Human Resources Manager

**About us**

SA Mushrooms is a proudly family-owned and operated farm established in 1998 with over 120 employees. We are a primary supplier of mushrooms to major supermarkets and green grocers, and pride ourselves in strong familial and cultural values of hard work, honesty, innovation, and pride that drives our production to be the freshest and the highest quality.

Can you partner with us and deliver advice across a range of Human Resource activities?
Your opportunity is to provide advice and guidance and to implement human resource and employee relations policies and practices to shape and reinforce a workplace performance culture. To collaborate with our team and develop relationships across the organisation with respect to HR & IR policies and activities to foster and embed practices to contribute to a great workplace culture.

You will participate on the management team and manage the key Human Resource activities and projects across the organisation. You will have a HR assistant as a direct report.
As you would expect a core focus is the end-to-end management of the employee life cycle, from onboarding to exit, and participating in projects and improvement activities to deliver Human Resource support to achieve the business strategy and outcomes. This organisation has a very visible market presence, and we are continuing to grow.

**Qualifications & experience**
- A bachelor’s degree in human resources is preferred.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of current HR and IR legislative requirements and ability to interpret Awards and relevant legislation.
- Demonstrated experience in end-to-end recruitment, including developing strategies for engaging talent.
- Experience leading an HR Team and developing and coaching others to success.
- Have excellent English skills.
- Excellent written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills and an engaging, supportive, and solutions-focused attitude.
- Demonstrated mid-high-level capabilities in the Microsoft Office suite of products and Human Resource software systems. We utilise Employment Hero and Wageloch.
- Bring genuine experience using best practice HR processes that favourably promote the company brand in compliance with policy and legislative requirements.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a team and flexibility to work onsite. (This is not a work from home role)

**Tasks & responsibilities**
- Develop and implement HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the SA Mushrooms business objectives.
- Lead the recruitment and selection process to attract top talent.
- Develop and execute onboarding strategies.
- Oversee training and development programs to enhance employee skills and foster career growth.
- Manage employee relations, adeptly resolving issues to ensure a positive workplace environment.
- Maintain strict compliance with labour laws, regulations, and training requirements.
- Drive initiatives promoting diversity and inclusion.
- Collaborate closely with senior management to align HR practices with organisational goals.
- Cultivate a continuous improvement and innovation culture within the HR department.

**Hours**

The hours are **Tuesday to Thursday 9am - 3p**m (some flexibility) on a part time basis
- Remuneration will be based on experience and qualifications.

**Benefits**

Employees of SA Mushrooms enjoy many benefits. If successful, you will:

- Access complimentary on-site car parking
- Belong to a multi-cultural workplace with a friendly work environment
- Be rewarded for hard work
- Work for a company that is progressive and best in its class
- Receive free mushrooms each week
- Work with great bosses

**Please include 1-2 sentences on your cover letter describing why a part-time role suits you.