Senior HR Business Partner

At AusNet, we’re the link between renewable energy sources and local communities, playing a key role in the clean energy transition and providing essential energy to every Victorian family.

Help us lead the way, while enriching your career with real people who encourage you to bring your best and make real impact – for your career, our communities, and Australia’s cleaner energy future.

Purposeful work with genuinely good people. That’s refreshing.

We're seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to support our growing business and large infrastructure

About the Role

The Senior HR Business Partner plays a strategic and operational role in aligning people initiatives with business goals. Acting as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees, this role supports workforce planning, talent development, employee engagement, and change management. It ensures HR strategies are tailored to business unit needs, enabling sustainable performance and growth. The role also manages employee relations, promotes an inclusive and compliant workplace culture, and contributes to broader People & Safety initiatives, ensuring alignment with organisational values and regulatory standards.

With a hybrid split (Office/WFH), this role is based in Southbank, Melbourne and is part of the People & Safety Team.

This role will deliver real outcomes, including but not limited to:

• Collaborate with business leaders to align people strategies with business objectives, providing expert advice and tailored HR solutions.
• Lead workforce planning, talent identification, succession planning, and capability development to support current and future business needs.
• Drive initiatives that enhance employee engagement, promote an inclusive culture, and align with organizational values.
• Enable effective change management by aligning HR initiatives with business transformation goals and ensuring readiness across teams.
• Manage complex employee relations matters, ensuring compliance with legislation, enterprise agreements, and internal policies.
• Use workforce analytics to provide insights that inform leadership decisions, improve team performance, and support diversity and inclusion goals.

You don’t need to check every box; however, we are looking for a good combination of:

• Tertiary qualification in HR, Business, or a related field.
• 8+ years of strategic HR experience ideally with experience of major infrastructure, energy, or construction projects
• Proven expertise in employee relations and industrial relations, with the ability to manage complex cases and compliance requirements.
• Proven track record of developing high performing teams
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement skills and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to thrive in a project-driven environment, working with remote teams and multiple stakeholders
• Experience in supporting workforce planning, mobilisation, and resourcing strategies.

A real place to belong.

We celebrate unique voices, refreshing perspectives and diversity in our team. Engage and connect through our social club, family day, wide range of events or by joining one of our Employee Network Groups.

We believe in more than just competitive pay. Here’s what sets us apart:

• Flexibility: whether this is hybrid work, flexible hours, or part time arrangements, we’ll work with you to help balance work and life.
• Leave: more than typical personal leave and a generous 14 weeks of paid parental leave, with no minimum service.
• Community giving: a paid day to volunteer with our social impact partner, Foodbank, or for a cause that matters to you.
• Perks: we offer all the other perks you’ve come to expect like purchased leave, income protection insurance, novated leasing, corporate discounts, private health cover discounts and more

As an industry in transformation, we’re excited by the possibilities ahead. So, if you’re passionate about our purpose and committed to making real progress, bring your energy and join AusNet. Together, we can shape a new way forward.