Senior HR Advisor

Date: 16 Jun 2026

Location: Brisbane, Queensland, AU, 4172

Company: Healius

Job Reference 20908

Why You Will Be Excited About This Role

At Healius, we all have one thing in common, we are passionate about making a difference to the health of Australians. And right now it's an exciting time to join us.

As a Senior HR Advisor, you will be an integral part of our People & Culture team, working alongside our leaders to create and implement organisation-wide people and culture strategies.

You will be partnering with leaders in Healius’ Pathology division, offering expert coaching and support to drive engagement, performance, and growth.


About Us

Healius employs 8,000+ passionate people, with an expansive network of over 100 medical laboratories and 2000 patient collection centres operating across metropolitan, regional and remote Australia. We provide 1 in every 3 pathology services in Australia, extending from exclusively servicing some of Australia’s largest and most complex private and public hospitals, to small Indigenous Australian communities. This means that you will be working with purpose whilst being a part of a business big enough to offer interstate mobility, job security and opportunities to fulfill your career ambitions.

 

What You Will Be Doing

As a Senior HR Advisor, you will help deliver outcomes for the National Customer & Commercial pillar, based in Brisbane. You will be reporting to the National People & Culture Manager, Customer & Commercial, as well as working with the boarder national People & Culture team members and leadership.

Your role will be varied with a broad mix of strategic & hands on work and will involve remote travel to regional sites to support and coach leaders and senior employees in the Customer & Commercial division.

 

Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Partnering with people leaders to drive the people agenda for the customer and commercial pillar aligned with business goals.
  • Building strong relationships and partner with the functions Leadership Team to develop and deliver our People Plan that supports the successful implementation of our Business Strategy
  • Execute and support change management initiatives, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Driving the Talent and succession management process and coaching for outcomes against this agenda.
  • Championing employee engagement and wellbeing programs that enhance the work environment.
  • Lifting leadership capability and culture to drive a high-performance culture and engagement including building capability and leading and coaching around our performance development framework.

 

What Type of Person Will Be Successful

To be successful in this role, you will welcome variety as well as have a passion for ‘hands on’ and coaching managers. You will be able to communicate with senior stakeholders and influence positive behaviours. We believe everyone leads, no matter what role they are in. Our ways of leading are the behaviours that we expect our people to embody and are: Customer Focused, Accountable, Collaborative, Credible & Resourceful.

 

These are the type of attributes & skills you would possess:

  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills across all levels with the ability to drive projects with stakeholders
  • Tertiary qualification in human resources, organisational behaviour, or a related discipline
  • At least 4 years of generalist HR partnering experience in a progressive environment
  • Strong proficiency in HR disciplines, e.g. workforce/organisation planning, employee/ industrial relations, training, compensation and recruitment, with solid knowledge of HR practices, standards and statutory requirement
  • Demonstrated IR/ER experience of dispute management, risk mitigation and EBA negotiation.
  • Ability to adjust rapidly to new situations, and to coach others adapt to change.
  • Strong commercial orientation; understanding of business operations, products and services
  • Strong problem solving and planning skills. High outcome orientation and drive as well as thorough understanding of business execution needs.
  • You can read and extract data and help deliver people plans

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Benefits, Perks and Wellbeing

As part of working for Healius, you will have access to a range of benefits & perks including:

Benefits platform - Reduce the impact of the cost of living with everyday savings with 500+ of Australia's most-loved brands, (from the weekly grocery shop to premium perks like holidays).

Fitness Passport – Access top fitness centres across Australia at a subsidised rate

Corporate health insurance discounts, banking benefits and novated leasing packaging

An e-learning platform with access to a library of courses and learning paths

An Employee Assistance Program (EAP) dedicated to employee health and wellbeing provided by professional coaches

 

Our Commitment to Diversity And Inclusion

Healius is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We seek to recruit from diverse applicants and create teams with skills, perspectives and experiences that complement each other at work. We welcome suitably qualified applicants regardless of age, ethnicity, socio-cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

Healius is committed to supporting Veteran Employment - Veterans and candidates with Australian Defence Force (ADF) experience are encouraged to apply.

 

How To Apply

To apply, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button to complete and submit the application form on our careers site. 

To view more opportunities, visit our careers site at careers.healius.com.au and follow us on LinkedIn. You can also keep up to date with future opportunities by joining our talent community.

Healius is committed to responding to every applicant, regardless of outcome. Timeframes may vary depending on the role and volume of applications.