Band 7 - Salary Range $106,626 to $119,182 per annum + 11.5% Super + ADO
Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.
About Melton City Council
The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality - one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.
We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.
The Opportunity
The Workplace Relations and Business Advisory team is a new team in the People and Safety structure, creating exciting opportunities for new team members keen on being part of a transforming team that will be well resourced to meet the Council’s current and future growth needs. As a People and Culture Business Partner, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the long-term Workplace Relations and Business Partnering support to the leadership and teams at the Melton City Council.
Reporting to the Workplace Relations and Business Advisory Coordinator, you will be part of a collaborative team that includes Workplace Relations Advisors, Business Partners, and the Payroll Team. This role will work closely with all business leaders, staff, Human resources, and Safety.
Your position objectives will include partnering with the business unit managers and staff to actively coach, provide education and awareness, offer support, and deliver innovative solutions on a full range of employment-related matters. This role is crucial in building confidence and capability in people management, fostering positive employee relations, and ensuring compliance with legislation and Council policies.
If you’re passionate about being a business partner and trusted advisor in a large City Council, this is the perfect opportunity to make a lasting impact while being part of a forward-thinking, well-resourced team.
Key Responsibilities
1. Contribute to the development and review of people and culture strategies and policies, including conducting research and benchmarking with other practices/organisations or sectors and ensuring business, manager and staff consultation occurs to maximise buy-in and successful implementation.
2. Conduct internal employee relations interventions such as investigations, enquiry or mediation and determine where appropriate escalation or external specialist advice is needed for highly complex matters.
3. Educate and actively coach leaders in prevention of bullying, discrimination and harassment including the development and implementation of preventative strategies, education and awareness of best practices and case law application in the Local Government context.
4. Guide and support managers and staff in conducting organisational change management, ensuring input and engagement with affected staff and meeting the requirements of the current employment agreement obligations to consult.
About you
To be successful in this role you will have the following:
1. Tertiary qualification in Human Resource Management, Industrial Relations, or a related field with relevant work experience in a similar role or lesser formal qualifications and substantial relevant experience in a similar role.
2. Extensive experience in generalist HR and Employee Relations support in a unionised and regulated environment.
3. Strong understanding of, and ability to interpret and advise on People and Culture systems, policies, and legislation.
Culture and Values
Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.
We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:
1. Motivate
2. Empower
3. Lead
4. Trust
5. Open
6. Nurture
There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
1. 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
If you require further information about the position, please contact Richard King, Senior Industrial Relation Lead on 0467 796 368 .
Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.
To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.
All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees.
We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.
Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.
Applications close 11:59pm Tuesday 25 March 2025
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