Overview
Human resources functions play a critical role in any organisation as the engine room for culture, performance and accountability. The function aligns systems, policies and leadership behaviours to drive real organisational impact.
We are proud members of the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) and experienced in delivering expert strategic advice and services to give your organisation an edge. Whether it's optimising your people capability, supporting culture change, or strengthening accountability and efficiency through robust governance, Ora is your trusted partner for genuine transformation.
Ora can power-up your corporate performance, enhance employee experience, and build future-ready capability.
We can help you with:
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Operational model transformation: creating agile, efficient structures that deliver value and meet strategic objectives.
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Policy transformation: we review and transform HR policies to align with industry best practice, enterprise agreements and workplace legislation.
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Modernised people processes: streamlining systems and workflows to improve performance and employee and user experiences.
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Strategic workforce capability: aligning talent, skills, and planning with long-term business needs.
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Diversity and inclusion initiatives: embedding inclusive strategies that foster equity, belonging, and representation.
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Change and culture shifts: supporting values-driven transformation with clear communication and strong engagement.
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Corporate services uplift: transforming corporate services through governance, policy, systems and functional reviews.
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Governance and legislative compliance: we deliver expert guidance on governance, risk and compliance with legislation to ensure decisions are sound, and that organisations are meeting their obligations, staying true to their integrity.
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Delegation framework reviews: we help our clients streamline decision-making by reviewing and refining delegation frameworks, ensuring clarity, accountability and alignment with legislative and organisational requirements, so the right people are making the right calls, at the right time.
Our impact
HR Policy Transformation
Australian Government agency
Following significant machinery-of-government changes, a government agency became independent and inherited an HR policy framework misaligned with its new structure, mission, and specialist workforce needs. A new Enterprise Agreement (EA) introduced updated employment entitlements, prompting the need for a comprehensive review and transformation of the agency’s HR policies and processes.
The agency engaged Ora, whose team brought deep expertise across HR advisory, employment legislation, WHS, diversity and inclusion, and
public sector governance. Using a three-phase methodology, discover, develop and deliver, Ora conducted a stocktake and review of existing policies, consulted widely across the agency, and identified key workforce challenges and cultural concerns. These insights shaped the prioritisation and development of a revised policy suite aligned with Commonwealth legislation, APSC guidance, and the agency’s operational context.
Ora redeveloped and streamlined over 40 existing policy guides and artefacts into 32 revised policy guides and supporting artefacts.
The artefacts ensuring clarity, legal compliance, and relevance to the agency’s diverse workforce. Supporting materials such as fact sheets and case studies were created to aid understanding and application. Ora also redesigned the consultation process, refined policies based on feedback, and improved service delivery tools including templates and checklists. Additionally, the HR Delegations Instrument was redeveloped to reflect the agency’s actual authorising environment, replacing outdated legacy structures.
Culture and values activation
Australian Government agency
A national regulator engaged Ora Advisory to refresh their organisational values and translate them into lived behaviours. We designed a human-centred engagement process that saw more than 80% of employees participated through surveys, virtual forums, leadership workshops and small-group sessions, giving us a rich picture of the agency’s cultural strengths, barriers and aspirations.
We translated these insights into values recommendations and an underpinning behavioural framework that clearly defined how values should be demonstrated in day-to-day work. To support activation, we developed a measurement and evaluation approach as well as a practical implementation roadmap.
The agency now has a values and behaviour framework grounded in the experience and insights of its employees – and clear pathways for leaders and teams to bring culture to life.