Head of People

3 weeks ago


Melbourne Airport, Australia Team Global Express Full time

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

Team Global Express is an Australian-owned logistics company with a rich 130-year history. We specialise in providing sustainable transport solutions for businesses across Australia and New Zealand. Under the leadership of our Group CEO, Christine Holgate, and with the backing of Allegro Funds, we are embarking on an exciting phase of transformation. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow, now is the perfect time to join our dedicated team.

**About the Role**

As the Head of People - Operations, you will closely collaborate with senior leaders in operations to achieve a wide range of people-focused business goals. This position reports into the Chief People Executive. Supported by People COEs, As a key leader of the People Team, you’ll provide credible, timely, and consistent support to operational BUs, with an emphasis on values-driven change management and workforce engagement.

**What you’ll do**:

- Support leaders with talent and performance management.
- Facilitate succession planning.
- Design and deliver people strategies.
- Execute people cycle activities within aligned operational BUs.
- Ensure effective development of human capital within the BU to drive strategic business objectives and market leadership.
- Matrix environment, leading partnership and collaboration with the business
- Offer insights and trends on people and business matters, assisting business leaders in prioritising and enhancing organisational capabilities, behaviours, structures, and processes.
- Operationalise and align the BU’s People strategy with overall Group People Strategy in close collaboration with the BU SLT.

Offer credible, contemporary, and practical guidance on People matters and initiatives.
- Foster a culture of excellence by developing strategies that enhance employee engagement, performance, and productivity.
- Promote TGE values and behavioural standards within the BU to create an inclusive performance culture.
- Identify and source solutions to enhance capability, efficiency, and effectiveness.
- Drive effective performance management linked to goals, values, and behaviours.
- Coach people leaders to improve engagement, recognition, feedback, and development conversations.
- Ensure impactful change and improvement within the BU.

**What you’ll bring**
- A tertiary qualification or equivalent professional experience in Human Resources or a related discipline
- 7+ years of Generalist HR experience, including day-to-day people function leadership focused on redesign and continuous improvement.
- Experience of a unionised environment
- Demonstrated skills in Employee Relations, Organisation Development and Strategic HR, as well as sound knowledge of Australian HR policies and employment law preferred.
- Demonstrated capability to work with large data volumes from diverse sources.
- Strong communication skills
- Experience working effectively in a team environment and managing competing priorities.
- High attention to detail and the ability to meet critical deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

**Why Join Team Global Express (TGE)?**
- Reputable Company: Listed as one of LinkedIn’s Top Companies of 2023 in Australia.
- Competitive Salary: 82% of our employees find our salary offerings to be competitive or above industry standards.
- Career Growth: As we transform into a truly iconic Australian business, your opportunities for growth with us are limitless.
- Parental Benefits: Up to 14 weeks of paid primary carer parental leave.
- Staff Discounts: Enjoy benefits from Coles Express, G’Day Rewards, Officeworks, Hertz, and more.
- Well-being Services: We offer well-being and mental health services to all employees.

**An Inclusive Workplace Works for Everyone
We work as a team because that’s what works.

We believe nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace, which celebrates different points of view and gives everyone the chance to contribute, as we build to a bigger and brighter future.

Team Global Express acknowledge the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as First Peoples of Australia and Māori, as tangata whenua and Treaty of Waitangi partners in Aotearoa New Zealand.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

We celebrate difference.

Why Team Global Express - Team Global Express

We believe nurturing a diverse and inclusive workplace, which celebrates different points of view and gives everyone the chance to contribute, as we build to a bigger and brighter future.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or disability status.

To be considered, you must be entitled to work in the specified country and be prepared to undertake pre-employment checks including a criminal history check and medical assessment.

It’s never been a more exciting time to join our team.

As we transform into a truly iconic Australian



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