Director, HR Business Partnering
Job No.: 690156
Location: Mulgrave
Employment Type: Full-time
Duration: 3-year fixed-term appointment
Remuneration: A competitive remuneration package will apply
- Shape the future of HR at scale
- Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas - and the people who discover them
- Drive workforce impact aligned to Impact 2030
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Chief People Officer, the Director, HR Business Partnering provides enterprise wide leadership of the HR Business Partnering function at Monash University.
This is a pivotal senior leadership role responsible for elevating the strategic partnership between HR and the University’s faculties and portfolios. You will lead a high-performing, service oriented team that strengthens workforce capability, organisational performance and the employee experience in alignment with Monash’s strategic plan, Impact 2030.
With a high degree of autonomy and influence, you will:
- Lead and evolve the HR Business Partnering model to deliver strategic, insight-driven workforce solutions
- Strengthen executive level partnerships and position HR as a trusted advisor
- Uplift capability in organisational design, workforce planning, succession and talent strategy
- Enable performance excellence through pragmatic and forward-looking people initiatives
- Guide leaders through complex employee matters and local change environments
- Contribute to the continued evolution of Monash’s HR operating model
This role balances strategic transformation with operational excellence, ensuring the consistent delivery of responsive, high-quality HR services across a complex, multi-campus and global university environment.
About You
You are a senior HR leader with extensive experience leading either a specialised or broad generalist HR function within a large, complex organisation.
You bring:
- A demonstrated ability to translate enterprise strategy into impactful people initiatives
- Strong commercial and organisational acumen
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing capability at executive level
- A track record of leading high-performing teams through change and ambiguity
- Experience uplifting HR capability, credibility and impact at scale
Most importantly, you are motivated by the opportunity to shape the future of strategic HR within an internationally recognised institution.
About Monash University
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something ground breaking – a place where great things happen.
We value difference and diversity, and welcome and celebrate everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. That’s why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Some 20,000 staff work for Monash around the world. We have 95,000 students, four Australian campuses, and campuses in Malaysia and Indonesia. We also have a major presence in India and China, and a significant centre and research foundation in Italy.
In our short history, we have skyrocketed through global university rankings and established ourselves consistently among the world's best tertiary institutions. We rank in the world’s top-50 universities in rankings including the QS World University Rankings 2026.
Learn more about Monash.
Today, we have the momentum to create the future we need for generations to come. Accelerate your change here.
Monash supports flexible and hybrid working arrangements. We have a range of policies in place enabling staff to combine work and personal commitments. This includes supporting parents.
To Apply
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: Ms Isabelle Ho, Executive Assistant to the Chief People Officer and Deputy Chief People Officer, 9902 9675
Position Description: Director, HR Business Partnering
Applications Close: Monday 9 March 2026, 11:55 PM AEDT
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