People Lead

Melbourne is Australia’s fastest growing city – a city that is becoming increasingly reliant on public transport networks. Since 2009, Metro proudly continues to operate and maintain a world-class train service and network through to delivering significant transport projects that will shape how Melbourne moves. With Zero Harm at the foundation of everything we do, we want everyone to get home safely. We are one team, helping to connect and shape a better Melbourne.

People Lead

As the People Lead, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the people strategy for a critical project. This is a unique opportunity to lead people-focused change, build capability, and help embed a positive and future-ready culture. At Metro, we are committed to fostering a more gender-equitable workplace and rail industry. As part of our efforts to encourage greater diversity, we welcome applications from everyone who shares our passion for an inclusive and dynamic workforce.

About the Role:

Are you passionate about empowering people, driving meaningful change, and shaping the future of work? We’re looking for a dynamic People Lead to join an exciting project at Metro. This isn’t your typical HR role – it’s your chance to be at the heart of a major transformation and leading the charge in redesigning end to end people change processes, uplifting leadership capability, and embedding real, lasting change. You’ll be the go-to expert turning vision into reality. If you’re ready to take the lead, back yourself, and bring people along the journey – we want to hear from you! Women are strongly encouraged to apply! Join us in shaping a better transport experience for Melbourne and its visitors.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop and implement the Project People Plan, aligning it with broader organisational goals and partnering closely with key stakeholders.
• Drive change communications, ensuring employees are informed, supported, and engaged throughout the journey.
• Proactively manage change, using your experience to develop change impact assessments and readiness planning.
• Support organisational capability, including capability assessments.
• Champion employee engagement and wellbeing, fostering a positive culture and supporting leaders.
• Design and improve people processes, ensuring all processes can meet the needs of the function and are aligned with the broader management systems.
• Provide expert HR advice, including coaching leaders and supporting complex employee relations and industrial relations matters.
• Lead investigations within the function, ensuring compliance with Metro’s policies and frameworks.

You’ll be a great fit if you are someone who:

• thrives in a fast-paced, transformation-focused environment and knows how to balance big-picture thinking with sharp attention to detail.
• has strong experience as a HR Generalist; and with a background in supporting major change and transformation.
• You bring analytical smarts, a knack for problem-solving, and the confidence to develop clear, practical procedures.
• A natural communicator who can engage stakeholders at all levels and manage competing priorities with ease.
• Safety Focussed and safety is second nature to you - you’re committed to fostering a safe, positive culture in everything you do.
• Thrives working both independently and collaboratively in a team, you get things done—and you do it with professionalism, precision, and a high level of fluency.

Next steps 

If this role aligns with your values, experience, and career aspirations, we encourage you to apply and be part of our mission to connect people and places in a growing Melbourne!

Please note that relevant screening will be conducted as part of the recruitment and selection process. This may include criminal history, qualification, reference checks as well as a pre-employment medical assessment including drug and alcohol screening.

Metro is committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process for candidates with specific access needs. Candidates who require adjustments are encouraged to declare this in their application, please reach out to Angie.Matthews@metrotrains.com.au or call 0403 105 898 to discuss your needs.

Metro’s commitment to an inclusive workforce

At Metro Trains Melbourne (MTM), we recognise that embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive workplace are vital to our mission and success and will lead us to being a world class rail network. In today’s interconnected and multicultural world, our ability to understand, appreciate, and leverage the unique perspectives of our employees, passengers, partners, and the community is essential for driving innovation and achieving sustainable growth.

We offer and encourage flexible work and purchased leave arrangements for all employees to support wellbeing, family or carer commitments and other personal circumstances. We are committed to removing barriers and welcoming applications from people of all ages, abilities, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and the LGBTIQA+ community. We are happy to make adjustments to our recruitment process to support your full participation.