Newly created role with real opportunity to simplify, improve and strengthen how we work
Use your HR Advisory expertise to lift leadership capability and consistency, quality and pace across our people practices
We offer hybrid working that enables work life balance + 5 weeks annual leave
This role can be based from any of our NZ NZTE offices.
Who we are:
Te Taurapa Tūhono | New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is the government agency charged with helping New Zealand businesses to grow internationally. By supporting New Zealand businesses, we boost New Zealand's economy and reputation, and help to share what's special about New Zealand with the rest of the world.
What you'll be doing:
As the People Advisory Lead, your main purpose is to work alongside NZTE leaders to support the operational delivery of people advisory work. This will involve supporting key people initiatives, cyclical people activities and provision of ad-hoc support to leaders so matters are handled in a timely, consistent and well-documented way. Through your work you will coach leaders to take ownership and build their confidence in managing people-related matters. You will work closely with People Business Partners, leaders, Payroll, Talent Acquisition, regional stakeholders and external providers (e.g. legal) to deliver high-quality support and strengthen the way we work across NZTE.
Activity covered by this role includes, but is not limited to:
Employment frameworks and local terms and conditions: Coordinate locally engaged terms and conditions and broader employment framework reviews, including documentation, workflow management, legal liaison and managing approval pathways.
Employment Rrelations: Lead the operational delivery of employment relations activity, ensuring matters are well structured, appropriately documented and progressed with pace and care. Lead employment relations matters end-to-end, providing practical, risk-aware advice while coaching leaders to take ownership of people issues and build their confidence and capability.
High-quality documentation: Prepare and maintain letters, agreements, templates, consultation material, change documentation and employment framework guidance to a high standard.
Change and consultation support: Support organisational change processes through preparation of documentation and by ensuring processes are well structured, compliant and efficiently delivered.
Workflow discipline and visibility: Bring structure and oversight to repeatable people processes, including retrospectives, OIA and Written Parliamentary Question material, records and contract documentation.
Continuous improvement: Own and continuously improve templates, standard operating procedures and documentation standards, identifying opportunities to simplify work and improve tools.
AI-enabled efficiency: Identify opportunities for automation and AI-enabled ways of working