Queensland Government
Principal HR Business Partner
Queensland GovernmentAustralia1 day ago
Full-timeHuman Resources
The Principal HR Business Partner provides support to the Manager and coaches, mentors and provides guidance to Senior HR Business Partners who directly report to them.

  • Use your HR business partnering and high-level interpersonal skills to support stakeholders and business units.
  • Experience a fantastic team culture with opportunities to develop.


As a Business Partner in the Employee Relations team, you will provide employment and legislative advice and manage complex employee relations matters.

As a Principal HR Business Partner, You Will

  • Provide high level strategic and operational human resource consultancy, advice and services to allocated portfolios.
  • Provide technical support and expertise to team members and stakeholders in relation to discipline matters, ensuring adherence to relevant frameworks including Conduct and Performance Excellence, Crime and Corruption Commission, and Public Interest Disclosures.
  • Provide leadership and guidance regarding the use of workforce analytics in identifying trends and issues, to inform needs-based and tailored HR strategy and education.
  • Provide guidance and support to Senior HR Business Partners in relation to complaint or grievance resolution techniques.
  • Lead Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) appeals, including advocacy in the QIRC with support from the Manager or Crown Law.
  • Provide leadership, guidance and technical expertise to team members on general and complex HR advice, suspension, performance management, and complaints.
  • Prepare complex intra and inter-departmental correspondence and contribute to and/or prepare data and reporting as required.
  • Support a respectful, cohesive and proactive Business Partnerships team.
  • Oversee the maintenance of records, case and file management, to ensure data accuracy.
  • From time-to-time you may be required to contribute to projects, for example: organisational change; service innovation and business improvement initiatives; strategic workforce planning; employment and industrial relations strategy; and policy updates.
  • It is a requirement of all employees to maintain cultural capability, commit to self-directed learning regarding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and to contribute to a culturally safe and inclusive workplace.


Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Occupational group HR & Industrial Relations

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