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About the Role
This influential leadership role within the People & Culture Leadership Team reports to the Chief People Officer. You will be a key voice in organisational, leadership, and workforce decisions, leading a team that partners with leaders to build capability, culture, and talent for the future. You will shape and deliver the People Strategy, strengthen leadership capability, improve organisational effectiveness, and create an environment where people can perform, grow, and build meaningful careers.
Responsibilities
- Partner with executives and senior leaders on people, leadership, workforce, and organisational priorities.
- Translate business objectives into practical people strategies and plans.
- Strengthen leadership capability, succession, and workforce readiness.
- Use workforce insights and business context to support informed decision-making and future workforce planning.
- Drive organisational effectiveness initiatives that enable leaders and teams to perform at their best.
- Support the development of talent, career pathways, and internal mobility.
- Lead and develop a high-performing Business Partnering and Employee Relations team.
- Embed a consistent and effective partnering model across the organisation.
- Coach leaders through organisational, workforce, and people challenges.
- Build strong standards, collaboration, and capability across the function, including clear and proportionate escalation processes.
- Provide guidance on complex employee relations matters.
- Maintain employment policies and frameworks that support practical, values-led people practices.
- Build leader capability to address workplace issues early and constructively.
- Identify emerging risks, trends, and organisational themes and drive proactive solutions.
Requirements
- Senior leadership experience in People & Culture, HR Business Partnering, or Employee Relations.
- Demonstrated experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
- Strong knowledge of Australian employment law and industrial relations.
- A track record of partnering with senior executives and leadership teams.
- Experience managing complex employee relations matters and investigations.
- The ability to influence, coach, and constructively challenge leaders.
- Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Experience using workforce data and insights to inform decisions.
- Sound judgement and the ability to recognise when people matters require escalation and provide balanced, evidence-based advice.
Skills
- Strategic Business Partnering
- Employee Relations
- Leadership
- Workforce Planning
- Organisational Effectiveness
- Talent Development
- Coaching
- Stakeholder Management
- Negotiation
- Communication
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior leadership experience
Education Level
- Postgraduate qualifications in Human Resources, Employment Relations, Business or Law (Desirable)
About the Company
- At Avant, our purpose is to protect and support doctors throughout their careers so they can continue caring for their patients and communities with confidence.
- As Australia's leading medical defence organisation, we combine deep expertise with a genuine commitment to our members, people and values.
- We are a mutual, which means our focus is on creating long-term value for our members, not shareholders.
Equal Opportunity
- Avant supports doctors so they can serve Australia's diverse communities. Having diversity in our workforce brings valuable perspectives and strengthens our ability to support healthcare professionals.
- We therefore welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, and those with caring responsibilities.
- Our inclusive workplace is somewhere everyone can succeed.
- If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please don't hesitate to contact us at careers@avant.org.au