People & Culture Business Partner

Job Reference: 20571 

Why You’ll Be Excited About This Role

At Healius, we all have one thing in common: we’re passionate about making a difference to the health of Australians. Right now, it’s an exciting time to join us as we transform into a stronger, more agile organisation focused on excellent customer and patient experiences, smarter ways of working, and providing a great place to work.

This role offers the opportunity to influence people and culture outcomes within a large, complex and purpose‑led healthcare organisation at a time of meaningful transformation. You’ll partner with senior leaders, operate as a trusted advisor, and contribute to change and continuous improvement initiatives that support leadership and workforce capability and enhance the overall employee experience.

About Us 

Healius has an expansive network of over 80 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 in a business large enough to offer you job stability & security, interstate mobility and the opportunity to fulfil your career ambitions.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting into the People & Culture Manager, you’ll partner with leaders across the business to deliver practical, commercial and people-centred solutions across the employee lifecycle.

Key responsibilities include:

• Partner with senior leaders to drive the strategic people agenda aligned to business goals and organisational priorities
• Build strong, trusted relationships with leadership teams to develop and deliver people plans that support strategy execution
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing practical advice and support across all people and culture matters
• Lead and support workforce planning, leadership capability uplift, performance, talent and succession planning activities
• Drive change management initiatives and continuous improvement to embed effective ways of working
• Champion employee engagement, wellbeing and culture initiatives that enhance performance and retention
• Provide employee and industrial relations advice, interpret legislation and agreements, and ensure compliance with policies and regulatory requirements

What Type of Person Will Be Successful

To be successful in this role, you will be an experienced People & Culture professional with demonstrated business partnering experience in a large organisation. You are comfortable advising leaders on people, performance, workforce and change matters, and applying legislation, policy and people data to support sound decision‑making.

You will ideally bring:

• Demonstrated experience in a People & Culture / HR role with a strong focus on business partnering
• Experience supporting leaders with performance management, workforce planning, talent and change initiatives
• Proven ability to coach and influence leaders, and constructively challenge where required
• Strong employee relations and industrial relations experience, including interpretation of legislation and agreements
• Sound working knowledge of the Fair Work Act and relevant employment legislation
• Ability to analyse people data and metrics to inform recommendations and measure impact
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively across a range of stakeholders
• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business, Psychology or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)

We believe everyone leads, no matter what role they are in. Our ways of leading are the behaviours we expect our people to embody: Customer Focused, Accountable, Collaborative, Credible and Resourceful.

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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 & pools across Australia at a subsidised rate.
• Corporate health insurance discounts, banking benefits and novated leasing salary packaging.
• Career growth and development opportunities with access to a comprehensive library of online courses and learning paths via our e-learning platform.
• Confidential health and well-being support through our Employee Assistance Program, available to all employees and their family members.

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 a part of the Commonwealth Government's Veteran Employment Committment (VEC) and has been recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter. Veterans and candidates with Australian Defence Force (ADF) experience are encouraged to apply.

How To Apply

Please click the ‘Apply Now’ button to complete the pre-screening questions and submit your application.

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