HR Manager

About Opus

With locations across the UK, Australia, US, Netherlands and Spain, Opus Talent Solutions is a leading recruitment and staffing business in the technology and sustainability sector under its Opus Recruitment and JD Ross brands, and a provider of technology training and entry level talent under its _nology brand.

We are seeking an experienced HR Manager to join our HR Operations team reporting into the Head of HR who is based in UK. This is a hands-on, diverse, end to end role supporting all facets of the HR spectrum to our Australia based employee group in a fast paced, global organisation.

The opportunity

As a member of the global People function, this is an individual contributor role for a seasoned HR generalist, energised by working collaboratively with both locally based colleagues and third-party partners, and globally based HR team; a cool-headed multitasker with experience of managing a diverse range of stakeholders across the employee lifecycle.

The HR Manager will dock into our people and culture and provide robust, people-centric and compliant HR excellence to our Australia population at the same time as contributing to our impact as a global People function through the work they do as part of the HR Operations team.

Role responsibilities

HR advice and support:

- Working as part of the HR Operations team to develop and maintain our HR philosophies, policies and procedures that match up to (and exceed) where we want to be as a company from a cultural and ESG standpoint, always with an eye on how to land the messages with the audience.
- Providing a responsive service to incoming customer requests and backing this up with required advice, counsel, and documentation – thinking things through and starting with the end in mind.
- Management of organisational and role changes from design through to delivery, handling all necessary documentation and system updates to ensure people's records are up to date and that new hires, changes, leavers are captured accurately.
- Ensuring timely enrolment to benefits plans and portals so that our people are all set.
- Contributing to the implementation and ongoing improvement of our global HRIS.
- Overseeing compliance matters such as mandatory training, document checks and sign-off so that everyone knows what's expected of them and what we can expect of them in the employment relationship.

Partnering:

- Working proactively with leaders in Australia, and sometimes outside the region, to understand their needs and the context in which they are working to drive their business growth through people.
- Being alert to information, resources and opportunities to connecting what is happening in Australia with what is happening in other parts of the business, and where there are opportunities for sharing.
- Delivering education as needed, for example in supporting managers and employees through the annual review process, explaining new benefits provisions or sharing legislative updates.
- Brokering the relationship between HR Operations and other parts of the People function (talent acquisition, L&D) so that customers receive the support they need from the right place.

Culture development:

- Ensuring that inclusivity, legal compliance and consistency with our company culture and values are inherent through all our processes and challenging areas in which they are not where they should be.
- Bringing the Australian perspective to discussions and finding ways to get the best of all the facets of our organisation so we can all benefit from a culturally-attuned environment.
- Contributing to initiatives that feed into our ESG ambitions.

What you will need:

- A proven track record of generalist Human Resources practice looking after an Australia-based workforce, preferably in a global business; relevant formal certification and/or Payroll and/or applicable education background and equivalent experience.
- A broad knowledge of Australia-based employment, compensation, organisational planning, employee relations, and training and development.
- The ability to work independently across the full generalist spectrum from administration through to partnership.

- The ability to understand data and turn it into useful management information.
- A track record of working objectively in investigating and documenting employee and/or manager complaints, analysing information and recommending resolution.
- Proficient in Australian payroll principles.
- The required attention to detail to deal with the administrative aspects of HR.
- Experience of or an understanding of working and thriving in an environment that is going through growth related change.

- A desire to maintain effective working relationships with managers, employees and outside agencies.

If you would like to explore this role in more details please apply or reach out to Jodie Elson on (02) 8089 0126 jodie.elson@opustalentsolutions.com

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