HR Advisor

• 26 days’ annual leave, including 1 for your birthday
• Work flexibly – work from home and the office each week
• Permanent full-time position based in Sydney or Adelaide

Role We are looking for an experienced and proactive HR Advisor to join our HR & Safety team in Sydney or Adelaide. In this role, you will provide generalist HR advice and operational support, with a primary focus on the academic and teaching workforce across Kaplan Business School (KBS) and Kaplan ANZ Pathways Colleges. You will play a key role in supporting academic workforce processes, interpreting enterprise agreements and awards, and ensuring smooth delivery of HR services aligned to business needs. Working closely with Senior HR Business Partners and key stakeholders, you will help deliver practical HR solutions, support employee relations matters, and contribute to workforce planning, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives. Responsibilities

• Provide HR support across academic workforce processes, including contracts, variations, and workload allocation
• Interpret and apply enterprise agreements, awards, and policies in an academic environment
• Act as a first point of contact for HR queries, escalating complex or high-risk matters as required
• Liaise with Payroll to ensure accurate translation of academic workloads into pay outcomes
• Support study period activities and cyclical academic processes
• Assist with employee relations matters, including grievances, disciplinary matters, and restructures
• Deliver HR reporting and insights, supporting data-driven decision making
• Contribute to HR projects, recruitment activities, and continuous improvement initiatives

Requirements

• Relevant qualification in HR, Employment Relations, or a related field (or equivalent experience) (essential)
• Experience working in the Australian tertiary or higher education sector (essential)
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, enterprise agreements, and awards
• Ability to interpret and apply policies in a practical, business-focused way
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• High attention to detail and analytical capability
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel (experience with Workday, Scout or Power BI is desirable)

Don't delay in submitting your application. Applications close 13th May 2026. Kaplan Australia is one of the world's leading providers of lifelong education, helping over one million students around the globe achieve their educational and career goals each year. While we provide a broad array of educational offerings through our programs, our commitment to providing unrivalled quality and great learning outcomes is consistent in each of our businesses.  Background-Check Notice & Declaration Kaplan and many of its major clients operate in highly regulated environments. This requires us to be proactive and diligent in relation to personnel background checks and to undertake thorough vetting of candidates for roles of this nature. To enable Kaplan to assess a candidate’s suitability for this role, each candidate will be required to answer pre-screening questions, and, if you receive a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undertake the relevant background checks (unless Kaplan determines otherwise). These checks may include one or more of the following: verification of identity, working rights, criminal history, qualifications, and working with children clearance. If you are shortlisted, Kaplan will advise you which checks are required for this role and explain how you will undertake the checks. Kaplan is committed to handling your personal information appropriately. Please see the Privacy Policy at Kaplan.edu.au for information about how Kaplan may handle your personal information in connection with this application process. Apply Now