Senior People and Culture Business Partner

Australian Ethical is one of Australia’s fastest-growing super fund and ethical investment managers. We are ASX-listed with over $14 billion in funds under management and offer a selection of award-winning managed funds and superannuation products.

Our purpose is to invest for a better world, and we have been pioneers in this space for almost 40 years. For us, investing has two aims – generating solid financial returns and a positive impact for people, planet, and animals. At Australian Ethical, we prove that money can be a force for good. We do this by staying true to our purpose, which is embedded throughout our organisation and drives our everyday activities as a business, investor, brand, employer, and corporate citizen. We’re a registered B Corp and fully committed to an inclusive, equitable and forward-thinking workplace culture.

As the Senior P&C Business Partner you will play an integral role pre-empting business needs and partnering with leaders to deliver impactful people initiatives to enable the organisation to better execute on its growth strategy.

·       Partner with executives and senior leaders to align people strategy with business objectives, purpose and values

·       Anticipate organisational needs and deliver pragmatic, high‑impact people solutions

·       Lead talent strategy across workforce planning, succession, capability and leadership development

·       Coach leaders on performance, employee relations, change and complex people matters

·       Drive organisational design, restructures and change initiatives as the business scales

·       Partner with Talent Acquisition to build strong, future‑ready talent pipelines

·       Embed inclusion, equity and belonging into everyday people practices

·       Use data and insights to inform critical workforce and talent decisions

·       Oversee core HR operations, ensuring efficient, compliant and continuously improving processes

·       Lead annual remuneration and performance review cycles and external data submissions

·       Stay ahead of HR, market and legislative trends to keep the organisation competitive

·       Lead and develop the P&C Coordinator, driving accountability and delivery

You’re a highly experienced HR professional looking for an opportunity in a dynamic environment to support executives and senior leaders navigate change as our organisation works towards its growth objectives. You’re adept in building rapport and gaining credibility and balancing competing priorities, seamlessly pivoting between business partnering and HR operations. If you have all or most of the following, we’d love to hear from you:

·       10+ years experience in Human Resources, with experience in Financial Services

·       5+ years' experience in a role supporting one or more leaders at executive leadership level

·       Proven experience influencing outcomes and uplifting leadership capability

·       Experience leading REM reviews and enhancements

·       Direct leadership and management responsibilities

·       Relevant qualifications

·       Alignment with our values of: Authenticity, Action, Connection, Curiosity and Empathy

·       We offer a competitive salary, including short-term and long-term incentives including access to an Employee Share Plan

·       Hybrid work arrangements

·       Wellbeing program that includes an extra 5 days of leave above statutory requirement

·       Purpose aligned volunteer days

·       20 days paid annual leave with an additional 3 paid days of annual leave over the Christmas period

Want to know more about what it's like to work at Australian Ethical? Check out our LinkedIn Life Page here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/australian-ethical-investment/life/ or our Careers and Culture page here:  https://www.australianethical.com.au/work-with-us/

At Australian Ethical we embrace diversity in our people and thinking. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or disability status. 

If this role interests you and you'd love to join the Australian Ethical team, apply here. We look forward to hearing from you!

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Applications or approaches via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Background checks will be conducted for the successful candidate, as per our regulatory requirements as a financial services organisation