Human Resources Manager

Journey Beyond; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid working arrangements

Discounts on Journey Beyond travel and

Career opportunities across Journey B​

Job summary

Journey Beyond is seeking an experienced HR leader to steer operations and industrial relations across our Resorts & Lodges portfolio in Sydney or Adelaide. You will partner with senior leaders to build a high-performing, geographically dispersed team and deliver practical, compliant advice.

The role combines hands-on leadership with strategic people initiatives, guiding workplace change, applying Enterprise Agreements and ensuring fair decisions that support strong teams across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Experience leading HR teams across multiple sites or geographically dispersed operations.
• Strong working knowledge of the Fair Work Act, Awards, Enterprise Agreements and industrial relations frameworks.
• Proven experience managing employee relations, workplace investigations and performance management.

Responsibilities

• Coach senior leaders through complex employee and industrial relations matters.
• Lead and develop an HR team across geographically dispersed locations.
• Guide the consistent application of Enterprise Agreements, Awards and employment legislation.
• Lead workplace investigations and support fair, commercially sound decisions.
• Partner with leaders on organisational change and workforce improvements.

Skills

HR leadership across dispersed sites

Employee relations

Workplace investigations

Coaching

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Education

Degree qualified in Human Resources or related discipline

Job description

Journey Beyond | Sydney or Adelaide | Full Time

Ready to shape the people experience behind some of Australia’s most memorable stays?

Join Journey Beyond and bring your HR leadership and industrial relations expertise to our Resorts & Lodges portfolio. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, develop a geographically dispersed HR team and help create workplaces where people can do their best work.

Why Join Us

• Influence people decisions across a diverse portfolio of resorts and lodges
• Develop your team and strengthen leadership capability across multiple sites
• Flexible/hybrid working arrangements where operationally suitable
• Generous discounts on Journey Beyond travel and experiences
• Career opportunities across Journey Beyond’s diverse portfolio of brands and businesses

About the Role

You’ll lead HR operations and industrial relations across our Resorts & Lodges portfolio, helping leaders navigate complex people challenges and supporting your team to deliver practical, consistent advice.

Combining hands-on HR leadership with broader people initiatives, you’ll guide workplace change, support fair decisions and help leaders build stronger teams. Your work will connect people priorities with the needs of our tourism and hospitality businesses.

Key responsibilities include:

• Coach senior leaders through complex employee and industrial relations matters
• Lead and develop an HR team across geographically dispersed locations
• Guide the consistent application of Enterprise Agreements, Awards and employment legislation
• Lead workplace investigations and support fair, commercially sound decisions
• Partner with leaders on organisational change and workforce improvements

About You

You’re an experienced HR leader who builds trust, enjoys developing others and brings clarity to challenging situations. You understand the demands of operational businesses and balance commercial thinking with a thoughtful, practical approach to people.

You’ll bring:

• Experience leading HR teams, ideally across multiple sites or geographically dispersed operations
• Strong working knowledge of the Fair Work Act, Awards, Enterprise Agreements and industrial relations frameworks
• Proven experience managing employee relations, workplace investigations and performance management
• Strong coaching, stakeholder management, influencing and negotiation skills
• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources or a related discipline

About Us

Journey Beyond is Australia’s leading experiential tourism group, operating some of the country’s most iconic travel experiences across rail, cruise, marine, accommodation and adventure tourism. Our Corporate teams support a diverse portfolio of brands across Australia and New Zealand. Whether improving business processes, building commercial partnerships or supporting our operations, every team plays an important role in bringing memorable guest experiences to life.

Successful candidates are required to provide a current National Police Clearance.

A pre-employment medical may be required as part of the recruitment process.

• Degree qualified in Human Resources or related discipline
• Strong leadership experience across a geographically dispersed team
• Strong working knowledge of the Fair Work Act and Regulations’
• Demonstrated knowledge of working within a complex industrial environment,
• managing multiple EBA compliance.
• Experience in performance management and coaching leaders to fair outcome
• Demonstrated experience conducting workplace investigations
• Full Australian driver's licence
• Generalist Human Resources experience in hospitality, hotel, resort or corporate environments (an advantage)