The People & Culture Business Partner develops leadership capabilities, enhances employee engagement, and provides strategic HR guidance to achieve business goals.
About us
We’re proud to be Great Place to Work-Certified™️2025 for 2 years running. We have also been named a Global Winner of the 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award.
We’re growing, not slowing, here at Macquarie Technology Group because we’re passionate about doing things differently. We want to challenge the industry and look for better ways of doing things. As a team, Macquarie Services are hardworking, results and success-focused. We also take the time to celebrate our success and make sure our people are doing work that makes a difference.
We believe that collaboration & team connection is key for success. This role will be based in Sydney with a blended working arrangement in our CBD offices & the remaining working from home. #LI-Hybrid
The Opportunity
The People & Culture Business Partner (P&CBP) partners with the business, providing tactical and strategic advice to the Executive and senior leaders to achieve commercial goals.
There is a strong focus on developing leadership capability, improving employee engagement and embedding culture and behaviours that deliver commercial outcomes. On a day-to-day basis the role acts as subject matter expert and escalation point on HR matters and provides consulting/coaching, issue resolution, and support across the whole employee life cycle.
The P&CBP will develop a People strategy for their stakeholders, with plans that support engagement, workforce planning, employee relations and learning & development.
Why Us?
- We’re proud to be Great Place to Work-Certified™️2025 for 2 years running.
- We have been named a Global Winner of the 2024 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award.
- We have the highest Net Promoter Score on the ASX, the World's best customer experience & crowned in 2020 at the World Communications Awards.
- You’ll make an impact: Enjoy being part of a driven team with a collaborative culture that values decision-makers and action.
- We Invest in you: Accelerate your career through our learning and development opportunities - think Gallup strengths-based training, defined career pathways and fantastic internal mobility opportunities across the group.
What you'll be doing
- Coach and provide managers and senior leaders with the resources and tools to effectively lift engagement.
- Participate as a member of the leadership team engaging as a business partner to address manager and staff needs.
- Work closely with executives to provide the delivery of high-quality solutions regarding BU Culture, leadership development and all related people processes.
- Lead and manage the Talent Acquisition Partner(s) to deliver great recruitment outcomes.
- Recommend/develop/implement professional development and training initiatives for specific departments
- Facilitate HR education and training programs to groups of managers & employees; provide career planning and progression tools to managers and manage all aspects of department skills review/transition.
- Working with managers to identify high performing / high potential contributors and “at risk” employees; developing both individual and department specific initiatives to retain those individuals.
- Facilitate the promotion and transfer of employees in-line with recruitment and internal policies.
- Proactively work with the marketing teams and other relevant contributors to promote and refine our employer brand
- Update and manage data using various databases, reporting spreadsheets, and systems
- Streamline processes and provide weekly, monthly, and ad hoc HR metrics reporting to management.
- Provide data for monthly BU reporting across relevant HR and recruitment activities
- Act as a SME and key lead in success of HRIS implementation across business
- Undertake continuous improvement activities which enhance/improve the service delivery of the HR function including HR policy reviews and implementation as required
- Manage processes for employee lifecycle activities e.g. mid and end of year performance reviews, salary reviews, etc.
- Scope, recommend, and implement HR policies, practices, programs and projects as required
Your ideal skills and experience
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in a similar HR or People & Culture Business Partner role
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills
- People Manager experience
- Proven ability to develop tailored strategies for business units
- Confident presentation and public speaking skills
- Experience managing complex recruitment functions
- Prior experience creating L&D programs
- Experience supporting HRIS implementations will be highly regarded
Please note this role is a 12 month maternity cover contract.
If this excites you, apply now, we'd love to hear from you!
Macquarie Technology Group Sydney, New South Wales, AUS Office
2 Market St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2000
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