Human Resources Business Partner

Job No: MCS112835

Location: Nudgee

Employment Status: Full-Time Fixed-Term

No. of Vacancies: 1

Closing Date: 20 Feb 2026 AEST

About the role

Mercy Community has an exciting opportunity for a Human Resources Business Partner to join our People and Culture Team on a permanent full-time basis at our corporate office in Nudgee.

Reporting to the Head of People and Culture the position is responsible for partnering closely with the Mercy Community leaders to deliver HR support. Working across all aspects of the employee lifecycle, you will coach and assist leaders in effective people leadership. This includes providing positive and proactive advice regarding the resolution of workplace and employee disputes and grievances. Additionally, through the provision of workforce insights and initiatives, you will work closely with leaders to understand business challenges and priorities and translate business needs into HR initiatives. You will also implement the strategic workforce plan and the people lifecycle within your remits

Salary commensurate with experience plus superannuation and generous salary packaging available.

This role involves but not limited to -

Coaching and assisting leaders, providing HR strategic, advisory, and operational support to managers and employees across the employment life cycle.
Implementation and coaching of leaders in all elements of the annual people cycle including performance, remuneration, etc.
Implementation of the strategic people plan.
Translating business priorities into HR initiatives where necessary
Assisting leaders with people support and projects on key business initiatives.
Support management and employees in the interpretation of and adherence to applicable industrial instruments, policies procedures and processes, and best practice.
Support and guide managers to undertake consistent and appropriate performance management processes to promote a high-performance culture and manage underperformance.
Undertake effective case management of employee relations matters.
Contribute to the review and development of people related policies, procedures, practices, and processes, ensuring alignment to legislative requirements and best practice.
Support leaders with change initiatives as required including planning and communications incorporating the full people impact of changes.
Support leaders to promote a constructive culture aligned with organisational values.
Identify people-related risks and support mitigation strategies in partnership with leaders and People & Culture and Legal, Risk and Compliance.
Work collaboratively with the broader People & Culture team to deliver consistent, high-quality services.
Support continuous improvement of people processes, systems and service delivery.

About you

As the successful applicant, you will possess:

Tertiary qualification in Human Resources
Significant experience in a similar role
Proven ability to interpret and apply a range of industrial agreements, providing advice to management and employees using strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Proven ability to partner with the business on HR strategic initiatives.
Ability to coach leaders on all aspects of the employee lifecycle
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit organisation that provides a range of aged care and community services. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services through our Employee Assistance Program
Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements

For any queries, please contact MCSCareers.Mailbox@mercycs.org.au. We do not accept applications via email so please ensure you apply online.

Mercy Community is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.

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Human Resources Business Partner

Job No: MCS112835 Location: Nudgee Employment Status: Full-Time Fixed-Term No. of Vacancies: 1 Closing Date: 20 Feb 2026 AEST

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Questions

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

RIGHT TO WORK

WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY

PROBITY REQUIREMENTS

EQUITY & DIVERSITY

SOURCING

Job No: MCS112835

Location: Nudgee

Employment Status: Full-Time Fixed-Term

No. of Vacancies: 1

Closing Date: 20 Feb 2026 AEST