People Support Business Partner
Join the award-winning organisation that is shaping the future of Lake Macquarie City through a focus on people, innovation, community and service.
Summary about this job
Consulting & Generalist HR
Company: Forsythes Recruitment
Location: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-2-5123-8767
Fax: +61-2-9456-5080
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Detail information about job People Support Business Partner. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Share your passion for people, culture and leadership development in this senior
- Collaborative and progressive activity-based work environment
- Newly created 12 month contract role
The Organisation
Lake Macquarie is a growing, thriving regional City located on the beautiful eastern coast of Australia between Newcastle and Sydney, with a lake at its heart encircled by distinctive towns and villages.
Lake Macquarie City Council is a modern, progressive organisation that is responsive to change and contributes to a fairer society. The organisation employs more than 1,000 people across an extensive range of professions and is committed to transforming the way key services are delivered to the community by supporting innovation, utilising technology and nurturing collaboration.
Lake Macquarie City Council is currently undertaking a program of change and renewal to ensure that the organisation and the City continues to have high calibre, innovative employees, dedicated to providing high quality service to the community.
The Opportunity
To support this organisational improvement strategy, Council is seeking an experienced HR professional to join the organisation. This newly created role forms part of a project team working closely with the leaders across the organisation.
The role of People Support Business Partner is a senior position within the team and will be responsible for supporting and facilitating the transition of the organisation to an activity based workplace, providing specialist operational and strategic advice and support in relation to employee and industrial relations matters, and mentoring other members of the team and across the organisation in relation to best practice people, culture and leadership.
Specifically, this person will develop partnerships with business units and gain an in-depth understanding of business objectives in order to achieve organisational performance goals in an environment that is focused, agile and high-performing.
This is a 12 month full time contract appointment based in Lake Macquarie.
You
Our ideal candidate will offer relevant technical experience and qualifications, and a genuine appreciation for the values of the organisation in achieving Council and community goals.
You will be an innovative and customer-focused individual who thrives in an environment that is modern, progressive and responsive to change; and you will offer a collaborative approach, excellent communication skills, and a shared passion for the vision of the City of Lake Macquarie.
When describing your change management experience you will tell an engaging story of how you have influenced people and organisational culture to realise strategic objectives in a complex environment.
You will be motivated by the opportunity to invest in a community-minded organisation and committed to playing your part as an innovative partner in the journey that the Council is embarking on.
Next Steps
Applications close Wednesday, 25 July 2018. Please click ‘Apply’ to submit your resume and cover letter and be considered for this opportunity prior to this date. For more details, please contact Nicola Scott on 0437 731 508.