About the role
Join us as the People and Performance (P&P) Partner, where you will drive transformational change within Halter. You'll be at the forefront of shaping our dynamic culture, accelerating performance enhancements, and championing employee engagement. Working closely with our leadership team, you'll serve as a strategic advisor, guiding our journey to excellence in all aspects of People & Performance.
We are seeking a proactive individual who thrives on fostering innovation and embracing challenges. In this role, you'll enjoy the autonomy to lead initiatives that impact our growth trajectory. Operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, you'll have the opportunity to build impactful relationships across the organisation, empowering managers through coaching and support to achieve remarkable results.
If you are passionate about driving organisational success through people-centric strategies and are ready to make a significant impact, we invite you to join our team and be part of our exciting journey towards continued excellence and innovation.
What your day could look like
- Partner closely with leadership and individuals across Halter to provide strategic advice on People & Performance matters.
- Analyse trends and metrics in partnership with the Senior P&P Partner to develop solutions, programs, and guidance aligned with company needs to enhance team performance.
- Drive strategic initiatives to strengthen work relationships, increase productivity, and optimise performance.
- Provide day-to-day performance management guidance to managers, including coaching on performance improvement plans and employee development.
- Offer guidance and input on organisation design, resource allocation, team restructures, workforce planning, and succession planning.
- Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues with a focus on fairness and compliance.
- Lead organisational development projects, including compensation reviews, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and more.
- Implement systems and processes to foster continuous improvement and elevate overall organisational performance.
- Undertake other responsibilities as required to support the organisation's growth and development.
Who are we looking for
- Business Partner in a fast-growing organisation with operational management experience in a high-performance environment.
- Experience with high-performance coaching is a must.
- Strong solution orientation, with the ability to develop pragmatic solutions focused on impact.
- Demonstrated willingness to take full ownership and drive new initiatives from start to finish, combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
- Proven track record in stakeholder management at all levels, with strong influencing and negotiating skills.
- Solid experience in employment relations and change management.
- An appetite for constant change, someone who is comfortable with ambiguity, problem-solving, collaboration, and multitasking.
- In-depth, working knowledge of NZ Employment Legislation is preferred.
Why our team loves working at Halter
- Every now and again a company comes along that disrupts and transforms an entire industry, leaving society in a better place. Few people get the opportunity to work at companies like these. Halter is an incredible technology transforming an essential industry. We have a genuine and shared connection to our mission to make a difference in the world.
- Our product changes the lives of our customers, directly improving their livelihoods and their lifestyle. Your work matters.
- Dedicate yourself to solving real-world problems alongside an epic team in a high-growth culture. The excitement, risk and reward of a high-growth technology scale-up on the global stage. Our ideas are truly valued, we are able to move fast, and our impact is real.
- State-of-the-art, dog-friendly office that’s been thoughtfully designed right in the heart of Auckland city. Did we mention dogs and cows?
- Healthy body, healthy mind. We’re partnered with Southern Cross Health Insurance to support your well-being.
- We offer 6 months of fully paid parental leave for primary caregivers, 4 weeks of fully paid secondary caregiver leave and many other parental benefits that support you and your family.
- Our personal growth is important. Halter offers an annual $1000 self-development budget to be used for anything that fuels personal growth.
- Our time to recharge is valued, we’re offered wellness leave and unlimited paid annual leave.
- We offer an inclusive and attractive remuneration package made up of salary, benefits and an employee stock ownership plan.
Our Office First Approach
There’s a reason you visit your friends in person, live with your family and don’t do dinners over Zoom. Humans are wired for connection. We believe a world-class, in-person office culture is the best way for high-performing teams.
Being office first is a core pillar of our culture. We believe in-person connections are key to driving your own growth, learning, impact, and building genuine long-lasting relationships. Strong relationships make it easier to disagree, give feedback, and do meaningful and aligned work. We don’t like having heaps of rules or policies, but this means having strong, trusted relationships is critical.
We’re office first, not office only. This means working from the office everyday is our default setting, but we flex when we need to. We have a high-trust culture, so everyone is trusted to do what’s best for Halter.
Our office vibe is something special, it’s hard to describe until you’re here, but people at Halter who have come from fully remote or hybrid companies say they could never go back - the high energy and spectacular people they are now surrounded by everyday makes work so enjoyable. Your growth, your learning and your impact is truly unlimited here, and a big part of that comes from being together solving problems, innovating, building context, and constantly learning from each other.
About Halter
At Halter, we’re on a mission to enable farmers and graziers to run the most productive and sustainable operations. Our customers are using Halter to break free from the time-intensive constraints of conventional practices. Imagine watching 500 cattle stand up and walk calmly towards their next break? No quad bikes, no dogs, no fences. Just a group of cattle walking at their own pace. People say it looks like magic. Our customers are revolutionizing grazing with Halter. It's changing lives and transforming an industry. People join Halter to do meaningful work. By joining us you’ll be solving challenging problems within a talented team and a culture built for high performance. Our team out-think, out-work and out-care. We’re committed to delivering real change in the world - this isn’t easy, and in truth, we love that it’s hard. We’re backed to deliver on a mission that matters by Tier 1 investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, DCVC, Blackbird, Promus Ventures, Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck and Icehouse ventures.
Join our team
Halter is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace — a place where we can each be ourselves and do the best work of our lives. Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the requirements, women and under-represented groups of candidates tend to only apply when they meet every requirement. If you think you have what it takes but don’t necessarily tick every requirement on this job description, please still get in touch and apply to Halter. We’d love to chat to see if you’ll be an epic fit!
If this opportunity sounds like you, please apply below by sending through your cover letter explaining why you’re excited about this role and working at Halter, along with your CV, and we’ll be in touch!
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