Senior HR Business Partner

Job No: 695634

Location: 211 Wellington Road, Mulgrave and Clayton campus

Employment Type: Full-time

Duration: Continuing appointment

Remuneration: $145,062 - $153,967 pa HEW Level 09 (plus 17% employer superannuation)

• Partner with extraordinary minds and leaders shaping tomorrow 

• Key leadership role in a high-performing HR Business Partnering team 

• Balance ambition and well-being through flexible, tailored working options. 

Monash University is a global leader ranked among the world's top universities. With annual revenue exceeding $3 billion and campuses across 5 countries, Monash combines the commercial scale, operational complexity, and rigor of a major global enterprise with a deeply values-driven mission. Learn more about Monash.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to join our HR leadership ecosystem. Operating within a portfolio-based model supporting academic or professional divisions, this high-impact role requires strong coaching capability at senior/executive levels, alongside strategic advisory, organisational design, and industrial relations expertise to navigate complex environments while driving transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Executive Coaching & Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor and senior coach to executive and senior leadership teams, guiding them through high-stakes decision-making, complex leadership dynamics, and the pursuit of strategic deliverables.

• Strategic Workforce Planning & Change: Lead organisational design, succession planning, and change across academic and/or professional portfolios. Translate business data into predictive workforce insights, forecasting talent needs, managing pipeline risks, and building an agile, future-ready workforce suited for growth, realignments, or shifting organisational realities.

• Complex Employee Relations & EA Navigation: Manage complex employee relations matters within an Enterprise Agreement (EA) environment. Partner with leaders and specialised ER teams to navigate industrial landscapes, mitigate risk, and champion constructive workplace relations.

• Enterprise HR Projects & Thought Leadership: play a key role on broader HR and university wide transformation projects. Bring fresh external insights, industry benchmarks, and progressive thought leadership to shape and deliver enterprise strategy.

• Innovation Champion: Role-model the adoption of AI tools and process optimisation. Challenge legacy thinking with "outside-the-box" solutions that elevate HR service delivery and operational effectiveness.

• Mentorship & Capability Building: Actively mentor and coach HR Business Partners and HR Advisors, elevating overall capability and fostering a culture of continuous learning across the HR function.

About You

We are looking for:

• Matrix Savvy & Systemic Thinker: Comfort and confidence navigating large-scale, complex matrix environments operating within an HR Shared Services and CoE model.

• Executive Presence & Coaching Mindset: High emotional intelligence, influence and interpersonal agility to build immediate trust, constructively challenge and coach senior leaders.

• Commercially Minded & Purpose-Led: Sharp business acumen balanced with an unwavering alignment to a values-driven, purpose-led culture.

• Digital Curiosity & Innovation: A forward-thinking, adaptable mindset with genuine enthusiasm for leveraging AI, tech optimisation, and creative problem-solving.

• Industrial & ER Expertise: Sound judgment and confidence navigating Enterprise Agreements, complex ER matters in unionised environments. 

• Analytical & Evidence-Based: Strong data instincts with the natural ability to turn complex workforce metrics into clear, compelling strategic narratives.

• Collaborative leader: A genuine commitment to supporting and developing junior peers, sharing knowledge, and elevating overall team capability.

About Monash University

At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking – a place where great things happen.

We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed

Be part of our story. Work with us to #ChangeIt.

Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.

To Apply

To apply, submit your CV along with a cover letter (maximum two pages) addressing your suitability to this position. Key Selection Criteria responses are not required. Please refer to 'How to apply for Monash Jobs'.

Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodiverse people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at **************@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.

Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.

Enquiries: Jo Dallas, Senior Manager Talent Acquisition, 9905 6121

Position Description: Senior HR Business Partner

Applications Close: Wednesday 9 September 2026 at 11:55PM AEDT

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