If you are a strategic thinker that is passionate about driving P&C excellence across the people life cycle, and can balance strategic insights with hands-on delivery, then this is a rewarding role for you. The People and Culture function at VIT are on a major transformational phase to improve ways of working and enhancing employee experience. The People Experience and Transformation Manager role is a 12-month fixed term role that offers dynamic and challenging opportunities to oversee the full system landscape, including HR and workforce modules. This role will be responsible for sourcing a HRIS solution following a detailed requirements validation process and will lead the business through final design decisions and into a structured, well-governed implementation phase. The successful incumbent will work closely with the Director P&C as the primary business owner for the system, and will lead a working group of specialist team members across HR, payroll and IT. You will bring substantial experience in P&C systems and payroll, and improving people compliance processes to reduce risk, with a strong focus on delivering exceptional service to both internal stakeholders and employees. About the role This role will require you to: Lead the change program for the delivery of an end to end HRIS for the P&C function and VIT to enhance our employee experience through cutting out manual practices and improving ways of working. Lead the execution and governance of a workforce compliance and people operations function and ensure end-to-end people practices, processes and systems are effective, compliant and our people are effectively educated on key requirements. Ensure workforce compliance with all relevant employment legislation, industrial instruments, policies and procedures across our people practices, process and systems and wider organisation. Drive improvements in talent attraction, retention, reward by leading onboarding, job evaluation, position classification, remuneration framework design, payroll systems and associated workforce compliance processes. Ensure we create a high-quality candidate and employee experience that is engaging and memorable. Utilise effective people systems to drive data-driven decisions, maintain and enhance our P&C systems, and ensure compliance with VIT regulations. Optimise and embed recruitment and compliance reporting and identify partnerships to support career development and mobility. Strategically partner with the wider P&C team and wider organisation to build trust and confidence for streamlined P&C guidance by collaborating with our people and leaders to foster innovation and skill enhancement. Deliver on the end to end system training to the business to ensure continuous improvement and engagement. Drive continuous improvement in people practices, governance, data systems and frameworks. About you The successful candidate will have extensive experience on People and Culture operational service delivery (end-to-end), systems and reporting, including leading the transition and integration of new systems, and ensure effective education, adoption and ongoing support for P&C teams, leaders and employees. In addition, the successful candidate will have extensive experience and a solid background in shaping enterprise-wide talent acquisition, sourcing and recruitment practices. How to apply Please submit your resume and cover letter (no more than 2 pages) addressing the key selection criteria outlined in the attached position description. To discuss this role further, please contact Bardha Beluli, Director P&C, Executive Branch on 03 8601 6278 or by email at bardha.beluli@vit.vic.edu.au. During the recruitment process you may be asked to submit to various assessment tools and pre-employment screenings including a nationally coordinated criminal history check. The VIT is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and stakeholders. We require all employees to comply with VIT's vaccination policy. Applications close: Tuesday, 10 March 2026 Please note the role may close sooner so please don't wait to put in your application.
