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Senior Manager, People Partnering - Operations Portfolio

Overview:

  • Full-time, Continuing position

  • Strategic HR Business Partnering

  • Lead impactful HR initiatives to propel organisational success.

  • Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, and hybrid ways of working

About You
Reporting to the Director, People Partnering & Talent, the Senior Manager, People Partnering, is a pivotal role that offers strategic HR leadership across the Operations Portfolio. Adopting a pragmatic approach, this role collaborates with the Operations Executive Leadership team to design and implement effective people solutions, working closely with the Centres of Excellence within the People Team.

As a senior HR leader, this role is responsible for driving various elements of the People Strategy, such as strategic workforce planning, talent management, and capability enhancement, while helping to operationalise these strategies within the business context. A primary focus is empowering people leaders through effective coaching and constructive feedback.

With a big-picture perspective, the Senior Manager, People Partnering delivers tailored people solutions, influences key decision-makers, and contributes to business success by aligning both personnel and organisational agendas.

To be successful in this position, you’ll have:

  • Strong leadership skills with a proven ability to lead teams, integrate resources, and coordinate processes, systems, people, and policies.

  • Experience as a senior human resource leader with expertise in business partnering, talent management and workforce planning

  • Consulting skills with experience in developing pragmatic, innovative, and outcome-focused solutions.

  • Solid knowledge of contemporary HR practices and strategies, including strategic workforce planning, performance management, remuneration and reward, and organisational change.

  • Proven ability to manage change in complex and challenging environments.

  • Experience in coaching executive teams.

  • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to sensitively engage with employees and stakeholders.

  • Courage and capability to challenge and influence stakeholders.

  • Proven ability to stay updated on changes in the HR environment and translate these into impacts for the organisation.

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.

About the HR Function

The People function is comprised of a team of strategic and operational HR professionals who provide outstanding, client focused, proactive and effective solutions and services for all RMIT employees. Our success is achieved by understanding our business and operating as a business partner to our clients. We deliver responsive, innovative and practical solutions and services that allow the University to enter the Future of Work.

The People team operates in a manner that supports RMIT values and achievement of the RMIT Next Strategy. By providing tailored, quality human resources services and products and ensuring a high level of expert support and advice, the People team will enhance College/Portfolio and Groups ability to meet their business objectives. This in turn will allow the University workforce to better support the current and future student population at the University.

To Apply 

Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply’ link at the top of this page.

For further information about this position, please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Adrian Heward via email at adrian.heward@rmit.edu.au

Position Description - Senior Manager, People Partnering

Please note, if you are viewing this advert from an external site, please click ‘apply’ and you will be redirected to RMIT's Jobs website to access the Position Description at the bottom of the page.

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Applications Close:

4 May 2025 11.59 pm

RMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community. 

At RMIT, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to RMIT (including alternate formats of application forms). To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact Dani, via talentsupport@rmit.edu.au or visit our Careers page for more contact information - https://www.rmit.edu.au/careers.

We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant. 

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