About this job

Reporting to the Global Director of People and Culture who is based in the USA the People & Culture Manager has the responsibility to manager the NZ People & Culture team.

Responsibilities

• Coaching and supporting managers in developing high performing teams, building talent bench, and driving team engagement.
• Serve as the ER expert for the NZ location – Manage end to end employment relations cases e.g. disciplinary, grievances, sickness absence.
• Support management to resolve any employee relations issues, and conduct effective, thorough and objective investigations, when required.
• Conducting HR trend analysis and analyse data to identify opportunities on which to build solutions.
• Ensure effective on-boarding, induction and assimilation of new talent into the business.
• Develop and execute initiatives and projects, in partnership with the business and Head of People & Culture.
• Identify and respond to training and development needs for business units and leaders.
• Facilitate and guide effective use and implementation of performance management system (including goal setting, mid-year/year end reviews, calibration and management of poor performance situations).
• Work closely with managers to implement organisational development initiatives.

Profile

• 7+ years of experience as an HR generalist, with a proven track record in employment relations, performance management, organisational development, and succession planning.
• Demonstrated expertise performance & development, organizational development, talent management and complex employee relations matters.
• In depth understanding and application of employment legislation.
• Ability to manage multiple projects at once.
• Excellent formal and informal communication skills with ability to talk with a wide range of people across all teams and levels of the organisation.
• Ability to be team oriented while working individually.
• Ability to work in a complex matrix environment.
• Strong working knowledge of general business software including Microsoft suite.
• Flexibility to be able to work in a growing and changing work environment.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to keep detailed records.
• Bachelor’s degree required.

Important Information: For security reasons background checks will be undertaken prior to any employment offers being made to an applicant.  These checks will include nationality checks as it is a requirement of this position that you be eligible to access equipment and data regulated by the United States’ International Traffic in Arms Regulations.  Under these Regulations, you may be ineligible for this role if you do not hold citizenship of Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, the European Union or a country that is part of NATO, or if you hold ineligible dual citizenship or nationality.