Junior P&C Business Partner

• Permanent role
• Periodic international travel (Irvine, CA)
• Hybrid role, based in Box Hill

Planet Innovation (PI) is an award-winning medtech contract design and manufacturing company. We partner with leading global healthcare organisations and high-growth start-ups to create innovations that improve patient outcomes. Headquartered in Melbourne, with a growing presence in Irvine, California, we are experiencing strong demand for our consulting services across our client base.
We're looking for a broad, hands-on People & Culture Advisor to join our close-knit team. This is a newly created, true generalist role - one day you might be helping a manager work through a tricky people question, the next you're building a training module or standing in front of a room delivering it, including at our Irvine, CA site.
You'll report to the People & Culture Manager, who stays closely involved in day-to-day employee relations across the business. That means this role is less about deep ER specialism and more about strong, well-rounded generalist capability - someone who's comfortable across the full employee lifecycle and willing to build new skills, particularly in learning & development, as they go.
What you'll be doing:

Generalist HR support

• Be a hands-on HR point of contact for the Australian business across the full employee lifecycle
• Provide practical, day-to-day advice to people managers, using sound judgement on when to resolve directly and when to escalate
• Support delivery of broader HR initiatives and projects
• Build strong working relationships across the business so people see you as an approachable, reliable presence

Learning & development

• Deliver L&D programs across our sites, including leadership capability, compliance and role-specific training
• Build and maintain a rolling L&D calendar aligned to business needs and identified skills gaps
• Design training content and materials - workshops, e-learning, facilitator guides in collaboration with the People & Culture Manager, partnering with external providers where necessary
• Travel to and facilitate face-to-face L&D sessions at our Irvine site
• Manage Talent administration and tracking in HiBob (Talent Module)

 
 What you’ll bring:

• 3–5 years' HR generalist experience with strong, broad exposure across the employee lifecycle
• Exposure to employee relations matters (grievances, performance management or similar) is valued - if you don't have deep casework experience but bring strong generalist judgement and coachability, we'd still love to hear from you
• Experience designing or delivering training/L&D content and/or genuine willingness and aptitude to build this skill on the job matters just as much
• A tertiary qualification in HR, business or a related discipline is preferred but not essential if you bring the relevant experience
• Experience with an HRIS (HiBob experience is an advantage)
• Practical working knowledge of Australian employment law (Fair Work Act, NES, Modern Awards)
• A genuine "doer" mindset, you'd rather build and deliver than only advise or coordinate 
• A confident, engaging communicator and facilitator, able to run a room and adapt your style for different audiences
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally, including multi-day trips to the US and Asia-Pacific, as initiatives require

 
What we offer:

• A collaborative, inclusive culture where your contributions are valued from day one.
• A supportive team in our Box Hill facility with the tools and processes to help you succeed and grow.
• 6 weeks paid Parental leave
• Community service leave
• Fresh fruit and barista coffee machines
• Employee Assistance Program with free confidential counselling sessions
• Annual flu shots