforce transitions.
- Strengthen relationships across the Prisons directorate to ensure coordinated, high quality P&C service delivery.
- Drive compliance, quality and continuous improvement across P&C systems and processes.
- Champion psychologically safe, inclusive and values aligned practices throughout the Prisons workforce.
You’ll operate with strong judgement and autonomy, triaging matters to P&C specialists where required to ensure a seamless employee experience.
About You
You’re an experienced P&C generalist who thrives on complexity and partnership.
You will bring:
- Tertiary qualifications in HR/ER/Business or equivalent experience.
- Strong experience interpreting industrial agreements and employment legislation.
- Demonstrated capability advising on sensitive and complex people matters.
- Excellent influencing, communication and relationship building skills.
- Ability to balance competing priorities and operate confidently in fast paced environments.
- A values driven, solutions focused mindset with high professional integrity.
- Experience in healthcare or other complex, regulated settings (desirable).
To view the full position description, please view here
Applications will be reviewed and interviewed as received, and may closer earlier than indicated.
Eligibility
- Influenza and Immunisation Evidence
- This position is subject to a Police Check
Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Forensicare promotes our guiding principles of RESPONSIVENESS, INTEGRITY, IMPARTIALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, LEADERSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.
