- Work in renewable energy industry as a trusted source of information for your stakeholders
- Bring your passion for people to life in delivering great HR solutions
- Tailored flexible arrangements to suit your lifestyle
Salary range $135,500 to $157,000 plus superannuation
With the help of over 30,000 people over 100 years, we have built, maintained, and refurbished hydropower infrastructure across Tasmania. We’re fuelling the future of energy with the power of the past, and we need skilled and reliable people to join us to actively champion and embed core people programs and initiatives into business areas across Hydro.
We support applications from all members of our community for equitable access to our employment opportunities. We are open to discussing workplace flexibility in all our vacancies, to ensure we can attract the best candidates and accommodate individual needs, differences, disabilities and working arrangements, even in ways we have not thought of. Our merit-based recruitment practices are founded on building diversity by fostering an inclusive, flexible and equitable workplace. For more information about Hydro Tasmania please visit our website www.hydro.com.au/careers
Who are you?
Your extensive experience in HR along with a strong collaborative and strategic focus will set you up for success in this role.
Your experience will include:
- Tertiary qualifications in an appropriate discipline (e.g. Commerce, Human Resources, Law)
- Working in a similar role as a senior human resources practitioner, with a requirement to implement, advise, develop and maintain and evaluate human resources practices
- Job design and evaluation, ideally using the Mercer CED framework
- Strong relationship building and stakeholder engagement skills including with external parties such as tribunals, advocacy groups, and unions
- Ability to work collaboratively with the People & Capability team and across the business, demonstrating alignment with agreed team behaviours
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with capabilities in presenting information and facilitating session with large and diverse groups of employees and leaders.
Even if you don’t meet these criteria 100%, we still want to hear from you!
To put it simply, you will be responsible for providing professional generalist Human Resources advice and to influence at a senior level. You will coach and provide advice to managers and employees in designated business units and across the business. The role will require you to also lead People and Capability projects and initiatives.
As a Senior HR Business Partner, you will be…
✓ Managing the people aspects of any restructures including organisation design and redeployment.
✓ Working collaboratively with functional areas to solve people challenges and provide effective solutions to business units and support the proactive application of the People & Capability function deliverables across the Hydro Tasmania business.
✓ Regularly reviewing People and Capability’s policies and processes to ensure consistency of information and compliance with relevant legislation.
✓ Supporting the translation of business strategy to people strategies that effectively contribute to the performance of the business unit.
✓ Actively championing and embedding core people programs and initiatives into business areas.
✓ Providing advice and influence at a senior level as well as coaching managers and employees in designated business units and across the business.
More information can be found on the attached Position Description: 
PE- Senior HR Business Partner - May 2025.pdf
Haven’t convinced you yet?
In addition to a competitive remuneration package, this role offers the unique advantage of being directly involved in supporting key activities to deliver our people initiatives in a renewable energy organisation.
We value flexibility and understand this means different things to different people, so we are open to discussing what this looks like for you. We offer a range of employee perks and often have something for everyone, including generous parental leave, electricity discounts and no credit/no debit sick leave. At Hydro Tasmania we also strongly support career development opportunities, and while this can look different for everyone, we will work with you to support the pathways you want to explore!
As an endorsed employer for women, we have benefits and policies on our Work180 page – check it out here: www.work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/hydro-tasmania
Let’s get applying!
We will be running an agile process (interviewing as candidates apply) so strongly encourage you to apply as soon as you can to ensure we get your application and can review accordingly.
Attach your resumé and a cover letter of no more than two pages, addressing your experience.
We also ask you address these two questions within your cover letter:
- Share a time you aligned an HR initiative with a business goal? What was the outcome?” We are looking for examples of where you have been able to integrate HR strategies with organisational objectives.
- What is your view on the recent announcements regarding a ban on non-compete clauses, and what information helped you form that conclusion? How do you think this might impact Hydro Tasmania group if the ban went ahead?
Recruitment agencies: we respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.
Applications close 26 May, 2025 at 9am.
