People & Culture Business Partner (Early Careers)

About Kapitol

Kapitol is an innovation-driven construction company based in Melbourne redefining how projects are delivered. As one of Australias fastest-growing design and construct businesses we combine a fresh approach with deep industry expertise to deliver smarter safer and more agile building solutions.

With a strong pipeline of complex projects across commercial residential education and high-tech sectors we are building not just projects but long-term capability across our people.

About the Role

This is an opportunity for an existing or emerging People & Culture Business Partner to step into a broader high-impact role within a fast-paced growing business.

Partnering closely with operational leaders and the wider People & Culture team you will support workforce planning performance capability and engagement across a defined populationwith ownership of our Early Careers cohort as a key area of focus.

Youll play a critical role in shaping how we attract develop and retain early talent while continuing to build your capability as a trusted advisor to the business.

This role is ideally suited to a Senior HR Advisor ready to step into or a developing Business Partner looking to deepen true P&C partnering capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to support workforce planning performance and team effectiveness
• Provide coaching and guidance across employee relations development and engagement
• Support the delivery of People & Culture initiatives aligned to business strategy
• Own and evolve the Early Careers portfolio including graduates cadets and emerging talent
• Partner with operational leaders to align early talent to project needs and capability gaps
• Drive attraction selection and onboarding for early careers talent in collaboration with Talent Acquisition
• Shape development pathways rotations and on-the-job learning experiences
• Build and maintain strong university and education partnerships
• Support managers to successfully lead and develop early career employees
• Use data and insights to inform decision-making and continuously improve outcomes

About You

• Experience as a Senior HR Advisor or developing/existing People & Culture Business Partner in a fast-paced environment
• Strong generalist HR capability across business partnering employee relations and performance support
• Commercially minded with the ability to link people initiatives to business outcomes
• Confident engaging with operational leaders and building trusted relationships
• An interest in early careers talent development or workforce capability
• Highly organised and adaptable comfortable operating in an agile scaling business
• A proactive solutions-focused approach with a strong sense of ownership
• Values-led with a genuine commitment to development inclusion and long-term retention

Why Kapitol

At Kapitol youll step into a role that accelerates your progression as a Business Partnerwithin a business that is scaling rapidly and investing heavily in capability.

• Ranked Australias #1 builder in Hubexos 2026 Construction League Report
• A fast-paced agile environment where decisions are made quickly and impact is visible
• Direct exposure to operational leaders and complex workforce challenges
• The opportunity to own and shape a high-impact early careers portfolio
• A digital-first AI-enabled organisation transforming how we design build and operate
• A culture that is Supportive Authentic Inspirational Driven and Customer-Centric