Description:
SA HealthJob reference: 898362
Location: 5063 - EASTWOOD
Job status: Short Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
- SA Ambulance Service, Workforce Services.
- Salary: $108,109.00 - $116,864.00 p.a. / ASO7
- Full time, short term fixed term contract commencing ASAP to 11 July 2025
- 5063 / Eastwood
About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced HR professional to join our team in the position of Principal HR Business Partner & Team Leader. Heading up the HR business partnering (HRBP) team, this position is responsible for ensuring the implementation of a robust HR business partnering model, providing expert HR advice, and guiding and mentoring a small team.
As a senior member of the SAAS HR team, the successful candidate will work collaboratively with the HR Manager, as well as leaders across other disciplines of the Workforce Service Directorate, to enhance HR consultancy and advisory services, and continually build leadership capability. The role provides high-level coaching and support to leaders, manages complex employee relations matters, and drives continuous improvement initiatives to ensure compliance with employment related legislative and policy requirements whilst optimising the employee experience.
This role offers the opportunity to work with a highly dedicated team, making a meaningful contribution to the South Australian community by supporting frontline emergency services professionals and support staff, to provide essential clinical care to South Australians each and every day.
About You
To be successful you will bring:
- Extensive HR business partnering experience, with a strong background in employee relations including experience in conducting and/or evaluating the outcomes of workplace investigations and advising on employee misconduct and performance improvement matters
- Proven leadership capability with demonstrated ability to guide, coach and mentor others
- Strong relationship management and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Well developed written communication skills with experience in drafting a range of formal and informal documents
- Well-developed analytical and critical thinking skills, combined with a strategic mindset to drive HR solutions that minimise risk and optimise employee engagement and wellbeing
- A high level of integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality
- A strong focus on customer service and a commitment to delivering best-practice HR services
About Us:
SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia's provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.
We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency pre-hospital medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.
Our Vision : An innovative, patient focused, technology enabled, evidence driven, emergency response and health care ambulance service; achieved by exceptional people.
Our Mission : Providing emergency response and health care ambulance services within South Australia, designed and development around patient and community needs, enabling timely and equitable access for our patients to the most appropriate point of care.
Our Purpose : To ensure South Australia thrives by enabling access to emergency and non-emergency ambulance health care and alternative patient pathways while contributing to our state's emergency preparedness and health response capability.
Our Values:
PATIENT FOCUSED : We will put our patients and the safe and quality care we provide them first; in everything we do.
TEAMWORK: We will work across SAAS, our health system, our partners, stakeholders and the community to achieve our goals.
INTEGRITY AND HONESTY: We accept and uphold the standards and expectations of our organisation and communities.
RESPECT AND COURTESY: We will always be respectful and courteous toward our patients, each other, and all those we work with.
COMMUNITY COLLABORATION : We value our role in the community, and we value the communities we serve.
CHANGE READY : We know our communities' needs will evolve and we must adapt to meet them.
AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP: We will support leadership development for our people at every level.
What We Offer:
- Competitive remuneration plus salary packaging benefits up to $11,660 (including general living expenses & meal entertainment).
- Work in a collaborative, forward-thinking environment with a culture of inclusion and diversity
- Giving back the people of South Australia! Play a vital role in enhancing the well-being of our community.
- We take care of you! Access to a range of staff and wellness support programs!
Salary Packaging with Smart
As an employee of SA Ambulance Service, you may be eligible to salary package a range of living expenses through Smart -
Visit https://sagov.smart.com.au/ for more information.
Application Information:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply for this role.
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and/or additional relevant history screening that may be applicable and appropriate Immunisation screening.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Enquiries to: Rachel Stephenson - Manager, Human Resources: rachel.stephenson@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: 11:55pm Wednesday 19 March 2025
Attachments
Role Description - Principal Business Partner and Team Leader - March 2025.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.