We’re looking for an experienced and enthusiastic HR Advisor to support the People Partner team in coaching employees and leaders across the employment lifecycle.

• Work in renewable energy industry as a trusted source of information for your stakeholders
• Bring your passion for people to life in delivering great HR support
• Tailored flexible arrangements to suit your lifestyle

Salary range $89,558 - $110,146 plus super

With the help of over 30,000 people over 100 years, we have built, maintained, and refurbished hydropower infrastructure across Tasmania. We’re fuelling the future of energy with the power of the past, and we need skilled and reliable people to join us provide timely day-to-day HR advice and support to employees and managers for queries across the employee lifecycle.

We support applications from all members of our community for equitable access to our employment opportunities. We are open to discussing workplace flexibility in all our vacancies, to ensure we can attract the best candidates and accommodate individual needs, differences, disabilities and working arrangements, even in ways we have not thought of. Our merit-based recruitment practices are founded on building diversity by fostering an inclusive, flexible and equitable workplace. For more information about Hydro Tasmania please visit our website www.hydro.com.au/careers

Who are you?

Your experience in HR along with a strong customer service focus will set you up for success in this role. Your experience will include:

• Experience working with operational areas of the business
• Job design and evaluation, ideally using the Mercer CED framework
• Ability to work with geographically dispersed stakeholders and employees
• Strong relationship building and stakeholder engagement skills including with external parties such as tribunals, advocacy groups, and unions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with capabilities in presenting information to large and diverse groups of employees and leaders
• Australian drivers licence and ability to travel to our sites
• Being comfortable navigating the ‘grey’ and devising fit-for-purpose and employee-focused solutions

Even if you don’t meet these criteria 100%, we still want to hear from you!

About the role:

To put it simply, you will be responsible for providing generalist HR advice to employees and leaders within Hydro Tasmania group, in consultation with the People Partner team. This role will utilise your customer service and communication skills to provide advice and guidance to ensure an excellent employee experience.

As a HR Advisor at Hydro Tasmania, you will:

✓ Assist the HR Business Partners, leaders, and employees with generalist support and advice through your demonstrated experience of interpreting relevant legislation, industrial instruments, and policies for tailored advice

✓ Support people leaders with HRIS management processes and ensure the quality and compliance of HR documentation

✓ Support other projects and initiatives which contribute to achieving our strategic objectives, including identifying opportunities for contemporary practice

More information can be found in the attached Position Description: PD - PC - HR Advisor - HT3 March 25.pdf

We have two roles currently available with slightly different focal points. We have a permanent position available that predominantly supports our Assets and Infrastructure business unit and a fixed-term position which supports the other business units, with support from the broader People Partner team.

For some context about these roles, please see the attached pack of information: HR Advisors - April 2025_Job Pack.pdf

Haven’t convinced you yet?

In addition to a competitive remuneration package , this role offers the unique advantage of being directly involved in supporting key activities to deliver our people initiatives in a renewable energy organisation.

We value flexibility and understand this means different things to different people, so we are open to discussing what this looks like for you. We offer a range of employee perks and often have something for everyone, including generous parental leave, electricity discounts and no credit/no debit sick leave. At Hydro Tasmania we also strongly support career development opportunities, and while this can look different for everyone, we will work with you to support the pathways you want to explore!

As an endorsed employer for women, we have benefits and policies on our Work180 page – check it out here: www.work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/hydro-tasmania

Let’s get applying!

We will be running an agile process (interviewing as candidates apply) so strongly encourage you to apply as soon as you can to ensure we get your application and can review accordingly.

Attach your resumé and a cover letter addressing your experience and preferred role(s).

We also ask you address these two questions, while ensuring your cover letter is 750 words or less:

1. Share a time you identified a trend; what did you identify and how, and explain what you did about it and the results of taking that action. We are looking for examples of where you have improved business and employee outcomes as a result.
   
   
2. What is your view on the recent announcements regarding a ban on non-compete clauses, and what information helped you form that conclusion? How do you think this might impact Hydro Tasmania group if the ban went ahead?

Recruitment agencies: we respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.