• Geelong Waterfront or Melbourne Burwood Campus + hybrid work arrangements
• Full-time and 1 X Fixed-term until Oct 2027 and 1 X Fixed-term until July 2027
• HEW 8 $118,801 - $136,018  + 17% Superannuation

Who are we?

Deakin is a cutting-edge public university headquartered in Victoria, revolutionising education with 61,000 students across our campuses: Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waurn Ponds, Geelong Waterfront, Warrnambool, Deakin University Lancaster University Indonesia (DLI), GIFT City, India, and our vibrant online environment. We're proud to be a progressive and open-minded university, delivering the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the world's universities.

About the role:

The Consultant, People Solutions will provide a wide range of people and culture advice and coordination to enable end to end solutions for university stakeholders. Working closely with People & Culture and Customer Experience teams, the Consultant will contribute and support managers to find appropriate resolutions across a diverse range of people issues as required, to deliver holistic solutions for clients.

As a Consultant, People Solutions, you will:

• Provide expert advice on people and culture related matters, including the management of escalated people issues and disputes, complex policy advice and consultancy and support to people leaders ⋅
• Analyse problems, weigh up a range of options to identify accessible and inclusive solutions and translate complex issues into clear and understandable goals and targets for Deakin, commensurate with exposure and experience
• Actively encourage and coach others to question traditional assumptions, promote novel ideas and review wellbeing related practices and policies and translate into workplace improvements
• Establish systems and procedures to guide work and track progress and strive for excellence and continually evaluate progress and effectively overcomes barriers to achieve outcomes, liaising and coordinating closely with other teams across People and Culture and Customer Experience, to ensure end-to-end delivery for clients
• Discuss and understand broad constructs rather than concrete examples and implement solutions, evaluate effectiveness and adjust actions as required to provide solutions directly to university stakeholders

To be successful, you’ll have:

• Postgraduate qualifications or progress towards postgraduate qualifications and extensive relevant experience; or
• Extensive experience and management expertise; or
• An equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training
• Experience providing people and culture advice and services, including wellbeing, return to work, mediation and/or conflict resolution in a large organisation
  
  

Here's how to apply: 

Please submit your updated resume and a short cover letter outlining your skills and experience.

For a confidential discussion regarding this role, please contact Gemma Doyle (Associate Director, People Solutions) via email at g.doyle@deakin.edu.au  

For a copy of the position description, please see below:

 PD - Consultant, People Solutions _HEW 8.pdf

Applications for this position close at 11.55pm on Sunday 24th May.

Are You Ready?

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile, dynamic, and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education, research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive, thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come, and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientation, and genders.

Pre-employment safety and suitability checks:

In accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence, appointment to this role is subject to successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks, including Working With Children Checks and candidate gender-based violence declarations.

Candidates may be asked to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Gender‑based Violence, or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Gender‑based Violence during the course of their previous employment, or otherwise in a legal process.  A declaration is not required from individuals who have experienced gender‑based violence.  A ‘Yes’ response does not automatically exclude a candidate from employment, and any information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for relevance to the role and the University’s safety obligations.