HR Business Partner

About Us 

Lead. Grow. Transform.  

As Australia’s largest automotive OEM employer, we proudly have around 1,500 talented engineers, designers, sales, marketing and specialist staff working at sites across Victoria and interstate regional offices. Crucially, Australia is a key global development hub for Ford, and the local design and engineering team lead the creation of vehicles including the Ranger, Ranger Raptor, and Everest – models sold in around 180 markets worldwide. Our product development footprint spans key sites across Campbellfield, Geelong and the You Yangs Proving Ground, giving Ford Australia a broad and diverse capability for designing, engineering and validating vehicles for global markets. 

Why Ford?  

For a century, we've been a driving force across Australia, building a legacy that truly speaks for itself. Leading the way, the Ranger continues its rein as Australia's No. 1 Selling Vehicle and our iconic Mustang proudly holds its position as Australia’s No. 1 Sports Car. 

These remarkable achievements are a testament to our unwavering commitment to innovation and a customer-focused approach that has delivered success across our entire lineup, giving us so much to be excited about! But we believe we do more than just build award-winning vehicles—we build careers. 

• Discounted lease car options. 
• Multiple Employee Resource Groups – Ford Pride, Women of Ford and Ford Empowering Diverse Abilities. 
• Flexible Work Arrangements.            
• Growth and development opportunities via internal and external training. 
• Paid parental leave from day 1.  
• Comprehensive Employee Assist Program.   
• Wellness Programs including Free Flu Vaccinations and Health Checks. 
• Paid volunteer days.                                                                                                   

About the Role  

As an HR Business Partner, you will collaborate closely with the business to support our leaders and employees in living and breathing our Ford Operating System (FOS) Behaviours. Bringing genuine commercial curiosity and an authentic care for our people, you will delve deep into business operations to add value across the entire employee lifecycle. You will partner strategically with leaders to uplift capability, proactively anticipate future workforce skill needs, and advocate for an inclusive, high-performing culture that sets Ford up for sustainable, long-term success.

In this pivotal role, you will seamlessly balance strategic design with hands-on operational delivery—from navigating complex labour and employee relations matters to consulting on modern policy improvements. Embracing a "Ready for Anything" mindset, you will coach, empower, and build resilience across diverse teams as we navigate an exciting, rapid pace of transformation in the automotive industry.

This is a part-time position (4 days per week), reporting directly to the Product Development (PD) HR Director and based at our IMG Product Development Hub in Broadmeadows on a hybrid work schedule.

• Business Partnering & Coaching: Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, aligning people strategies with organisational goals. Coach and guide leaders on organisational design, workforce planning, and talent capability to drive high performance and navigate change. 
• Labour & Employee Relations Management: Provide hands-on guidance on complex employee and industrial relations matters (including investigations, performance management, grievance handling, and disciplinary processes) in line with Australian employment law, established enterprise agreements and unionised site operating procedures. 
• Workforce Capability: Partner collaboratively with People Leaders and Talent Acquisition to forecast future capability requirements, addressing skill gaps through targeted succession planning, retention strategies, and development programs. 
• Workplace Culture & Inclusion: Champion our Ford Operating System (FOS) Behaviours, supporting leaders in building psychologically safe, high-performing, and inclusive team environments. 
• HR Operations, Insights & Projects: Deliver core HR programs across the employee lifecycle. Leverage workforce data and metrics to identify trends, inform business decisions, and lead continuous improvement initiatives in collaboration with local and global HR teams.

• Relevant Qualifications: Degree in Human Resource Management, Business, Industrial Relations, or a related field (or equivalent practical industry experience).
• Core HR Generalist Foundation: 5+ years of progressive HR Business Partnering / Generalist experience across the end-to-end employee lifecycle in a fast-paced or technical environment. 
• Strong Industrial & Labour Relations Background: Proven experience operating within unionised environments, with solid knowledge of Australian Employment Law, Modern Awards, and Enterprise Agreements. 
• Policy & Consultation Expertise: Demonstrated success reviewing and refining people and culture policies with a collaborative, consultative approach to change management. 
• Inclusion Champion: A genuine passion for fostering inclusive workplace practices and embedding equitable, transparent people processes. 
• Executive Presence & Influence: Exceptional interpersonal skills with the confidence, gravitas, and emotional intelligence to build trusted relationships and challenge constructively up to executive levels. 
• Site Mobility & Growth Mindset (Desirable): Openness and agility to rotate into other HR Business Partner positions across Ford’s Victorian site locations (e.g. Broadmeadows, Richmond, You Yangs Proving Ground, Geelong) to gain broad business exposure and accelerate your professional growth. 

Equal Opportunity 

Ford Australia is inclusive employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. 

A pre-employment criminal/ background check will be required at the time of hire. 

---Applications will open on Wednesday 2 September and close on Wednesday 23 September, however, please do not delay your application as interviews will commence before the closing date---

Please note due to the high numbers of applications we will only be able to contact shortlisted candidates.

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