HR Manager

Capability HR; Inner West; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parking

Fantastic Benefits

Job summary

A well-established Food and Beverage organization in Inner West Council seeks an HR Manager to lead its People function. This newly created position requires strategic direction and hands-on operational management. The successful candidate will manage HR for around 140 staff, ensuring engagement and retention while developing policies. Ideal applicants will have extensive HR experience in customer-facing industries, particularly food and beverage. The role includes overseeing talent acquisition, learning and development, and employee relations, with strong support from the management team.

Qualifications

• Experience managing operational HR in a multisite organization.
• Ability to maintain high employee engagement and retention.
• Hands-on and resourceful approach when required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the entire employee lifecycle.
• Manage performance and reward systems.
• Develop HR policies and engagement strategies.

Skills

HR Generalist experience

Experience in customer-facing industries

Understanding of Modern Awards

Comfort with technology (HRIS)

Proactive and collaborative approach

Education

Tertiary qualifications in HR or related field

Job description

Salary: $ mid one-hundreds + Super + Parking + Fantastic Benefits

• Newly Created Role
• Successful and Growing Organisation
• Part of the Senior Management Team

Our client is a well-established Food and Beverage organisation currently operating across three locations in Sydneys Inner West. The business objectives are all focused on the customer, and they feel the best way to achieve their goals is to have a happy, engaged and skilled workforce. That philosophy will remain as the organisation embarks on an exciting phase of growth, with existing site expansions confirmed and a new venue in the pipeline.

The organisaton has created a new HR Manager role to lead and its People function. The role will report to the Executive Director and will manage a team of two. This leadership role balances strategic direction with hands‑on operational management, supporting around 100 frontline, modern award staff and a corporate group of around 40. The challenge will be threefold; maintaining and enhancing a functional operational HR department, ensuring that engagement and retention remain at industry high levels, and setting the organisation up for success in its next chapter.

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing the entire employee lifecycle including
• Talent Acquisition
• Learning & Development (including orientation)
• Employee Relations (including award interpretation)
• Performance & Reward
• Culture & Engagement
• WHS & RTW
• HR Policy Development
• Organisational Design

To secure this role you will have

• HR Generalist experience, ideally as part of a broad management team
• Experience in a customer-facing industry, ideally registered clubs, food and beverage, hospitality, or leisure industries
• Experience of managing operational HR, ideally in a multisite organisation
• A solid understanding of Modern Awards
• Comfort with technology, particularly HRIS platforms
• Tertiary qualifications in HR or related field (desirable)
• A Proactive, collaborative, and passionate approach to staff wellbeing and service excellence
• A down-to-earth style, treating all levels of staff with respect
• A hands‑on and resourceful approach when required with an ability to switch context when required

To register your interest please apply via this site.

Capability HR is retained for this search. For any pre‑application queries please email [e-mail]