HR Business Partner - Adelaide Region SA, Australia - Goodstart Early Learning Ltd

Goodstart Early Learning Ltd

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Adelaide Region SA, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Goodstart is Australia's largest early learning provider. As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families.

Our people are our foundation, together we are working to ensure children have the learning, development and wellbeing outcomes they need for school and life.

Role:
HR Business Partner (People Specialist)

Location:
Mawson Lakes, Adelaide South Australia

Employment Type:
Permanent - Full Time (Flexible working options with 1-2 days in office)

With 15,000 Goodstart team members across 661 centres nurturing 63,600 children, we're Australia's largest provider of early learning and care.

As a not-for-profit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families.

From our centre teams to our support teams, we work together to make a real difference for children in those crucial early years.

Goodstart are currently seeking a HR Business Partner (internal title is People Specialist) to work across National and State Portfolio's supporting leaders as part of the state based Senior Leadership Teams, as well as working within the National HR team on initiatives that support our people plan.

The strengths and attributes needed for this key role include being a strong team player, possess a love of learning, working from strengths and understanding the value of building great relationships and having fun along the way

Your Impact:

As part of the National People & Culture team you will lead and drive the achievement of desired business objectives through expert knowledge of, and commitment to, developing and implementing effective, fit for purpose national and state people solutions, aligned with Goodstart's strategies, policies and procedures.
Working with senior leaders in South Australia and Western Australia and reporting to the Head of People, this role will act as a strategic and trusted advisor by developing a deep understanding of the business to support the achievement of our strategic people plan.
You will bring solid HR business partnering experience and the ability to develop and implement our people strategy across diverse teams, particularly with regards to talent, capability and leadership.
You will also have experience in employment relations, change management and/or project management experience and have a proven capacity to operate both strategically and operationally.
You will be highly influential in driving change, not just within the HR function but across the whole organization. You will also have a track record of delivering high quality outcomes to enable business and team excellence and be a respected professional with the ability to influence stakeholders on all levels.
Have a systems lens, able to see how the separate elements fit together within HR and across the wider organisation and work effectively as a member of virtual functional and crossfunctional teams.
Be adaptable and able to work in an environment that has periods of high activity (fast paced) and competing demands.

What Goodstart can offer you:

Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and nonwork needs.
Not-ForProfit Salary Packaging benefits which reduce your taxable income to increase take home pay.
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Discounted Health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.
Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes.
Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.
Be a part of a team and work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging, inclusion and purpose.
Regular social events at our head office location
Security and stability as Australia's largest provider of early learning and care and a notforprofit social enterprise, we exist purely to improve the lives of Australia's children and their families.

You'll bring to the table:

Hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
Be adept at translating HR and organisational theory into pragmatic, fit for purpose, practice.
Have analytical and commercial skills to identify insights and actions from people and business metrics and engagement results.

How to apply

Supporting our people and protecting our children
We're an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We're also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal