HR Manager

Peoplecorp; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Peoplecorp in Sydney is seeking an HR Manager for a 12-month fixed-term contract, reporting to the Head of HR. You will deliver hands-on HR business partnering, coach junior staff, and refine HR processes while supporting performance and remuneration cycles, including promotions.

Based in a fast-paced, transformation-focused environment across Sydney and Newcastle, you will influence senior stakeholders and help shape the organisation's people agenda during this pivotal period.

Qualifications

• Around 7+ years HR experience in a smaller or lean organisation.
• Exposure to HR management level and reporting to senior HR leaders.
• Experience in coaching/mentoring HR professionals.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on HR business partnering.
• Coach and mentor junior HR team members.
• Lead process improvements across HR practices.
• Support performance and remuneration cycles including promotions.
• Contribute to WGEA reporting, surveys, and benefits analysis.
• Influence senior stakeholders to drive transformation initiatives.

Job description

THE ORGANISATION

Our client is a well-established professional services organisation that has grown significantly through a recent merger, now employing 400+ people across several offices. With a newly appointed Chief People Officer and Chief Operating Officer at the helm, the business is in the middle of a genuine transformation agenda, and this role sits right at the centre of it. It's a rare chance to join a lean, close-knit HR function at a genuinely exciting point in the organisation's evolution.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Head of HR, this is a broad HR Manager role covering a 12-month fixed-term contract, with a start ideally in late October to allow a handover ahead of the current incumbent's departure. You'll manage a small portfolio of stakeholders, providing hands‑on HR business partnering while coaching and mentoring junior members of the HR team. The role blends technical HR advice with process improvement, reviewing and refining what already exists rather than building from scratch, and supporting performance and remuneration cycles including the finer detail of promotion decisions. You'll also contribute to broader projects spanning WGEA reporting, surveys, benefits reviews and analysis, working closely with senior stakeholders to influence outcomes and drive initiatives through to completion.

THE CANDIDATE

The successful candidate will bring around 7+ years' HR experience, ideally with some HR Manager-level exposure, gained in a smaller or leaner organisation where broad HR exposure was the norm. Professional services experience, whether legal, financial services or similar, is highly regarded, along with experience reporting into a senior HR leader, Director or CPO. You'll have a track record of coaching or mentoring other HR professionals, a solid grasp of the employee lifecycle including performance, remuneration and promotion cycles, and some exposure to D&I, leadership development or performance architecture. Strong analytical and reporting skills are essential, as is the confidence to make decisions and take initiative while knowing when to sense‑check with your manager. Above all, you'll be proactive, hands‑on and comfortable moving between strategic conversations and detailed HR work, someone who can influence stakeholders at every level and thrive in a fast-paced, transformation-focused environment.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

This is an opportunity to make a genuine mark during a period of real transformation, working in a tight‑knit, supportive team with a flexible approach to working arrangements and strong office‑based culture across Sydney and Newcastle.

At Peoplecorp, we are dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in every recruitment process. We believe that a rich variety of perspectives drives innovation and success. We actively seek candidates from all backgrounds and encourage individuals of all races, genders, abilities, and experiences to apply.