People & Culture Manager

This is a People & Culture Manager role with one direct report (our existing People & Culture Lead) and you'll be part of a team who truly love making the jungle the best possible place to work. You'll roll up your sleeves, jump in the trenches, and own the full people function - recruitment, employee relations, onboarding and offboarding, performance, policy, compliance, payroll reporting, staff events and activities - the lot. You'll assist and advise in the development of our management team - running structured coaching and training on difficult conversations, goal-setting, performance management, and career pathway design. You'll own our HR systems and documentation - BambooHR, the HR drive, the policies, the contracts - keeping everything current, findable, and actually used. And you'll recruit actively - not just post on SEEK and pray - sourcing top-tier talent through LinkedIn, your network, and direct outreach.

Responsibilities

Be the trusted advisor and partner to the leaders of our organisation, providing expert advice across all aspects of the employee lifecycle; Ensure the company is meeting compliance standards; Be the driver of a wide range of initiatives that engage and retain our people; Be the expert for employee relations matters, supporting our Management team in navigating such issues; Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, on-boarding and off-boarding of staff; Work with our managers to identify capability gaps across the business and help design targeted training to close them; Build the capability of our management team through structured coaching and training as it relates to P&C matters e.g. having difficult conversations, setting goals with their teams, and developing career pathways for direct reports; Provide reporting and feedback on P&C strategies implemented within the company; Own our HR system, HR drive, and employee documentation - keeping everything accurate, current, and actively used by managers and tribe members; Own fortnightly payroll reporting to our external payroll partners - capturing new starters, terminations, salary changes, leave, and any other payroll-impacting changes - so the tribe gets paid right and on time; Lead and develop our existing People & Culture Lead, who is keen AF to learn more

Requirements

Bachelors Degree in Human Resource Management or similar; Minimum 4 years HR experience, with at least 1-2 years operating autonomously across the full HR lifecycle; Experience in Recruitment; Demonstrated experience coaching or directly managing other people leaders, including the credibility to challenge them when needed; Exceptional communication and relationship building skills, with the ability to influence key stakeholders; Working knowledge of legal requirements pertaining to employee relations, including being across relevant codes and standard practice; Confidence in conducting and coaching managers through employee lifecycle conversations - and the resilience to hold the line when needed; Solution-focused mentality; Unparalleled organisation and time management skills; Comfortable owning fortnightly payroll reporting to an external payroll provider - with the attention to detail to ensure every change to staffing, salary, and leave is captured accurately and lands in the right pay cycle; Pragmatic and commercial - finds the right-sized solution to protect the business without adding unnecessary process

Nice to have

Experience working in a fast-paced environment and tech industry

Benefits

Extensive training and full support; Generous salary; Newly renovated headquarters in South Yarra (just off Chapel St.), close to cafes and public transport; Driven and vibrant team of the country's most switched on digital marketers and growth experts (who actually walk the walk); Amazing growth prospects and upward mobility, build an empire within our fine progressive company