Senior HR Advisor for Employment Relations Contract

Senior HR Advisor confident in Employment Relations needed to hit the ground running, partner and advise managers in Education Sector.

About the Company

A large-scale, unionised business, with central office and many branches.  Despite their size, they have a friendly and inclusive culture – one of the many reasons they were voted most attractive employer in their sector. They are going through significant change and need a Senior HR Advisor or Junior HR Business Partner who is experienced managing ER cases end to end. 
 
Role

• HR processes and projects and employment relations.  
• Building relationships and trust easily with key stakeholders.
• Confident coaching, guiding and supporting inexperienced managers with HR advice and improving behaviour and performance, handling disciplinaries etc.
• Highly competent managing complex employment relations processes end to end, ideally in a unionised environment.

Benefits/Why this role?

• Hybrid role, Auckland CBD office and travel to branches as required.
• Flexi start and finish times.
• Friendly and collaborative HR team.
• Voted most attractive employer in their sector.
• Reports to highly experienced HR Manager who fosters collaborative team culture.

About you. You’re:

• An experienced HR generalist who enjoys partnering with key stakeholders.
• A natural coach, comfortable guiding and training managers on HR processes.
• Confident with Employment Relations you enjoy leading performance improvement, disciplinary procedures, restructures etc. end to end.
• Have sound understanding of NZ employment legislation.
• Available immediately! 3 month minimum contract, possibly to be extended further.
• Have the right to work in NZ and have working knowledge of NZ employment legislation.
• Comfortable with detailed police vetting.

We recognise that neurodiversity is critical to a healthy, successful workplace. Our role is to uncover and advocate strengths via a psychologically safe recruitment experience. So, if a typical recruitment process doesn’t bring out your best, let us know. We want you to shine, not shy away.  
  
Next steps 
 
Apply here with a CV in MS Word. You’ll need to hold NZ citizenship, residency, or have already secured a valid visa. Want to discuss your suitability further? Find me via our website.
  
We understand some job seekers choose not to apply if a role isn’t a 100% match. We’d encourage you to apply anyway or send us your details. If this isn’t right something else might be. 

A bit about Sarah, who's recruiting this role
  
Sarah enjoys helping candidates to build their career whilst mutually assisting hiring managers to build capability in their teams. 
  
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