HR Business Partner

About The Role

The HR Business Partner is responsible for implementing and supporting the People Strategy for H&B Defence, ensuring alignment of people practices across the joint venture and shareholder entities. Working closely with the Chief People Officer, the role enables the delivery of strategic and operational HR plans, oversees HR projects and calendar activities, and ensures the people elements of the Babcock employee lifecycle are completed with consistency and care.

You will act as a trusted advisor to H&B leadership, providing insight on workforce planning, talent risks and organisational design while ensuring secondee arrangements are effectively managed and aligned with business goals. The role requires the ability to translate HR strategy into practical guidance for leaders and employees, support capability development across the organisation, and use data and insights to inform decision‑making.

You will partner with leaders to resolve employment matters, liaise with shareholder HR teams on secondee compensation and progression, and lead initiatives that strengthen collaboration, engagement and wellbeing across diverse teams. The role also involves interpreting employment legislation and industrial instruments, supporting employee and industrial relations matters, and applying structured change management methodologies to guide the organisation through transformation.

A commitment to continuous improvement is essential, as you will identify and lead opportunities to enhance HR processes and organisational effectiveness. You will actively contribute to a safe working environment, model H&B Defence values, and promote a culture of accountability, respect, excellence, safety and care for one another. The role also supports Trade Control compliance by embedding best‑practice behaviours and ensuring obligations are understood and met. Some intrastate, interstate and overseas travel may be required.

About You

You bring strong experience in interpreting legislation, Awards, industrial agreements and organisational policy to provide pragmatic, high‑quality HR advice. Your background includes supporting leaders through performance, conduct and grievance matters, and you are confident navigating complex stakeholder environments with professionalism and emotional intelligence. You have a solid understanding of the broader HR functional areas, supported by strong analytical, research and problem‑solving capability.

Your communication and consulting skills enable you to build trusted relationships at all levels, and your organisational skills allow you to balance competing priorities while maintaining attention to detail. You model the values and commitments of H&B Defence, demonstrating integrity, respect, accountability, safety, excellence and care in every interaction.

Experience in joint ventures, alliances or similarly complex environments is highly regarded, as is experience designing HR frameworks, conducting workplace investigations or working with unions. Above all, you are motivated by contributing to a mission‑focused organisation and supporting people to perform at their best in a high‑trust, high‑standards environment.

Your Future At Babcock – What We Offer You

We provide an agile work environment where you’re able to work onsite and remotely, and to set you up for this we provide a laptop and working from home kit if required, in addition we offer compressed hours which can provide you even more flexibility; Our work life integration policy brings together leave entitlements which include annual leave, wellbeing leave, volunteer leave, paid parental leave, defence reservist leave plus more; We will provide you with a supportive and engaging environment where you can grow your career, supported by our capability framework plus ongoing access to self-led learning modules through LinkedIn Learning and access to study leave; You’ll have access to beRewarded which will provide you with endless discounts across retail, health, entertainment, travel and much

more, plus novated leasing options and corporate shares plan;

Your wellbeing is supported through our online wellbeing program Munch, Mind, Move, Money, access to our employee assistance program plus wellbeing leave; You’ll be able to participate in our weRecognise program which is an opportunity to recognise the outstanding work our people do each and every day in living our principles which are Be kind, Collaborate, Be Curious, Think Outcomes, Be Courageous and Own & Deliver.

Who we are Babcock International Group, the aerospace and defence company, has been trusted to deliver bespoke, highly skilled engineering services for over a century.

Across Australia and New Zealand, Babcock has grown to a team of over 1,500 talented people, and we are on a path of continued growth and expansion. We operate across sectors such as defence, commercial marine, aviation, airports, communications, emergency services and engineering consultancy.

Some of the programs our team across Australia and New Zealand are proud to be a part of involve:

Providing emergency medical and search & rescue aviation services through our Aviation & Critical Services business; Designing and supporting key systems for submarines and surface ships through our Marine business; Providing fleet wide through life support and asset management services for Navy customers; Managing critical assets for a range of sectors through our Mission & Support Systems business.

So, if you would like to join us and help create a safe and secure world, together, please apply via the ‘Apply Now’ button below.

To learn more about us vis i t www.babcock.com.a u

Job req #70523

We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds and experience however, due to the defence orientation of this role, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain an appropriate level of Commonwealth Personnel Security Clearance, as defined in the AGSVA guidelines.

Please note, should your application progress you may be required to complete pre-employment checks. These checks may include but not limited to, reference checks, police check, security check, qualifications and right to work.

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