The Role

See below a description of the vacancy and the responsibilities, along with the skills required for this role.



HR Business Partner - Operational

Goulburn, Australia

Reference: 6855292

  • Permanent full-time role based in Goulburn, NSW
  • Onsite Monday-Friday (this is a highly connected, people-facing role)
  • Relocation package available which includes accommodation for your first 3 months
  • The chance to work in a global business with genuine complexity, variety, and impact

If you can earn trust with frontline teams and advise senior leaders with credibility while navigating the complexity of a global organisation, this is your kind of HR role.

About Aviagen Australia

Aviagen is a global organisation and the world's leading poultry breeding company. In Australia, we're proud of the work we do, the standards we uphold, and the role we play in a sustainable industry that helps feed communities now and into the future.

Why this role is different

This role is for an HR professional who is equal parts relationship-builder and a steady operator. You can deliver a message that people don't love in a way they'll actually hear. You build relationships that create action. And when things go sideways, you don't disappear you stay steady, and guide the team back to the right outcome.

Reporting to the ANZ HR Manager, you'll partner closely with leaders and provide hands-on generalist support across the employee lifecycle, including:

  • Provide operational HR advice across employee relations, performance management, investigations support, and workplace behaviours
  • Coach leaders and employees on respectful workplace communication and conduct HR related policy and processes in a practical and relatable way
  • Navigate and apply a global policy and procedure framework, ensuring fair, consistent outcomes
  • Support recruitment, onboarding, engagement and retention initiatives
  • Be willing to roll up your sleeves, this is an operational role and includes support with HR administration to keep things moving

The person we're looking for: a Diplomat

You're calm, confident, and persuasive not because you're loud, but because you're credible. You can hold a room, read the audience, and deliver messages that land and deliver outcomes.

What you'll bring

  • Tertiary qualification in HR, Employment Relations, or similar
  • 5+ years' recent experience in a similar operational HR generalist / HRBP role
  • Experience in a large, complex organisation (multi-site, national or international) with established policies, procedures, governance and stakeholder layers
  • Solid working knowledge of employee relations, performance management and industrial instruments/awards
  • Confidence delivering training/toolboxes/coaching sessions to groups
  • Strong HR systems capability (HCM/HRIS) and a process-improvement mindset
  • Practical, hands-on approach with high emotional intelligence

Ready to apply? If you're an operational HR professional who can move comfortably between the workforce and senior leadership meetings, and you're known as the person who can get outcomes through trust and influence we'd like to hear from you.

For a confidential chat, connect with Victoria Williams, Recruitment Business Partner on 03 9691 4712


Applications Close: 22 Feb 2026


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