Human Resources Manager

P&N Group are seeking an experienced Human Resources (HR) Manager, with a passion for People, Capability & Culture, for a 16-month maximum-term contract role.

• Join one of Australia's largest customer-owned banking organisations
• Impact and influence, fostering a high-performance and inclusive culture
• Attractive remuneration and employee benefits

About us

Are you looking for a career with endless opportunities? There's more to us than banking.

P&N Group is amongst the largest customer-owned banking organisations in Australia, represented by P&N Bank in Western Australia and BCU Bank in New South Wales and southeast Queensland. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of our customers and their communities.

With over $9 billion in assets and a head office in Perth and corporate offices in Coffs Harbour and Brisbane, we service over 200,000 customers across Australia from all walks of life supported by over 600 employees in group services, retail banking, broker, and business banking roles.

We believe our culture is a real point of difference, and our values – Focus on Members, Improve & Learn and Trust & Collaborate – are fundamental to our ways of working. We offer a collaborative and inclusive workplace where our people feel a strong sense of belonging, are recognised, invested in, cared for, and are part of something bigger.

As part of our ongoing strategic customer-centric transformation, we're focussed on making it even easier to bank with us for our customers of today and the future.

About the role

An opportunity to have a positive impact, this role is responsible for driving the strategy and delivery of human resources across the Group, ensuring alignment with business goals and fostering a high-performance, inclusive culture.

Reporting to the Head of People, Capability and Culture, the Human Resources Manager will provide expert support in areas such as employee relations, industrial relations, remuneration, talent management and organisational design, while ensuring legal compliance and operational excellence. You'll provide hands-on HR business partnering to senior leaders across the Group while also guiding and developing a small, capable team to deliver best-practice outcomes across the employee lifecycle.

With a team of three direct reports, this role will ensure Business Partners and Advisors have a clear understanding of the evolving needs of the business and are equipped to deliver practical, people-focused solutions that drive performance and engagement.

This is a maximum-term (16 months), full-time role, with eligibility for flexible and hybrid working arrangements.

What will you bring?

• Extensive relevant and practical experience in human resources and industrial relations, paired with experience in best practice HR and business partner frameworks.
• Significant generalist HR experience across each stage of the employee lifecycle.
• Proven leadership experience of individuals and teams including the ability to lead and influence at all levels of the organisation both vertically and horizontally, in matrix and distributed environments.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills
• Excellent written communication skills including the ability to articulate complex information in a clear and concise manner
• Sound understanding of effective collaboration and stakeholder engagement
• Proven corporate strategic and project management communications capability.
• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources and/or a related field

What we can offer you

There's life at work, and life outside of work – and we understand that.

P&N Group is committed to creating a satisfying and fulfilling working environment, offering employee benefits and development opportunities that reward and help you perform to your potential and expand your experience and learning.

To help you live your best life through work, we offer an extensive range of employee benefits.

• Work for a national multi-brand, customer-focused organisation
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements
• An incentive scheme for exceptional performance
• Be supported with leadership and professional development
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for the primary care giver, and three weeks for the non-primary care giver
• Generous discounts on home loans, personal loans, insurance and other banking products and services
• Up to two weeks' additional purchased leave per year
• Two days' paid volunteer leave each year to use with a community partner of your choice
• An Employee Assistance Program

At P&N Group, we want to leverage the numerous benefits and innovative gains that a diverse workforce brings, and especially the high engagement that comes from a culture built on belonging and inclusion. We encourage people of all abilities, backgrounds, identities, ages and cultures to apply.

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If you believe you meet the selection criteria and could make a positive contribution to P&N Group, we would love to hear from you.

Please apply with your current resume, and a cover letter outlining your skills and experience by
03/11/2025.

(Note candidate screening and interviews may be conducted prior to the closing date of the job advert)