People Partner

Mega Recruitment; Perth; Sur place; AUD 90 000 - 130 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Work-life balance

Mentorship

Career development

Training opportunities

Collaborative culture

Résumé du poste

Mega Recruitment in Perth seeks an experienced People Partner to support senior leadership and managers across an architectural and interior design studio. This consultative role aligns people and learning initiatives with sector goals, builds leadership capability and drives a high-performing culture.

You will lead recruitment, talent management, employee relations, and HR analytics for an allocated portfolio, promoting diversity, compliance and engagement while partnering to deliver strategic

Qualifications

• Experience working in an Australian architectural or interior design practice.
• Be confident coordinating with architects, designers, management and leaders in the architecture and design industry.
• Hold full, unrestricted working rights in Australia.

Responsabilités

• Partner with senior leaders to develop sector and team objectives and deliver strategic people solutions.
• Coach leaders to build leadership capability, accountability, and high performance.
• Support complex employee relations matters with early intervention and constructive resolution.
• Advise on workplace matters to promote a positive, inclusive culture and risk mitigation.
• Lead change management initiatives including restructures and transitions.
• Drive employee engagement, retention, and culture initiatives aligned with business goals.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, policies, and internal guidelines.

Description du poste

An amazing opportunity is available for an experienced People Partner to join one of Australia’s most highly regarded architectural and interior design studios in their Perth office.

This role is a consultative role that will work closely with senior leadership, managers and employees to align people and learning initiatives with sector, team and practice goals. As a key partner, this role is crucial in developing people leadership capabilities and leadership confidence to enable a high performing culture, high employee engagement and strong talent development across an allocated portfolio. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of sector and team needs, an ability to translate people and learning strategy into action, technically astute in managing complex people matters and the capability to influence change at all levels.

What You’ll Be Doing

Senior Leader Business Partnering

• Partner with sector and team leaders to develop a deep understanding of sector and team objectives, ensuring the delivery of strategic people solutions that support high performance, continual growth, and operational success.
• Enable leadership effectiveness through tailored coaching, guidance, and development initiatives that build leadership capability, confidence, and accountability across the sector, team and practice.
• Proactively support leaders in managing complex employee relations matters, including complaints, grievances, and performance issues, with a strong focus on early intervention and constructive resolution.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, fostering strong relationships and providing expert guidance on workplace matters to promote a positive and inclusive culture.
• Lead and support change management initiatives, including restructures and organisational transitions, to ensure effective communication, employee engagement, and risk mitigation.
• Drive and support employee cycle activity including employee engagement, retention, and cultural initiatives by aligning people strategies with sector or team goals and employee feedback.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant employment legislation, industrial instruments, and internal policies, promoting fair and consistent application across all people practices.
• Build leader capability in employment law, policy interpretation, and people management through coaching, training, and ongoing support to foster confidence and self-sufficiency.
• Advise on legal and reputational risks in HR decision-making, ensuring compliance, best practice, and alignment with practice values.

Recruitment and Talent Management

• Lead and support the end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, and retention of high-quality talent to meet current and future workforce needs.
• Drive external talent mapping and proactive sourcing strategies to build strong pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles.
• Partner with leaders to identify current and future skill gaps, developing targeted learning, development, and career progression plans to build internal capability and support leadership growth.
• Provide strategic coaching and guidance to leaders on performance management, employee development, and succession planning to build a high-performing, future-ready workforce.
• Provide advice on remuneration and promotion readiness.
• Support a diversity and inclusion initiatives, policies and practices across the practice.

HR Analytics and Reporting

• Monitor and analyse key people and practice metrics to provide insights and recommendations for innovation and improvement.
• Prepare and present people reports to sector and team management on key workforce trends and issues including risk or legislative obligations.
• Use data-driven approaches to address people challenges and guide decision-making.

To be considered for this opportunity, you must:

• Be relationship orientated with natural ability to build rapport with multiple stakeholders.
• Be technically astute in employment law and possess a deep understanding of employment obligations.
• Have strong influence and facilitation skills to support leaders to navigate complex people matters.
• Have strong attention to detail and be outcome orientated.
• Be agile and flexible, with the ability to pivot and respond to changing needs.
• Have capacity to operate as a business partner and lead projects.
• Bring strength in managing multiple priorities and timelines through to completion.

Desired Requirements

• Have previous experience working within an Australian architectural or interior design practice
• Be confident coordinating with architects, designers, management and leaders in the architecture and design industry
• Be able to integrate quickly into an established team
• Hold full, unrestricted working rights in Australia

This is one of Australia’s leading architectural and interior design practices, with an enviable reputation for design excellence, technical capability and the successful delivery of major projects.

The studio offers:

• An outstanding workplace and collaborative team culture
• Genuine support for work-life balance
• Supportive and approachable leadership
• Strong mentorship from highly experienced industry professionals
• Ongoing training and professional development
• A workplace where your skills and contribution will be genuinely valued
• Clear opportunities for continued career development and progression

You will work alongside a talented and highly experienced team within a practice that takes pride in supporting, mentoring and developing its people.