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About the Role
Lead the strategic and operational people agenda across the business, ensuring workforce capability, culture, leadership effectiveness and employee experience support business objectives. Partner with executive leaders to drive organisational performance, strengthen capability and enable sustainable growth. This role will influence the future direction of the People function during a period of transformation and will ultimately transition into a new public company focused on government and defence, intelligence, space, aviation and critical infrastructure customers.
Responsibilities
- Lead the People strategy and delivery across the business, aligning workforce capability, culture and employee experience with business objectives.
- Partner with executive and senior leaders to translate business priorities into workforce and organisational strategies.
- Lead workforce planning, organisational design, talent management and succession planning initiatives.
- Provide strategic advice on organisational effectiveness, leadership capability, culture and people risk.
- Drive organisational change, transformation and workforce transition initiatives.
- Lead employee and industrial relations strategy, including Enterprise Agreements, workplace relations matters and compliance obligations.
- Champion leadership capability, employee engagement, diversity, inclusion and belonging.
- Ensure compliance with employment legislation, governance frameworks and workforce risk requirements.
- Collaborate with global People leaders to deliver consistent and scalable people solutions.
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing People team.
- Influence enterprise-wide decision making and build strong partnerships across senior stakeholder groups.
- Champion KBR's Zero Harm culture, promoting a safe, secure and respectful workplace.
Requirements
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Employment Relations, Business, Law or a related discipline.
- Significant senior People leadership experience within a complex, geographically dispersed organisation.
- Demonstrated success partnering with executive and senior leadership teams to influence strategic and operational outcomes.
- Proven expertise in workforce planning, organisational design, employee and industrial relations and organisational change.
- Strong knowledge of Australian employment legislation, industrial relations frameworks and compliance requirements.
- Experience developing and implementing People strategies that deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to balance business priorities, workforce considerations and organisational risk.
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government security clearance.
- Experience within Defence, Defence Industry, Government or other highly regulated environments.
- Experience supporting large-scale organisational transitions, transformations or restructures.
- Experience leading People functions through significant organisational change.
- Postgraduate qualifications in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline.
- AHRI accreditation or equivalent professional certification.
- Must hold a Baseline security clearance or higher.
- Compliance to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
Skills
- Workforce planning
- Organisational design
- Employee and industrial relations
- Organisational change
- Leadership capability
- Stakeholder engagement
- Influencing
- Communication
Location
- Canberra
- Brisbane
- Melbourne
- Sydney
- Adelaide
Work Type
- Permanent
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior People leadership experience
- Director
Education Level
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Employment Relations, Business, Law or a related discipline
- Postgraduate qualifications in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary (including annual reviews)
Benefits
- Workplace culture certified as a Great Place To Work
- Flexible working
- Paid parental leave
- Income protection
- Corporate rewards
- Salary packaging/Novated leasing
- Employee stock purchase plans
- Flu shots, skin checks and discounted private health insurance
- Career development: Online learning, mentorship and career pathways
About the Company
- KBR delivers science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world.
- KBR employs approximately 38,000 people worldwide with customers in over 80 countries and operations in over 29 countries.
- KBR has over 65 years of experience in Australia, supporting critical infrastructure, energy transition and national security priorities.
- KBR has around 2,000 employees in Australia focused on delivering innovative technology and engineering solutions.
- KBR is passionate about its people and its Zero Harm culture, striving to be a People First company.
- KBR fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow.
Equal Opportunity
- As a Major Service Provider of the Australian Defence Force, an AGSVA security clearance will be required and compliance to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). As such, our hiring decisions are based on the key requirements of each role and candidates are selected based on their unique strengths and experiences.