Human resources (HR) professionals contribute to taking care of the most important asset in Defence – its workforce.
HR roles in Defence address the workforce related matters that have been highlighted as a significant challenge in the Defence Strategic Review and National Defence Strategy.
HR professionals manage people policy and processes across a wide range of areas such as attraction, recruitment, employee performance, remuneration, rewards and recognition, learning, training and inductions, employee relations, and workplace health and safety to ensure the wellbeing of all employees and foster effective workplace relations.
A HR career in Defence allows employees to work as a collaborator between the Defence workforce and the organisation, and improve how the integrated Defence organisation work together for positive outcomes. This could see a HR professional with the opportunity to plan, develop, implement and evaluate functions throughout the employee lifecycle.
HR professionals could also design and develop corporate training programs to support organisational outcomes through strategic HR data, people systems and work health and safety. These opportunities facilitate professional growth and the development of transferable skills.
Roles
HR roles and opportunities include:
- HR Delivery
- HR Strategy and Design
- Strategic Welfare
- HR Business Partner
- HR Officer / Manager
- Language Teacher
- Learning and Development Officer / Manager
- Payroll Officer / Manager
- Recruitment Officer / Manager.
Have an impact at Defence
- Contribute to Australia's national security
- Lead Defence's people strategy and policy
- Drive, inform and reinforce cultural change
- Influence workforce issues
- Build workforce skills.