People & Culture Business Partner

Ashurst · Melbourne VIC 3004 · Full time
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People & Culture Business Partner

KEY POINTS WE FOUND
  • Join a global team of legal professionals as a People & Culture Business Partner.
  • Provide HR advice and support to various legal teams in Melbourne.
  • Contribute to shaping employee experience and delivering people solutions.

Job Title People & Culture Business Partner Location Melbourne Description

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world. For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

  • Flexible work options - part-time, working from home and additional leave
  • Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
  • Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR professional to join our team in Melbourne as a People & Culture Business Partner on a 12 month fixed term contract. Reporting to the APAC P&C Director, this role forms an integral part of our business partnering team focussing on our Melbourne based Finance, Litigation and Advisory legal teams and supporting the Melbourne Operations teams.

You will provide advice, coaching and support to Partners, business function leaders and employees across the employee lifecycle. Working collaboratively with global P&C leads you will play a role in shaping the employee experience and delivering people solutions across a range of areas including culture development, retaining and developing talent, wellbeing and employment relations case management.

A full job description including a breakdown of responsibilities can be found attached to the role on our careers page https://www.ashurstperkins.com/en/careers/

We are interested in hearing from people who have:

  • Previous HR business partnering experience ideally gained within a law firm, professional services firm or partnership structure
  • Excellent communication skills with a proven ability to engage, influence and coach stakeholders at all levels
  • Good commercial acumen with the ability to see the big picture whilst maintaining attention to detail and delivering hands on implementation across the full spectrum of HR
  • A warm, approachable manner underpinned by genuine energy, enthusiasm and a curiosity to learn and grow
  • Solid working knowledge of Australian employment legislation and contemporary HR practice

Role available for commencement from mid December/early January

We value diverse perspectives at Ashurst Perkins Coie, so even if you don't feel you meet all of the requirements, we still encourage you to apply.

If you require any support and adjustments to participate equitably in our recruitment process or in the workplace, please contact: globalresourcing@ashurstperkins.com

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Australian employment lawCoachingCultural developmentEmployee lifecycle managementEmployment legislationExcellent communication skillsHr policies and proceduresStakeholder managementTalent developmentWellbeing programs

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Career advancement opportunitiesFlexible work optionsHealth and wellbeing benefits

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