People & Culture Business Partner - Business Partnering NSW

About Avant

Avant is Australia’s leading medical defense organisation with a proud heritage of protecting Australian medical professionals for over 130 years. It was established by a small group of doctors in 1893, who wanted to “protect themselves from actions arising out of the practice of medicine”.
Avant now represents over 82,000 health practitioners and medical students across every state and territory, delivering market leading products and services to meet their professional, personal and practice needs. Building on this heritage, our vision is to be the most trusted professional partner in supporting doctors throughout their lives and careers.

As a mutual organisation, owned by members and run purely for their benefit, our members are at the centre of all we do. As well as providing products and services to our member, we play a broader community role by advocating for improvements in the healthcare system and in quality, safety and professionalism in medicine, through delivering education and research activities.
The commitment to members and the profession from our ~850 staff has resulted in over 50% of Australia’s doctors choosing to be Avant members, delivered annual revenues of $445 million and net assets of ~$1.4 billion.

About the role

We have an opportunity to join our People and Culture team on a full-time permanent basis

This role will see you be a true partner to the Executive and Senior Leadership teams of our business, driving success through our people across all aspects of the employee experience. If you like to be involved as a key part of the business leadership team, where you really do have a seat at the table, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Be the trusted advisor and partner to the leaders of our organisation, providing expert advice across all aspects of the employee lifecycle
• Be the lead in strategic people planning relating to your business units including engaging and retaining our people and improving employee experience in our new normal
• Provide advice for employee relations matters
• Support our leaders in embedding our values, performance and rewards program 
• Partner with our People & Culture colleagues to deliver on a range of initiatives including DEI, policy writing, WHS, HRIS implementation and workforce planning.   

To be successful in this role you will have:

• 5+ years understanding of human resources in a business partner role, preferably in a professional services environment;
• Commercially orientated with a strategic mindset, high emotional intelligence and a bias to delivering outcomes for your clients
• Strong communication and relationship building skills, with an ability to challenge and influence across all levels;
• High level of proficiency in both written and oral communication;
• A passion for people and driving initiatives that make a difference;
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in human resources or equivalent.

If you are passionate about people and looking for a role that will see you make a significant impact on an organisation, this role may be perfect for you!