Vicinity Centres
Human Resources Information System (HRIS) Lead - Workday
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We're reimagining the way Australians live, work, and play
We own and manage some of the most recognisable and loved retail destinations across Australia.
We’re evolving our portfolio into destinations that offer a broad selection of retail, residential, and office spaces. Through our diverse portfolio, data-led decision-making, and nationwide development pipeline, we do things differently.
We are Vicinity.
Role purpose
Join us as our HRIS Lead and take ownership of the ongoing evolution, governance and optimisation of our Workday platform. This is an opportunity to combine deep functional expertise with strategic thinking and a continuous improvement mindset, helping to ensure our HRIS platform delivers an efficient, secure and user-focused experience.
What you'll be doing
- Lead the ongoing administration, governance and optimisation of Workday as the functional owner of the platform.
- Further develop and maintain HRIS standards, controls, operating procedures and governance processes.
- Lead the planning and delivery of system enhancements, releases, upgrades and maintenance activities.
- Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into practical and effective HRIS solutions.
- Support and develop capability within the team while promoting knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
The impact you'll have
- Enhance system effectiveness, efficiency and user experience through continuous improvement initiatives.
- Drive delivery outcomes through effective prioritisation, planning and capacity management.
- Support strong people data governance, security and audit readiness.
- Deliver successful implementation of HR technology enhancements and projects that create value across the business.
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About you
You're an experienced HRIS and people leader with deep Workday expertise and a strong track record delivering system enhancements, governance and continuous improvement initiatives.
- 4+ years of experience administering, optimising and leading a Workday environment.
- Demonstrated HRIS leadership experience, including governance, enhancements and release management.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and build trusted relationships across multiple business functions.
- Proven experience delivering HR technology projects, system enhancements and releases, including planning, prioritisation and capacity management.
- Relevant Workday certifications across HCM, reporting and integrations, including but not limited to ADP.
- Experience leading or overseeing HR data analytics and reporting, including the development and maintenance of Power BI dashboards to support workforce insights and decision-making.
- Previous experience working with Paradox functionalities and integrations desirable.
If you're ready to guide our business through the next evolution of our Workday platform, apply now.
Why Vicinity?
Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised. This includes:
- Flexible working options
- Birthday leave & purchased additional leave
- $1,000 worth of VCX securities rewarded for eligible team members
- Generous Parental Leave
We live and work by our values of Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration and Excellence. They are the foundation to everything we do and provide us a north star with which we can shape meaningful places where communities connect.
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At Vicinity we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where we attract, retain and develop our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
We are aware of current limitations with our website accessibility and are working towards improving this. Should you experience any issues accessing information in this job advertisement or the application form, and require this in an alternate format, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team. Similarly, if you would like to discuss workplace accessibility, any reasonable adjustments we can make to better support you during the recruitment process, or your potential future role please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team:
- Email: talent.acquisition@vicinity.com.au
- Phone: +61 3 7001 4000 (request to speak to our Talent Acquisition team)
Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level.
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