People Operations Partner — Grow with a Global HR Tech Team

LiveHire Limited; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible workplace

Learning & development focus

Talent referral program

Parental leave (12 weeks)

Extra personal leave (4 days)

Employee Assistance Program

Thrive wellbeing platform

Casual and collaborative culture

Job summary

Humanforce is hiring a People Operations Partner to join our People & Culture team. This role blends day-to-day HR operations with junior People Partner duties, shaping employee experiences from onboarding to exit, and collaborating with engineering on automation initiatives.

You will manage data, documents, policy alignment, and reporting while supporting payroll data and employee relations. A hybrid in-office model supports flexible, productive work across our global operations.

Qualifications

• Experience in People Operations, HR administration, HR coordination or a similar People & Culture role.
• Experience supporting employee lifecycle processes in a fast-paced or growing organisation.
• Strong administration and organisational skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience working with HRIS, payroll or employee management systems.
• A practical understanding of employment processes, policies and relevant legislation.
• The confidence to provide guidance and support to employees and people leaders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to manage confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
• A proactive, service-oriented approach and genuine interest in employee experience.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with an interest in refining processes and ways of working.
• Experience in a technology, SaaS or growing organisation will be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate day-to-day People Operations activities across the entire employee lifecycle.
• Maintain accurate employee records and People systems, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality.
• Prepare employment documentation, contract variations, letters and other People correspondence.
• Coordinate onboarding and offboarding, ensuring a smooth and consistent employee experience.
• Support payroll preparation by maintaining accurate employee data and liaising with payroll providers and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain People policies, process documentation, templates and guidelines.
• Prepare regular People reports and data insights to support decision-making.
• Ensure People processes align with employment legislation, company policy and internal controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve, simplify and automate People processes, working alongside our engineering teams to streamline wherever possible.
• Support the administration of performance, remuneration, engagement and talent processes.
• Provide first-level guidance to employees and people leaders on policies, processes and general employment matters.
• Support the P&C Team and leaders with employee lifecycle activities, including probation reviews and team changes.
• Assist with employee relations matters; gathering information, maintaining documentation and escalating when appropriate.
• Support the delivery of engagement surveys, people initiatives and internal communications.
• Coordinate People & Culture projects across employee experience, learning and development, diversity and inclusion, and wellbeing.
• Partner with leaders to ensure People processes are applied consistently and effectively.
• Contribute to workforce reporting, organisational change and other people initiatives.
• Support the broader People team with advice, coordination and operational delivery as required.
• Partner with our Forward Deployed Engineering team to identify manual, repetitive People processes that can be automated or streamlined.
• Help scope and test automation solutions for HR workflows from onboarding paperwork to reporting and data updates.
• Act as the People team's voice in shaping tools and workflows, ensuring automation reflects how the team actually works.
• Continuously look for ways to remove low-value manual tasks, freeing up time for the work that has real impact.
• Track the impact of automation changes and feed learnings back into how the People team operates day to day.

Skills

People Operations

HR administration

HR coordination

Employee lifecycle

Attention to detail

Communication

Discretion

Process automation

Technology interest

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

Job description

Humanforce is hiring a People Operations Partner to join our People & Culture team. This role blends day-to-day HR operations with junior People Partner duties, shaping employee experiences from onboarding to exit, and collaborating with engineering on automation initiatives.

You will manage data, documents, policy alignment, and reporting while supporting payroll data and employee relations. A hybrid in-office model supports flexible, productive work across our global operations.