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• Join UniSA’s Strategic People Partnering Team at the City West campus
• Full time (1.0FTE), fixed term contract until December 2025
• Starting Salary: $96,696 per annum (plus 17% superannuation)

About You

You are an enthusiastic and energetic HR professional who thrives in a complex environment where you can provide high quality advice and support to stakeholders. You are efficient, decisive, and forward-thinking in your approach. 
 
You have a pragmatic and professional approach when handling sensitive and challenging matters, and your excellent written and verbal communication skills allow you to negotiate and influence stakeholders. You have an innovative and creative mindset, and love working as part of a team, supporting and encouraging those around you.  
 
Above all else, you are trusted, authentic and self-aware, and your personal values shine through in everything you do. 

About the Role 

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join the Strategic People Partnering Team at UniSA. Reporting to a Strategic People Partner, you will play a pivotal role in helping deliver on our strategic vision through our people. As a credible and trusted business partner, you will partner with leaders to develop organisational and people capability through innovative, stakeholder focused services, data-driven insights, and trusted advice to deliver on the University’s priorities.  

About UniSA People, Talent and Culture 
 
At UniSA we believe that people are our best asset and the heart and soul of our University of Enterprise. As a People, Talent and Culture team, we've coined the phrase ‘Putting People First’ to reflect our commitment to deliver people focussed outcomes and cultivating a culture in which all our people thrive. We are very focussed on adding value through a connected and personally communicative style of working that builds relational capital and, as ambassadors of UniSA’s core staff attributes, first and foremost we are aware of the impact of everything we do on our people and how we work together.

Essential Skills and Experience 

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources or a related area, or extensive equivalent HR experience gained within a complex business environment
• Demonstrated experience in delivering impactful advice and solutions to managers on people-related matters, including policy advice and interpretation, industrial relations, performance management, resource planning, and case management
• Highly developed interpersonal skills with demonstrated experience in a customer service environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including negotiation and influencing skills 

Benefits 

Getting a great job working with the best is just the start. UniSA rewards its staff with a wide variety of benefits such as: 
 

• Access to great personal development opportunities
• Generous superannuation contributions of 17%
• Work Life flexibility including working from home, family responsibility leave, and individual flexibility agreements
• Employee assistance and wellbeing programs 

Culture  
 
At the University of South Australia, we value workplace diversity and are committed to providing a supportive, inclusive, and respectful work environment for all people. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, women, members of the LGBTIQ+ community, people of culturally diverse backgrounds and people with disability. 

We are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment process and encourage you to share any support, adjustments and/or access requirements you have by contacting our Recruitment Central team on recruitment@unisa.edu.au. Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.  

Start Your Unstoppable Career! 

For a copy of the position description and to apply, please visit Working at UniSA. Applicants are required to upload a cover letter that outlines your suitability for the role and your resume. 
 
Please address your cover letter to Ruth Haren, Team Leader: Recruitment Central. For further information about the position or the recruitment process, please contact UniSA Recruitment Central on +61 8 8302 1700 or via email at recruitment@unisa.edu.au using job reference number 6347. 

Applications close: 11.30pm Sunday 4 August 2024
 
Applications welcomed from Australian or NZ citizens, Australian permanent residents and those who have the legal right to work in Australia for the term of appointment. 
 

CLICK HERE to view the Position Description