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About the Role

Partner with People Managers to navigate employee relations, build capability, strengthen engagement, and create thriving environments. Provide exceptional employment experiences across the employee lifecycle, shaping a high-performing, inclusive, and values-led workplace. This role is a full-time, fixed-term parental leave cover for up to 12 months.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to and embed people and performance strategies aligned to Starlight’s priorities.
• Ensure people practices enable a strong, inclusive, and values-driven culture.
• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing coaching and guidance on employee relations, performance, engagement, and workforce matters.
• Lead and support employee relations matters in partnership with the Head of People & Performance.
• Maintain a safe, respectful, confidential, and legally compliant approach to employee relations.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Learning & Wellbeing, and People Managers to support talent strategies, leadership capability, team development, and succession planning.
• Facilitate leadership connection and capability through initiatives like the People Managers Forum.
• Provide market insights and salary benchmarking to inform reward decisions.
• Use people data and insights to drive continuous improvement in systems, processes, and employee experience.
• Support strong governance across workplace policy, WHS, safeguarding, and compliance.

Requirements

• Solid experience within a HR Generalist role with a commitment to owning outcomes and delivering exceptional employment experiences.
• Demonstrated expertise in Australian employment legislation and Fair Work principles.
• Ability to deal effectively with employment relations matters.
• High emotional intelligence, professionalism, and sound judgement.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to develop positive relationships and to influence, coach, and support.
• A solution-focused, analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into meaningful insights.
• Successful applicants will undertake a Working with Children Check and a National Police Check.

Skills

• People partnering
• Employee relations
• Australian employment legislation
• Fair Work principles
• Facilitation
• Communication
• Stakeholder engagement
• Influencing
• Coaching
• Supporting leaders
• Data analysis

Location

• Australia

Work Type

• Full-time
• Fixed-term
• Parental leave cover

Experience Level

• 5+ years’ experience in a similar HR partnering role

Education Level

• Relevant qualification in Human Resources, Business or a related discipline

Benefits

• Support for mental health and wellbeing
• Development and growth opportunities
• Flexible working philosophy

About the Company

• Our mission is to brighten the lives of seriously ill children and their families by bringing fun, joy, and laughter when they need it most.
• We have been recognised as a Great Place to Work.
• We are one of AFR’s Most Innovative Companies.
• We are the most trusted children’s charity in Australia.

Equal Opportunity

• We seek candidates from diverse backgrounds who will bring rich experience and perspective to the team.
• We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, members of the LGBTIQA+ community, people with diverse abilities, and those who are mature aged or just starting out in their careers.
• We are committed to positive employment experiences in an environment where everyone is included, respected, safe, and treated fairly.
• If we can make accommodations to our recruitment process to better enable you to shine, please include this in your application.