People & Culture Partner

• Immediate permanent full-time opportunity plus additional full-time fixed-term role for parental leave cover commencing in/around March 2026
• $114,691 plus super, plus salary packaging available
• Progress with purpose at one of Australia’s largest health care providers
• Get ahead with salary packaging, benefits and professional development in a supportive team environment
• Flexible/Hybrid working Arrangements Available (working from office and from home)
• You’ll need your own vehicle and be available to travel on any day of the week, as needed.
• Portfolios may include Aged Care, Home Care or Hospitals.

About the role

Calvary is offering a unique opportunity for a dynamic HR Professional to make a difference as part of our people team.

We need someone who will be happy to roll up their sleeves and act as an embedded partner to our managers, providing proactive guidance and expert support to navigate complex daily employee relations challenges.

As a People and Culture Case Advisor, you will play a key role in supporting managers with a wide range of HR matters, including performance management, grievances, workplace investigations, restructures and disciplinary processes. You will become the go-to expert, providing invaluable advice across a variety of employee relations issues, as well as providing coaching and support to our amazing team of people leaders and employees across Calvary Hospitals, Aged Care, and Home Care.

If you are passionate about solving complex HR and ER challenges and love being the trusted expert in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!

Your main duties will include:

• Handling employee relations, including conflict resolution, grievances, investigations, and compliance reporting.
• Independently undertaking both low level and complex case management and queries, and act as a point of escalation within the People and Culture team, with assistance from Workplace Relations.
• Interpreting, providing advice and applying employment legislation policies and procedures.
• Providing accurate and timely advice, coaching and support managers and employees across all aspects of people and culture matters, including running our Manager101 and Values Led sessions.
• Supporting the People and Culture Manager and other leaders with change initiatives, position descriptions & classification reviews, develop change and communication plans, facilitation of consultation with unions and employees whilst ensuring adherence to industrial instruments.
• Attending management and team meetings as required and share topical people and culture information, keeping abreast of and understand current challenges facing Aged Care, Home Care and Hospitals.

About you

• Tertiary qualifications in HR or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience in performance management, project management, workforce development, and industrial/employee relations.
• Proven ability to interpret industrial instruments such as Awards and Enterprise Agreements.
• Strong analytical skills for leading workplace investigations and disciplinary processes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build productive relationships with stakeholders, whilst managing expectations and constructively managing objections to advice.
• In-depth understanding of labour laws, workplace legislation, and compliance standards.
• Experience managing diverse HR cases, complex workplace investigations and providing advice on ER matters.

For further information please contact Raf Gonzalez, People and Culture Manager on Raf.Gonzalez@calvarycare.org.au

Why work for Calvary?

At Calvary, our staff matter. 

With over 130 years’ experience and 18,000 staff and volunteers, we offer an inclusive and welcoming culture where you are valued, drawing on your own strengths, identity and background alongside a team of professionals who care for our patients, residents and clients.

Your benefits: 

• NFP salary packaging benefits, discounted health insurance and gym memberships 
• Paid parental leave 
• Training, development pathways and career opportunities
• Flexible hours that make sense for you, including working from home.

As we serve the community across Home, Virtual and Residential Aged Care, Retirement Living and Hospitals, one thing sets us apart. Care from the heart. If this sounds like you, apply for a role with Calvary today.

Please note the following:

As part of the application process, you will be required to complete pre-employment checks which may include, but is not limited to reference checks, work rights, criminal history check, NDIS/WWCC/WWVP checks, and a health evaluation to ensure suitability for the role.