People and Culture Advisor

At Cricket Victoria, we love our sport, but what really matters to us is people. We’re here to create experiences that bring out the best in our staff, players, volunteers and community. We’re proud of our fun, inclusive and high-performance culture, and we’re looking for someone who shares that passion.

We have an exciting opportunity for a People and Culture Advisor (or Employee Experience Advisor, as we like to call them!) to join our Employee Experience team on a 9-month fixed-term basis, working 3 days per week, commencing in January 2027.

This role will provide maternity leave cover as part of a job share arrangement, with the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to our people and culture initiatives.

The Role: 

• Lead end-to-end recruitment and selection, ensuring alignment with CV’s Ideals and strategic workforce needs 
• Responsible for partnering with key business units, you will play a key role in supporting and delivering an exceptional employee experience across Cricket Victoria.  
• Enhance employee experience across the lifecycle, from onboarding to offboarding, using data to inform insights and recommend improvements.  
• Support talent management, succession planning, and learning & development initiatives. 
• Contribute to leading organisational change, including restructures and policy implementation. 
• Support employee engagement survey action planning. 
• Lead health & wellbeing, social, and staff benefit programs. 

About You: 

• You’ll bring HR generalist experience.  
• You demonstrate sound judgement and provide practical advice to employees and leaders 
• You’re organised, adaptable and action oriented.  
• You’re comfortable juggling priorities, taking ownership and following through. 
• You like a fast paced environment with an ability to work with pace and precision. 
• You build strong relationships based on trust and respect. 
• A current Working with Children Check (Employee) is essential for this role.

You’re someone who can connect the dots, turn business insights into practical recommendations and take initiative to make things better. You enjoy working with others, bring a collaborative and inclusive approach, and know how to have a bit of fun along the way.

Cricket experience isn’t essential! What matters most is your curiosity, initiative and genuine passion for supporting people and creating a great employee experience.

Why Join Cricket Victoria? 

Cricket Victoria is one of Australia’s leading sporting organisations and the proud home of Victorian cricket, including the Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades. Based at the state-of-the-art Junction Oval, we provide a high-performance environment where innovation, collaboration, and wellbeing are at the heart of what we do. 

You’ll play a key role in supporting and delivering an exceptional employee experience across Cricket Victoria providing you with the chance to make a real impact to our team and your career!  

The Benefits: 

• Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance 
• Tickets to a range of sporting events (yes — this includes cricket!) 
• Free onsite gym access 
• Corporate health insurance offers 
• Exclusive corporate partner discounts 
• Additional week of leave each year 
• A casual, friendly and inclusive culture – our top priority! 

Ready to make an impact? We’d love to hear from you. Applications close 5pm Tuesday 24 November. We will be reviewing applications and commencing interviews as they come in, so we encourage you to apply early.

At Cricket Victoria, we embrace diversity in gender, age, ethnicity, disability, religion and sexual orientation. We are committed to providing a safe environment for children across Australian Cricket and we also offer a flexible work environment for all employees. 

We measure ourselves on our ideals – “Leading the Game”; our shared ideals have the power to create positive change and deliver excellence for our customers, colleagues, and communities. Our people value integrity, connection, accountability, respect and excellence. 

We require all applicants to undergo background checks and screening prior to or during any appointment. Australian Cricket’s Commitment Statement to Safeguarding Children and Young People can be found at www.cricketaustralia.com.au/safeguarding