Human Resources Manager

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Our job is as big as it gets, helping New Zealand get the right infrastructure, whether it's transport connections that get us from a to b, water and power connections needed to support affordable homes, or schools and hospitals that support our communities.  

Just some of our achievements include developing New Zealand's first infrastructure strategy which sets a direction for decades to come, sharing ground-breaking research while also maintaining a pipeline that provides insight into New Zealand's planned infrastructure projects. We're now busy developing a National Infrastructure Plan to help give New Zealanders greater confidence that the infrastructure we all rely on is well planned, provides value for money, and meets the needs of today and tomorrow.

Role purpose | Te Kaupapa o te Tūranga

We're looking for an experienced Human Resources (HR) Manager to support the General Manager (GM) Corporate (Operations) to partner with senior leaders across the business to promote practices and activity that will provide an employee-oriented, high-performance culture that emphasises engagement and involvement, safety and wellbeing and ongoing development of our workforce.

This position will be responsible for deploying our people strategy across relevant business areas, whilst working with the relevant members of our team to manage HR-related activities including organisational capability and capacity, talent management, change management and employment relations.

This role will also be responsible for:

• Business partnering, including delivery of employee life-cycle initiatives
• Recruitment and onboarding
• Payroll and office management
• Reporting and analysis 
• People leadership support
• Coordinating and supporting health, safety and wellbeing activity.

To do this you will be experienced at things like | E riro ai i a koe tēnei tūranga me whai wheako koe ki ngā tūmahi pēnei i ēnei: 

• Coaching and partnering with leaders at a senior level.
• Utilising a pragmatic HR approach, with an ability to pivot between strategic thinking and operational excellence.
• Establishing effective working relationships in an open and approachable manner with a variety of people from different backgrounds and over distance.

 You will also have | Me whai hoki e koe: 

• Significant tenure in senior HR generalist roles with in-depth experience in strategic HR planning, culture building and employment relations.
• A good understanding of planning and reporting principles and processes.
• A relevant tertiary qualification at Bachelor level is essential with a preference for commerce, business, human resources, law, arts or finance.

What's in it for you | Nōu te rourou: 

We offer a competitive total remuneration package for this position depending on skills and experience. We also provide:

• a flexible by default approach to support your work-life balance
• generous leave entitlements
• wellbeing support including subsidised health insurance membership for open-tenure employees.

About our team | Mō te tīma

Te Waihanga is what's called an Autonomous Crown Entity or, even better, an ACE. We think about the whole infrastructure system - roads, waterpipes, powerlines, you name it – and our job is to give advice and uncover the insights that can make it all work as well as it can, supporting an Aotearoa that's great for generations to come.  

Our people are smart and passionate about this stuff.  They're friendly and, this being a relatively small organisation, it's easy to work with anyone here and to have an impact. We don't do hierarchy or stand on ceremony.  

We also value our people, and it's important to us that you feel welcome, supported, and respected.  

 How to Apply | Tono mai:  

Please take a look at the job description on our website (https://www.tewaihanga.govt.nz/about-us/vacancies/) and get in touch. We'd like to hear from you.  

To apply for this role, please visit https://www.tewaihanga.govt.nz/about-us/vacancies/ or email recruitment@tewaihanga.govt.nz

Applications close on Thursday, 19 December 2024.

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand. 

Please note that we may begin shortlisting as we receive applications.