People & Culture Lead

5 days ago

Mount Gambier, South Australia alignr Full time $104,000 - $120,000 per year

We're Alignr — a modern recruitment partner helping ambitious businesses hire smarter and scale faster. This time, we're partnering with a leading agribusiness entering a new chapter of growth. After a period of change in the HR team, they're looking for a People & Culture Business Partner who can stabilise, support, and set HR on the right trajectory.

This role is all about building engagement from the ground floor up — partnering with leaders, embedding processes, and setting a path for HR to make a long-term impact.

Are you looking for…

  • A role where you can roll up your sleeves but also bring strategy to life?
  • The chance to build policy, processes, and people capability?
  • To report directly to a people-centric CEO?
  • Real engagement work — recognition, communication, and career pathways?
  • A business investing in people, safety, and culture (winners of major regional business awards)?

What's in it for you?

  • Permanent role
  • Salary up to $120,000 Base + Super
  • Work from home 1 day a week
  • Report directly to a people-focused CEO
  • Bordertown Location
  • Build & grow the impact of HR
  • Join a company with a clear and transparent 3 year plan
  • Be the visible HR presence that leaders and employees can trust
  • 1 direct report

Your next company & team

This business has made significant investments in people, safety, and capability. The HR team is growing and evolving:

  • 180 People (roughly 100 covered by EBA)
  • The CEO & exec team is committed to a clear strategy and raising HR's influence across the business
  • The culture? People-first, practical, and supportive, but still building structure and processes.

What You'll Do

  • Partner with leaders across multiple sites (focus on Bordertown)
  • Build HR processes: policies, contracts, onboarding, wage parity reviews
  • Lead engagement activities: recognition, communication, career pathing
  • Guide and mentor the HR Officer
  • Support ER/IR, performance, and BAU HR activities
  • Drive capability-building projects across leaders and employees
  • Balance BAU (contracts, compliance) with strategy (culture, people capability)

You'll Thrive Here If You…

  • Love hands-on HR but can also bring strategy to life
  • You're a builder - can fly the plane while you build it
  • Can build trust quickly on the ground floor with leaders and employees
  • Are proactive, honest & practical
  • Adapt well to foundational environments where structure is still forming
  • Are patient but persistent, able to push for outcomes while balancing relationships

This Role Isn't For You If…

  • You're looking for a polished, already-built HR function to plod along
  • You prefer compliance-only HR without engagement or strategy
  • You don't want to spend time on-site across the sites
  • You struggle with ambiguity

Must-Haves

  • Minimum 5 years HR generalist/business partner experience
  • Confident with BAU HR (contracts, onboarding, policies) and ER/IR
  • Strong interpersonal skills to build trust and engagement at all levels
  • Comfortable working onsite across regional and metro sites
  • Resilient and proactive — not waiting to be told what to do

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience in unionised / EBA-covered environments
  • Background in agribusiness, food processing, or manufacturing
  • Experience in regional or multi-site environments

Hiring Process

  • Step 1: Apply & complete basic screening questions
  • Step 2: If aligned, received alignment survey
  • Step 3: alignment call with Alignr
  • Step 4: Interview with CEO
  • Step 5: Final interview with the leadership Team
  • Step 6: Offer & onboarding plan

Next steps from here?

Apply, complete the short screening questions.

If everything aligns, we'll send you a quick alignment task (

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