About the Human Resources Division

UQ's staff represents both its greatest resource and its largest investment. Our workforce underpins all that we do across learning, discovery and engagement. The UQ Strategic Plan sets out to develop a diverse community of knowledge seekers and leaders who embody a One UQ culture and use collaborative partnerships to connect and co-create. UQ HR is here to support that objective.

We support UQ staff and leaders through the foundations of the employment experience, including managing workforce strategies, recruiting and developing UQ talent, enhancing the existing employee experience, managing rewards and benefits, and enabling organisational effectiveness.

Human Resources is responsible for enabling achievement of the University’s strategic ambitions through attracting, developing, and retaining talented, engaged, and high-performing staff. This in turn enables University staff to better support our current and future students.

Human Resources provides high-quality human resource management guidance and expertise, through effective policy development, constructive advice, and efficient administrative services. We have a team of strategic HR professionals to provide outstanding, client focused, proactive, and cost-effective solutions and services for all staff.

View UQ's People and Culture Framework (staff login required).

The key specialist service areas of Human Resources are:

HR Executive Team

Name	Position
Phil Vaughan	Chief Human Resources Officer
Gina Campbell	Director, HR Client Partnering
Sandy Tacey	Director, People Services
Doug Nairn	Director, Workplace Relations
Declan Hughes	Director, Organisational Culture and Capability
Shane Pitman	Director, HR Transformation
Adam Campbell	Associate Director, Attraction, Reward and Mobility
Rekha Crawford	Associate Director, HR Governance, Transformation and Strategy
Lou Johansson	Associate Director, Workplace Diversity and Inclusion

Client Partnering

HR has dedicated Client Partnering teams embedded in UQ's faculties, institutes, and central areas. Client Partnering teams provide support to clients relating to:

strategic workforce planning
performance development and management
position creation and classification
policy and procedural advice
recognition and reward processes
conflicts of interest
organisational and leadership development.

We service 8 areas across UQ:

Business, Economics and Law (BEL)
Central Services (includes COO portfolio, DVC-A, DVC-GE, DVC-RI, DVC-IE, Office of the Provost and Office of the Vice-Chancellor)
Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology (EAIT)
Health and Behavioural Sciences (HaBS)
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)
Institutes
Medicine
Science

Client Services Leadership Team

Name	Position
Gina Campbell	Director, HR Client Partnering
Chelse Dunne	Senior Manager, Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences & Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
Stephen Brooke	Senior Manager, Faculty of Medicine & Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
Rebecca Dorman	Senior Manager, Faculty of Science
Maree Jennings	Senior Manager, Faculty of Engineering Architecture and Information Technology
Sally Munro	Senior Manager, Central
Natasha Guttenbeil	Senior Manager, Institutes

People Services

The People Services Unit is comprised of Payroll Services, Employee Services and AskHR.

Payroll Services

Payroll Services is a dedicated team focused on delivering accurate and efficient HR operations and payroll activity. The Payroll Services team delivers HR operational activity relating to:

updating employment details and employee records
processing the fortnightly pay for the University
adjustments to reporting lines
statements of service and employee confirmation letters
tax withholdings
superannuation
salary packaging
deductions
overtime claims.

AskHR

The AskHR team serves as a primary contact for UQ employees, offering clear, accurate, and responsive advice on UQ policies and procedures, Enterprise Agreement interpretation and HR system expertise and navigation. Covering the entire employee life cycle, their assistance spans recruitment, onboarding, employee entitlements, and performance development through to separation.

Workplace Relations

The Workplace Relations team specialises in advising on complex employment matters.

This includes:

managing major disputes
facilitating organisational changes
overseeing enterprise bargaining
interpreting industrial awards and legislation
regularly reviewing employment contracts.

The team's strategic approach ensures compliance, resolves conflicts, and aligns employment practices with organisational goals.

Organisational Culture and Capability

The Organisational Culture and Capability team provides access for staff at all levels to quality skills and professional learning opportunities, including leadership and management development, and technical support for career advancement.

In addition to providing staff at all levels with access to quality skills and professional learning opportunities, the team manages crucial processes, including the annual performance and development cycle, academic confirmation and promotion process, and facilitates our leadership development programs.

This multifaceted approach ensures a performance-driven culture, facilitates academic advancement, and nurtures leadership skills, contributing to holistic staff development.

Attraction, Reward and Mobility

The Attraction, Reward and Mobility team is comprised of Talent Acquisition, Reward and Global Mobility.

Talent Acquisition

Talent Acquisition is a specialist team of advisors and administrators who can support you to secure the best talent for your team. 

The Talent Acquisition teams offer support and services focused on:

developing attraction and sourcing strategies based on the needs of the client
providing candidate care and support throughout the end-to-end recruitment process
coordination of the end-to-end recruitment process streamlining onboarding to UQ
creating tailored assessment and selection plans
promoting UQ's Employer Brand
facilitating assessment centres for bulk recruitment activities
delivering recruitment campaigns

Reward

The Reward specialist team is responsible for designing, implementing and managing a competitive remuneration and reward framework that seeks to attract, retain and motivate key talent and aligns with UQ’s strategic objectives.

Global Mobility

The Global Mobility function assumes a pivotal role within the University of Queensland, overseeing the comprehensive management of the University's immigration and relocation activities ensuring that the University's workforce remains agile and well-positioned in an ever-evolving global environment. By ensuring a seamless and compliant global movement of employees, the function plays a vital role in fostering a dynamic and globally competitive academic community within the University of Queensland.

The Global Mobility function also serves as a risk management hub, proactively identifying and addressing potential challenges associated with employee mobility. This includes adherence to immigration regulations, compliance with legal requirements, and addressing any potential disruptions to business operations.

HR Governance, Transformation and Strategy

The HR Governance, Transformation, and Strategy Specialist Center is dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the HR function to enable the achievement of UQ’s strategic plan objectives.

Their projects and initiatives are strategically geared towards integrating HR's target operating model, aiming for enhanced service delivery to clients.

The team comprises of skilled project management specialists and people data analysts, complemented by our HCMS team. The HCMS team specialises in providing technical support for all HR-related applications, including but not limited to Workday and Aurion.