HR Generalist

**Retail Sector | Full-Time Position with flexible working**:

- **Generalist Role with Stakeholder Responsibility**:

- **Opportunity for HR Professional Seeking an exciting opportunity**

WHSmith is an iconic and historic British retailer focusing on news, books, and convenience, and is a renowned, competitive leader in the travel market worldwide.

We are looking for an experienced Human Resources Generalist to join us on this journey. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of this exciting growth and join a well-known international company that places a high emphasis on its people, its customers, and products.

**About the Role**

Reporting to the People and Projects Director, we are looking for a Human Resources Generalist to support the Australian business in our rapid business growth.

Your primary responsibilities will be to partner with internal key stakeholders to take accountability for the recruitment & selection activity and additionally, contribute towards the delivery of timely advice and support across performance management, remuneration & benefits, reward & recognition, and more.

This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of a diverse range of projects and initiatives in a true business partner approach that will help to shape the HR agenda for the business.

**Roles & Responsibilities**:

- Coordinating recruitment, workforce forecasting and retention activities to ensure a suitably skilled workforce
- Initiating and engaging with the HR strategic initiatives and programs
- Develop and contribute to the review, implementation, creation, and monitoring of internal policies and procedures along with providing on-going coaching of employees around the translation and implementation of Company policies
- Provide support, counselling, mediation and advice to employees; resolving conflicts and disagreements in a professional manner whilst maintaining effective relationships and fostering a collaborative working environment.
- Human Resources administration with the support of an administrator.
- Assist with the administration of the fortnightly payroll
- Manage Workers Compensation Claims

**Skills & experience**:

- Experience with award interpretation (specifically GRIA and FFIA)
- Tertiary qualifications in Industrial Relations or Human Resources
- Ability to develop productive working relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- 3+ years' experience in an HR environment
- Ability to confidently build trust and credibility and maintain relationships at all levels of the organisation
- Highly developed organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise own workload along with strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong administration skills and attention to detail
- Must have commercial acumen and proven sound HR generalist knowledge