Senior HR Adviser - Multiple Opportunities
Job No.: 699255
Location: 211 Wellington Road, Mulgrave & Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time opportunities
Duration: Continuing and fixed-term opportunities
Remuneration: $110,527 - $121,227 pa HEW Level 07 (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Amplify your impact at a world top 50 University
- Join a high-performing HR Business Partnering team
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
The Opportunity
We are seeking a number of Senior HR Advisors on an ongoing and 12 month Fixed Term Contract to join our HR Business Partnering team. The Senior HR Advisor delivers high-impact, end-to-end HR advisory services across academic and professional portfolios. Partnering closely with HR Business Partners and university leaders, this role drives best-practice advice across employee relations, performance management, Enterprise Agreement (EA) governance, complex HR operations, workforce analytics, and strategic HR initiatives.
Portfolio HR Advisory & Business Partnering
- Deliver end-to-end advisory services across assigned portfolios, guiding leaders on workforce planning, engagement, wellbeing, and organisational change.
- Partner with HR Business Partners and senior stakeholders to convert overall people strategies into practical, evidence-based operational initiatives.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to people managers, building leadership capability and fostering high-performing team environments.
Employee Relations, Policy & EA Governance
- Provide expert advisory and interpretation on HR policies, Enterprise Agreements (EAs), relevant awards, and employment legislation to maintain compliance and mitigate organisational risk.
- Work with HRBP’s to coach and support managers through Employee Relations (ER) matters, including case management, grievances, and dispute resolution.
Performance & Probation Management
- Lead and oversee performance and probation management processes, ensuring consistency, fairness, and alignment with university standards.
- Coach managers through formal performance management frameworks, constructive feedback strategies, and Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs).
Data, Analytics & Strategic Workforce Planning
- Extract, analyse, and present workforce data and key HR metrics to uncover insights, identify trends, and inform portfolio workforce planning.
- Support HR Business Partners in strategic workforce planning initiatives, including headcount modeling, succession planning, and capability gap analysis.
Complex HR Operations & Strategic Projects
- In collaboration with the HR Operations team, manage the delivery of complex HR operations and escalations, ensuring seamless execution and exemplary service standards across the business.
- Lead and contribute to functional projects that improve internal HR processes, system capability, knowledge management, and overall HR service delivery.
What You'll Bring
- HR Advisory & Compliance: Sound experience delivering operational and advisory HR services, backed by working knowledge of relevant employment legislation.
- Employee Relations & Enterprise Agreements: Good understanding of Australian employment law, Enterprise Agreements (EAs), and hands-on ER case management.
- Stakeholder Partnering: Proven ability to build trusted, collaborative working relationships with supervisors, managers, and senior leaders.
- Change Support: Experience supporting leaders and staff through organisational change, including restructures, role realignments, and workforce transitions.
- Communication & Resilience: High level of resilience with the confidence to coach managers through difficult conversations and manage sensitive workplace issues.
- Teamwork & Positive Mindset: A highly proactive and collaborative team player with a positive, solutions-focused disposition and a strong commitment to team goals.
To Apply
Please submit your CV along with a detailed cover letter. For instructions on how to apply, 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, neurodivergent 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 hr-recruitment@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, Snr Manager, Talent Acquisition, jo.dallas@monash.edu
Applications Close: Thursday 29 October 2026, 11:55PM AEDT
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