About the Role:
Reporting to the Senior Vice President of People, as the People Enablement Manager, you’ll support the design and implementation of repeatable, scaleable, training and development programs and talent acquisition practices that support a global team. You will be responsible for and play a pivotal role in supporting the hearts and minds of all employees and assist our Australian leadership team through employee relations management.
This role ensures alignment with Fair Work Australia and implementation of practices and programs that support employee engagement, health and safety, and manage various HR processes to maintain a high-performance work culture. This position also involves both administrative and strategic responsibilities including: talent acquisition, training and development, and employee relations management.
The ideal candidate will be instrumental in improving the employee experience and optimising the efficiency of our HR department.
Location: Hybrid - Orange, NSW, Australia [Onsite 3+ days/week]
Status: Full-time
Responsibilities:
- Develops and executes People strategies that support organizational objectives and growth through fostering a culture of high performance, inclusivity, belonging, continuous improvement, and innovation
- Makes recommendations for the business based on changes based on the latest laws and legislation.
- Provide guidance on employee survey action plans to drive engagement and retention cross-functionally, globally.
- Manage recruitment and full-cycle talent acquisition processes throughout Australia, ensuring a positive candidate and hiring manager experience
- Ensure consistent application, enablement, and integration of people-policies, procedures, programs and practices
- Using a mix of qualitative and quantitative data, regularly reporting on the effectiveness of enablement initiatives cross-functionally.
- Supports the semi-annual performance review process, goal setting, and compensation cycle
- Provides advice and guidance to management on employee relations cases, compliant with fair work and drives a high performing organization
- Lead org-wide HR training and development initiatives that support talent mobility, upskilling, and retention
- Assist in developing and executing personnel procedures and policies, providing guidance and interpretation for business operations.
- Participate in the development of HR objectives and systems, including metrics, queries, and ongoing reports for company requirements.
- Suggest new procedures and policies to improve employee experience and HR department efficiency.
- Ensure compliance with local and national regulations and applicable employment laws, updating policies and procedures as necessary.
- Prepare paperwork, schedules, implement new-hire onboarding, coordinating with cross-functional departments to deliver an exceptional new hire experience.
- Handle all administrative tasks for onboarding, new-hire orientations, and exit interviews, including data entry in HRIS and audits for accuracy and compliance.
- Serve as the primary backup for AUS payroll processing, including biweekly and semimonthly updates to employee files, bonus/incentive pay, vacation/sick pay, expense reimbursements, hourly-employee validations, and benefits changes.
- Note: The role duties and responsibilities listed are not all inclusive of position requirements and can be adjusted at any time according to the company’s discretion and/or business need.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working as a Human Resources Business Partner [Required]
- 3+ years leading cross-functional training and development programs
- 1+ years of experience supporting or administering payroll in a multi-region area [Required] - [Employment Hero and/or Rippling preferred]
- Certification in MBTI, DISC, and/or Brain Based Coaching Certification [preferred]
- Anticipates the needs of the business, by recognizing patterns and builds process to solve for people [both people-leaders and individual-contributors]
- Ability to communicate complex information to many different audiences and/or cultures at all levels across the organization
- Ability to proactively seek clarification and applies judgement based on data driven insights
- High sense of achievement and attention to detail to ensure systems, policies, and processes provide clarity to users
- Ability to balance the strategic [understand larger impacts, philosophies] with the tactical [day to day work]
Benefits
- Personal Learning Budget: Support for professional development and continuous growth.
- Flexible Work Environment: Options for remote work to support work-life balance.
- Impactful Work: Contribute to global efforts in environmental sustainability and agriculture.
- Training and Development: Access to a personal development plan with ongoing training opportunities.
