Head of Human Resources

Briscoe Search & Consulting; Perth; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Briscoe Search & Consulting is seeking a Senior Head of People & Culture to lead a national HR function for 1,000+ employees, combining strategy with hands-on execution. Based in Western Australia, the role partners with the CEO and leadership team to shape culture, capability and performance across the fast-growing, multi-site business, driving recruitment, onboarding, learning and people practices.

You will embrace new technologies and AI to improve efficiency and insights, while keeping a

Qualifications

• Significant senior HR leadership experience in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.
• Comfortable with scale, complexity and large frontline workforces, while remaining commercial, pragmatic and hands-on.
• Progressive in how you work; embrace new practices, technology and AI.

Responsibilities

• Lead People & Culture for a national workforce of 1,000+ employees.
• Shape culture, capability and performance through the next phase of growth.
• Strengthen recruitment pipelines, onboarding, learning & development, and performance frameworks across the national network.
• Ensure employment compliance and Modern Award interpretation while driving a high-performing, hospitable culture.

Skills

Senior HR leadership

Multisite experience

Change management

People strategy

Job description

Senior Management role, mix of strategy and hands-on tactical

• Lead People & Culture for a national workforce of 1,000+
• Shape culture, capability and performance through the next phase of growth
• Join a progressive, dynamic leadership team in a genuinely feel-good industry

My client is a highly successful private group with a growing national footprint and ambitious plans for further expansion. Operating in a consumer-facing industry with a naturally positive customer proposition, the business combines strong commercial performance with an energetic, people-focused culture.

With more than 1,000 employees nationally, many of them casual and frontline, people capability will be central to how well the organisation continues to grow. Recruitment needs to work at volume, onboarding must be fast and consistent, managers need practical support, and the culture needs to remain strong across a geographically dispersed workforce.

This is a genuine Head of People & Culture role, working closely with the CEO and leadership team and leading an established team comprising a P&C Advisor, P&C Coordinator and L&D Lead. You will shape the people strategy, while remaining close enough to the business to ensure it translates into better outcomes on the ground.

There is a strong culture and performance mandate. The organisation is built around putting people first, doing what is right rather than what is easy, improving every day and becoming stronger together. You will help bring those principles to life through how people are recruited, inducted, trained, developed, led and recognised.

The business is growing through acquisitions, new-site openings and organic expansion, so there is also a significant build element. You will strengthen recruitment pipelines, leadership capability, learning and development, performance frameworks and consistent people practices across the national network.

Employment compliance and Modern Award interpretation remain important, but this is broader than technical HR. The real opportunity is to help create a high-performing, hospitable and fun culture while putting the structure in place for continued growth.

Ideal candidates will bring significant senior HR leadership experience gained in a fast-paced, multi-site environment. You will be comfortable with scale, complexity and large frontline workforces, while remaining commercial, pragmatic and hands‑on.

Just as importantly, you will be progressive in how you work. This is a relatively young, dynamic and high-performing support office where no one is standing still. You will be expected to embrace new practices, technology and AI to improve efficiency, insight and output across the function.

Based in the Western Australian Head Office, with periodic interstate travel, this is an opportunity to shape the people agenda of a successful, fast-growing national business at an important point in its development.