HR Business Partner (Multiple)

CitiPower and Powercor are seeking two HR Business Partners for max term roles (7-12 months) in Melbourne, VIC. The positions offer a hybrid work environment, focusing on employee relations, coaching, and supporting HR programs across the employment lifecycle. Successful candidates will build relationships with leadership, influence change, and promote an inclusive workplace culture. A tertiary qualification in HR and experience in a senior HR role are required.
• Work for an industry leader that is renowned for innovation
• Hybrid work environment
• Two max term roles available (7-12 months)

About us:

At CitiPower, Powercor and United Energy, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 2 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people.

We believe in an inclusive, welcoming workplace where everyone feels safe, valued and respected. From offering great benefits to creating real opportunities for growth, we’re committed to supporting you, your career and wellbeing. It’s why our people stick around, whether you live in the city or across regional and rural Victoria, we’re doing the work where it matters most - right in your own community.

As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand.

If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the role:

We have an opportunity for two experienced HR Business Partners to join our team for either a 7 or 12-month max term position, based out of our Market Street head office (with hybrid working available).

As a HR Business Partner, you’ll build trusting relationships and collaborate across your designated business units to provide employee relations counsel and coaching, along with supporting with all cyclical programs of work across the employment lifecycle and partnering with leadership teams on their people strategies across talent and performance.

The role requires someone who is able to provide high quality and measured advice, who is savvy and commercial, and who cares about fostering a workplace culture of equity and inclusion.

What you’ll deliver:
• Demonstrate consistent HR partnership, thought leadership and ensure the timely delivery of the full range of HR support.
• Build effective stakeholder relationships across the organisation, including senior leadership, with the ability to influence at all levels, and to introduce positive change based on your technical skills and credibility.
• Lead employee relations cases through to their resolution.
• Take active steps to uplift management capability in their leadership of teams, including challenging conversations and coaching
• Work with leadership teams to succession plan, whilst also ensuring that plans are in place to facilitate the retention of key talent.
• Optimise organisational design, so the business can realise its strategic objectives, including its inclusion and diversity goals.
• Support cyclical people related programs of work, such as key talent and development planning, annual performance reviews, the remuneration review process, and our employee opinion survey and action planning.
• Lead and/or contribute to programs of work as assigned, which may cover a wide variety of HR topics such as policy development, or procedure writing, and drive productivity improvements that enable the HRBP team to delight business stakeholders.

To succeed in the role, you’ll have:
• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources, or a related discipline.
• Experience in a senior HR role, influencing a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Detailed working knowledge of the Fair Work Act.
• Sound leadership skills ideally gained within a partnering role.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively at all levels, to handle sensitive and confidential matters with discretion, and exercise sound judgement and problem solving capabilities.
• The ability to make informed decisions to improve service delivery, processes and capability.
• Commercially astute; able to prepare business cases for executive review.
• Knowledge of industry leading HR practice, models and solutions.

Your career with us:

We have a diversity of teams across our business, all contributing to great customer and community outcomes. Our people are our most important asset, and we continually invest in nurturing their capability. We proudly strive to provide a safe, inclusive and sustainable environment where all our people feel respected, valued and supported to bring their whole selves to work and be the best they can be.

With an embedded Inclusion & Diversity Strategy and initiatives like our Women in Power networking group, and Sparkle, our LGBTIQ+ allies pride network, we’re committed to equal opportunities for all employees. We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for all women. Click here for more information on how we create and support a diverse and equitable workplace.

Understand how our benefits can support you. We offer a health and wellbeing subsidy (up to $600 per year), paid parental leave of up to 15 weeks for the primary carer, and more.

What’s next?

If you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily check every box, or would like to discuss a different or flexible way of working, please still get in touch with us at careers@powercor.com.au

Please submit your application via our Careers website by 30 March 2025. For the full Position Description, please reach out to Luke Castro from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au

We encourage applications from all communities; people of all ages, nationalities, abilities and cultures, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI+ community and people living with disability.

If you require adjustments as part of the recruitment process to accommodate your needs, please don’t hesitate to discuss these with us.

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We work hard to ensure our organisation is inclusive and diverse. This means everyone can feel valued, trusted, authentic and safe at work.