About the Role
As the People & Capability Manager, you will lead a team of People & Safety Business Partners and provide strategic leadership across the full spectrum of People & Capability, including workplace relations, organisational development, workforce planning, safety, injury management, wellbeing and employee experience.
Responsibilities
- Lead the People & Capability Business Partnering function, delivering strategic people solutions across Support Office, Corporate Clinics and Franchise Partner networks.
- Partner with senior leaders to align workforce strategy, capability, culture and business priorities.
- Coach leaders across the employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, performance, employee relations, organisational change and leadership effectiveness.
- Lead initiatives that strengthen leadership capability, engagement, organisational effectiveness, and a high-performing culture.
- Leverage workforce insights and analytics to identify trends, inform decisions and drive continuous improvement.
- Provide strategic advice across complex workplace relations matters, including investigations, grievances, performance management, organisational restructures, and broader change management.
- Apply employment legislation, industrial instruments, modern awards and policies to deliver compliant and commercially focused outcomes.
- Identify people risks and strengthen governance, frameworks and processes across the People & Capability function.
- Provide strategic leadership and governance of MediAesthetics’ Safety, Health and Wellbeing framework, ensuring compliance and alignment with business objectives.
- Oversee incident management, investigations, corrective actions and risk mitigation activities to ensure effective safety outcomes.
- Lead initiatives that promote employee wellbeing, psychological safety, resilience and a supportive workplace culture.
- Lead the organisation’s injury management framework, ensuring compliance with workers compensation obligations and contemporary recovery practices.
- Oversee workplace injury management processes, ensuring early intervention, effective case management and sustainable return-to-work outcomes.
- Partner with leaders, employees, medical providers and external stakeholders to develop effective recovery-at-work plans.
- Lead, coach and develop a team of People & Safety Business Partners, building capability and strengthening the impact of the People function.
- Partner with the Talent and Operations Manager to deliver an integrated People & Capability service model spanning talent acquisition, onboarding, capability development, workforce planning and employee experience.
- Contribute as a senior member of the People & Capability leadership team, influencing strategy and embedding contemporary people practices.
Requirements
- 5+ years demonstrated experience in a senior People & Culture leadership role, such as People & Culture Manager, Senior HR Business Partner or equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience leading strategic people partnering across employee relations, organisational development, workforce planning, safety and wellbeing.
- Experience influencing and coaching senior leaders to improve people outcomes and build leadership capability.
- Strong knowledge of employment legislation, industrial relations, modern awards, enterprise agreements and workplace health and safety frameworks.
- Experience managing complex employee relations matters, organisational change and workforce transformation initiatives.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance strategic priorities with operational delivery.
- Advanced stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to build trust, influence decisions and operate effectively across all levels of an organisation.
- Strong analytical capability with experience using people data and insights to drive informed decisions.
- Demonstrated commitment to professionalism, integrity, confidentiality and sound judgement when managing sensitive matters.
Skills
- Workplace relations
- Organisational development
- Workforce planning
- Safety
- Injury management
- Wellbeing
- Employee experience
- Leadership
- Performance management
- Organisational change
- Leadership effectiveness
- Workforce insights
- Analytics
- Risk management
- Employment legislation
- Industrial instruments
- Modern awards
- Safety, Health and Wellbeing framework
- Incident management
- Corrective actions
- Risk mitigation
- Psychological safety
- Resilience
- Injury management framework
- Workers compensation
- Recovery practices
- Case management
- Return-to-work plans
- Talent acquisition
- Onboarding
- Capability development
- Employee relations
- Workplace health and safety
- Stakeholder engagement
- Analytical capability
- People data
- Professionalism
- Integrity
- Confidentiality
- Judgement
Experience Level
- Senior
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business, Psychology, Law or a related discipline
About the Company
- At MediAesthetics, our people are at the heart of delivering exceptional experiences for our customers.
- This is an opportunity to join a growing organisation at an exciting stage of transformation, where you will have genuine influence in shaping our People & Capability strategy and the employee experience of our teams nationally.
- You will work alongside passionate leaders, influence meaningful change and help build a culture where our people can do their best work.
