People Partner

People Partner

About the Business
For nearly 100 years, the Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) has provided life-saving aeromedical and primary healthcare services to rural, remote, and regional communities. Every day, their dedicated team works to deliver the finest care to the furthest corner.

With approximately 700 employees across multiple operational bases, RFDS (Queensland Section) is built on compassion, innovation, and a commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of all Queenslanders.

Join a purpose-driven organisation making a real impact - every hour, every day.

About the Role
Reporting to the People Partnering Manager, the People Partner plays a key role in delivering people focused services to leaders and employees across RFDS Queensland. You will be a trusted advisor to front–mid level leaders, helping them navigate employee-related matters, embed people practices, and uplift their capability in a practical, business-integrated way.

This role is well-suited to an experienced HR generalist or advisor who is ready to step into a broader partnering role and take ownership of both day-to-day support and improvement initiatives.

Your day-to-day will involve:

• Providing timely advice to leaders on employee matters, performance, employee experience, and risk identification
• Delivering value-add, business-integrated HR support aligned to operational needs
• Supporting People initiatives and taking ownership of selected business improvement projects
• Creating and maintaining HR documentation including PDs, performance tools, guides and templates
• Assisting with interpretation and application of awards, enterprise agreements, policies and relevant legislation
• Supporting onboarding and offboarding processes and monitoring survey insights
• Maintaining accurate HRIS and people systems records to support governance and compliance
• Responding to People enquiries and escalating when needed
• Building strong relationships with leaders across the organisation, contributing to a positive and solutions-focused People function

• 3–5 years’ experience in a generalist or advisory HR role
• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business or a related field
• A sound understanding of the Australian industrial relations landscape
• Experience interpreting awards, enterprise agreements, legislation, and organisational policies
• Strong written skills with high attention to detail across templates, documentation and processes
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, priorities and stakeholders with a calm, solutions-focused approach
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills across diverse operational environments
• HRIS experience (Ceridian Dayforce or Chris21 highly regarded)
• Experience in sectors such as healthcare, aviation, logistics or regulated environments will be well regarded

• Hybrid work model – 3 days in the office and 2 from home
• Free on-site parking at the Brisbane airport location
• Not-for-profit salary packaging options
• Exposure to senior HR leaders, project involvement and hands-on development
• A supportive, values-driven culture focused on collaboration and care
• The opportunity to have meaningful impact on the employee experience across a truly iconic organisation

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