People Associate

**Who are we?**

Lyka is an Australian founded pet wellness company that's shaking up an outdated industry and paving the way for happier, healthier pets. Despite medical advancements, animal lifespans are on the decline. Today, the average pet only reaches 37% of their full potential lifespan and statistics have shown us that many suffer from dental disease, cancer, and obesity. Simply put, the status quo is not enough.

As humans, we've experienced firsthand the positive impact fresh wholefoods can have on our health and wellbeing, and we believe our furry friends deserve the same. We're on a mission to do just that, starting with nutritionally balanced, wholefood meals delivered direct to doors around Australia. As the world's most sustainable pet wellness company, we're putting pets and our planet first — one bowl at a time.

Today, we are proud to share we've served over 20 million meals to puppers and their parents across Australia, and this is just the beginning. Our vision is to create multiple nutritional products, adding disease prevention meals and supplements, and expand into new markets.

Currently, we have a team of 200+ pet-obsessed and we're continuing to grow (yes, looking at you). These carefully selected people are dedicated to building the next generation of technology and products to help empower pet parents to take control over their pet's wellbeing.

To date, we have raised over $60M in funding from our venture fund investments and pet industry insiders, who believe in our mission and ability to drive change in a stagnant industry, providing nutrition that nourishes puppers from the inside out.

Are you ready to shake things up and give pets the life they deserve? Come join our pack

**The Team**

**What you will do?**
- Take ownership of the onboarding and offboarding processes ensuring a positive employee experience
- Track and help the pack celebrate employee milestones such as birthdays and lykaversaries
- Coordinate and facilitate meetings such as the All Hands
- Maintain people systems and processes ensuring data is up to date
- Coordinate learning and development training sessions across the pack as required
- Assist with drafting and editing new policies and people templates
- Internal event planning
- Act as the primary point of contact for general People queries, monitoring the People slack cannel and delivering exceptional customer service to our pack members
- Support the team with execution of people initiatives across all areas of People such as Employee Experience, Learning & Development, Reward & Recognition, CSR and Talent Acquisition
- Live and work in accordance with Lyka's values and principles at the workplace

**Who you are?**
- Tertiary qualifications in HR, psychology or related field
- 1-2 years professional experience preferred
- Strong organisation skills with the ability to multitask and prioritise effectively
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Advanced Excel skills preferred
- Strong attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality
- Able to build relationships with and communication effectively with various stakeholders
- A service design mindset that appreciates "The Power of Moments"
- A positive and proactive attitude, with a genuine interest in supporting employees
- Eager to grow and learn while playing a role in the company growth and success

**Benefits**
- Work in a fast-growing start-up, experiencing what goes behind the scenes to sustain hyper-growth for a start-up with a physical product
- Growth and Development - Lyka is growing extremely quickly, which means you will have the opportunity to experience different challenges every day and progressively acquire more responsibilities as our facility and team expands. We provide an annual L&D budget for you to continue your personal development.
- Work for a sustainability focused company - we care about the health of our dogs and our planet. We're proud to be Australia's only carbon-negative and plastic-negative pet wellness company and we're always looking at ways for us improve sustainability practices.
- Be part of a diverse top talent team, coming from widely different backgrounds and geographies.
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for all employees who have been with Lyka for one year, alongside 2 weeks of miscarriage leave in the first twenty weeks. We also offer 18 weeks paid parental leave to those who have been at Lyka for over two years and a pro rata amount for those who have passed probation and have been with Lyka less than one year.
- Wellbeing assistance & tools to take care of your mental and physical wellbeing so you can do your best work.
- Flexible working: work from where you get your best work done. We have pet-friendly offices and industrial kitchens in Sydney and Melbourne and offer a working from home allowance for your home set-up.
- Pupper parent support to care for your furry friends - flexib