About WorkCover Queensland
At WorkCover Queensland our vision is to be the best worker’s compensation insurer, to make a positive difference to people’s lives and to keep Queenslanders working. Our flexible work environment allows you to be your best every day and contribute to the big picture.
Our organisation is made up of individuals who collaborate and seek to engage others, working together as One Team. We embrace diversity and value people who bring personal energy and authenticity to everything they do. If you’re someone with a strong values-oriented compass and you want to achieve sustainable outcomes, you will find a great community at WorkCover.
About the Opportunity: Senior People Business Partner
WorkCover Queensland is entering a new chapter, guided by strong executive leadership and our 2030 Strategy. We are transforming how we connect with our people, build leadership capability, and deliver high performance. Our vision to be the best workers’ compensation insurer and make a positive difference to people’s lives, relies on the strength, capability, and engagement of our people.
Reporting to the Head of People Partnering, you will work closely with the Executive and Senior Leadership Teams (ELT/SLT) to design and execute enterprise-level people strategies that elevate organisational performance, strengthen leadership, and embed a culture of excellence. This senior business partner role is strategic, commercial, and influential, requiring critical thinking, practical insight, and a transformational lens to address complex workforce challenges.
You will translate WorkCover’s vision into enterprise-wide impact, coaching and influencing senior to executive leaders, aligning people initiatives with business priorities, and leveraging People Centres of Excellence and external partners to deliver fit-for-purpose solutions. You will act as a strategic voice for the business, ensuring people strategies are actionable, commercially sound, and aligned with operational realities. Your work will strengthen leadership capability, embed a high-performance culture, and drive sustainable, measurable business outcomes across the organisation.
This senior, transformational role operates with leaders across the organisation, requiring tact, agility, and the ability to pivot quickly in response to business priorities. You will provide insight and guidance that shapes decision-making, aligns stakeholders, and ensures people strategies deliver impact across the enterprise.
You’re a senior-level strategic business partner and trusted advisor, working alongside ELT and SLT to design and implement commercially focused people strategies. In this role, you will lead enterprise-wide transformational programs that shape leadership, strengthen organisational capability, and drive measurable business outcomes. You thrive in dynamic environments, bringing clarity and focus to complex challenges. You connect insights across people, processes, and organisational priorities, and turning strategy into practical, high-impact results.
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Executive gravitas and diplomacy, guiding complex decisions, leading cross-functional collaboration, aligning stakeholders, and shaping organisational strategy.
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Exceptional strategic judgment, able to interpret business and people cues, anticipate risks and opportunities, and execute practical, high-impact solutions with clarity and consistency.
About Us
Working in a collaborative team environment within a supportive and engaged organisation, you’ll enjoy a hybrid work model, access to personalised learning and development opportunities, and the holistic support of our health and wellbeing program. We offer industry competitive salaries, a generous superannuation scheme (including co-contribution), and study assistance. You can find out more about our Employee Benefits by visiting Working at WorkCover Qld.
How do I apply?
Please submit your resume along with a covering letter of no more than two pages, outlining why you are a strong fit for this role. Highlight your motivations for applying, your experience in strategic people partnering with executive and senior leadership, and examples of how you have delivered people solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.
Pre-employment checks will be conducted on all prospective employees. This will include a Right to Work in Australia Check, Police Check, Employment History Check, Reference Check and where appropriate a Visa Check. The information provided will be treated as confidential in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 (Qld).
We are committed to ensuring WorkCover reflects the diversity of the Queensland community. We welcome applications from First Nations peoples, members of the LGBTQIA+SB community, people of all ages, people who are neurodivergent, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our recruitment team during your conversation with them.
