Strategic Workforce Planner

We’ve never been ‘just a bank’. Just like you should never be ‘just an employee’. We’re united in our belief that in banking, better can be bigger, and together we’re making it happen.

It starts here. With Bendigo Bank… and you.

Bendigo Bank exists to feed into the prosperity of our customers and community. We know that as a bank we will only be successful if we focus first on the success of our customers, our people, communities, partners, suppliers, and shareholders.

Our People and Culture team’s vision is to grow a community where we want to work, where we are valued, and where we belong. Within this our People Strategy and Capability team work to deliver our people strategy, ensuring we have the right plans and people in place to enable the Group strategy.

To ensure that our organisation will have the correct workforce in place to enable our 2030 Group Strategy, we have created a brand-new role for a Strategic Workforce Planner. Reporting into the General Manager, People Strategy and Capability this role will provide expertise, develop frameworks and provide governance in supporting the development of in-sights driven strategic workforce plans.

You’ll be an integral partner to the People and Culture Leadership team, working closely alongside leaders to advise and ensure alignment of the People strategy with tangible people plans backed by analytics. Connecting with SMEs and Executives across the Bank you’ll lead the development of enduring frameworks and implement strategic workforce planning initiatives to enable the Bank’s future workforce needs. Additionally, your expertise will be critical as you assist the implementation and embedding of a Saas solution to facilitate the workforce planning process.

You’ll be part of an engaged and supportive People and Culture team that are incredibly passionate and work collaboratively to enrich our people’s experience. This is a highly visible and impactful position where you’ll be responsible for bringing the Bank’s workforce into the future, additionally your opinions and challenges will be sought and valued.

This role can be based in Adelaide, Bendigo, Melbourne or Sydney. We offer flexible work options that put our people first, and a hybrid model with a minimum requirement of 60% of your time per week in the office.

What you’ll bring to the role

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Human Resources or related discipline.
• Demonstrated success in a similar role, designing and implementing strategic workforce planning frameworks in a large and complex organisation
• Previous experience in the finance/banking sector preferred but not essential
• A strategic mindset and ability to develop and implement HR initiatives aligned with Group strategy.
• Proven business acumen, understanding business contexts, market trends, and the financial implications of HR decisions
• Well-developed stakeholder engagement skills at all levels

So, why work with us?

• Want big impact that matters? Here, you’ll know your work directly benefits the customers and communities we all serve
• Want to be more than just a number? Join a team that truly values you – and that gets more and more diverse every day
• Want career opportunity AND flexibility? Achieve both here, where we know that balance and progression go hand in hand.

You’ll also get access to a great range of benefits, including:

• • Hybrid work? Flexible hours? A compressed work week? Our flexible work options are designed to suit your life.
  • Health and wellbeing support, including discounted gym memberships, private health insurance options, and our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your immediate family members.

We’re making better, bigger. And we’ll get there with you.

Could you be our new Strategic Workforce Planner? Now’s the time to set your sights higher – on the future you deserve. Apply now! Applications close Wednesday 9 July.

At Bendigo and Adelaide Bank we believe a diverse workforce supported by an inclusive culture is central to our success and we actively encourage applications from those who bring diversity of thought to our business. We support candidate requests for adjustment to accommodate an illness, injury, or disability to equitably participate in the selection process.