People and Culture Business Partner - Contract Role

Description

Company Description

Zenith is The ROI Agency, we succeed when our clients succeed. We have a simple strategy: motivate our people, deliver great work, and delight our clients. Clients want to work with happy and motivated people. We have a superb Talent team, helping the agency recruit, develop and retain the industry's best talent. We're constantly striving to create a winning culture and we're delighted that 91% of our people would recommend us as a great place to work. We are single mindedly focused on delivering great work. We have a consistent track record of making our clients' communications more effective. Our goal is to achieve commercial marketing success. We don't set out to win awards but see them as a function of great work. Our greatest credential is our client list. Every day we work on challenging business and communication issues, in partnership with great client marketing teams. We are proud to have worked with many of our clients for 10 years or more and are equally proud of our new relationships. To learn more, visitwww.zenithmedia.com

Job Description

Do you like to challenge the norm and embrace change? We are looking for a dynamic team member passionate about people and culture. You will belong to an amazing community of smart, forward-thinking co-workers within this dynamic and creative group of award-winning media/communication agencies.

We are looking for a People & Culture Business Partner for Zenith. This is a maternity cover contract for an initial period of 6 months, with a strong probability of extension. You would be reporting directly in to the Chief Talent Officer for Publicis Media ANZ and be a part of a vibrant and collaborative People & Culture team.  You will guide our management teams, motivate and grow our people through innovative people strategies, future-facing workforce planning and initiatives.

Key responsibilities

• Execute the people strategy retention, reward and recognition, performance management, L&D, and other people related initiatives to support business goals and objectives
• Driving HR strategies, practices and initiatives to maintain and improve our organisational culture and EVP to attract, engage and retain high calibre employees.
• Partner with Recruitment team.
• Responsible for Employee Relations and Industrial Relations matters and ensure compliance with company policy, federal, state and local employment laws.
• Drive performance management and succession planning activities
• Coach & guide management to facilitate effective and consistent people management, and build management capability.
• Support the CTO in the development, evolution and implementation of the people strategy.
• Build shared understanding and ownership of the organisation's purpose, values, strategies, plans and desired culture. Actively model these values and behaviours.
• Be an ambassador for the organisation and for the People & Culture team.
• Provide professional, business-focused, day to day HR services including, performance management, grievances, recruitment, annual salary reviews.
• Some interstate travel required.

Qualifications

Who are we looking for?

• We are looking for a pro-active, consultative, collaborative and fun person who has:
• Human Resources management experience of 9+ years
• Qualification in HR Management.
• Proven track record in stakeholder management
• A natural ability to engage people and possess outstanding leadership skills
• Professionalism, attention to detail, strong follow up, time management, highly effective communication and problem resolution skills
• Excellent working knowledge of employment law, including Employment Awards, the Fair Work Act and the National Employment Standards, with the ability to apply this knowledge in workplace situations.
• Excellent understanding of HR best practice and the ability to apply this to employee relations cases.
• Demonstrated supervisory / coaching experience.
• Experience of performance management and working within defined policies and procedures.
• Experience with organisational change projects including restructures.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• A person who is approachable, tactful, discrete and diplomatic, competent in dealing with difficult situations.
• Able to work on their own initiative and under pressure
• Excellent team player, able to display a flexible and creative approach to work situations.

Additional Information

**Only successful applicants will be contacted**