HR Business Partner

Airways New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Rainbow Tick accreditation

Gender Tick accreditation

Job summary

Airways New Zealand is seeking a senior HR Business Partner for our Auckland office. You will provide both operational and strategic HR advice to the Senior Leadership Team and executives while delivering BAU and project work.

Reporting to the Manager HR Business Partnering & Employment Relations, you will collaborate with a team of HR specialists and lead changes to boost efficiency and performance. The role requires robust communication skills, a pragmatic approach, and the ability to work in

Qualifications

• Ideally tertiary qualification in HR, Industrial & Organisational Psychology, or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience working as a HR Business Partner/Consultant.
• Exposure to a unionised environment with solid NZ employment law knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational and strategic HR advice to the Senior Leadership Team and executives, delivering both BAU and project work.
• Work with HR specialists to build credibility and maintain internal relationships.
• Support change initiatives to improve efficiency and performance across the organisation.

Skills

HRBP experience

NZ employment law

Change initiatives

Commercial acumen

Education

HR/Related tertiary qualification

Job description

About Airways

Our people manage New Zealand's 30 million squarekms of airspace, providing air traffic control, surveillance, communication,flight inspection, mapping, and airspace design services. We work withgovernment, regulatory authorities, airlines, airports, and the generalaviation community to ensure pilots, passengers and goods reach theirdestination - safely. At Airways, our values underpin all that we do. We valueSafety, One Airways, Excellence and Success in all that we do.

About the Team

The People & Partnerships Group manages ourpeople, customer and stakeholder relationships, communications, sustainability,and strategy. They ensure an integrated approach to managing internal andexternal relationships, promoting a customer-focused and engaged workplaceculture. They oversee strategic customer and stakeholder relationships,communications, and the development of Airways Corporate Strategy, includingsustainability.

The Group plays a critical role in supporting thebusiness to achieve its objectives by providing high-quality internal serviceand advice that is proactive, innovative, and impactful.

About the Role

We have a permanent full-time opportunity for a senior level Human Resources Business Partner tojoin us at our Auckland office.

This role is based in The Quad (Leonard IsittDrive, Auckland Airport) which is within walking distance from Woolworths,Chemist Warehouse, Jetts Fitness, cafes, take-away shops, and restaurants.

Reporting to the Manager HR Business Partnering & EmploymentRelations, you will provide the full suite of operational and strategic humanresources advice, guidance and partnership to the Senior Leadership Team andexecutives, while delivering both BAU and project work.

With no day the same, you will need to work at paceand engage with a team of HR specialists (e.g. Remuneration & People Experience) whilst buildingcredibility and maintaining robust internal relationships.

The HR team is comprised of:

• Manager HR Business Partnering & Employment Relations
• HR Business Partner x 3 (including thisrole)

For a full list of tasks and responsibilities,please refer to the position description attached to the advert on our careerssite.

About You

You’ll be a natural communicator, able to haverobust conversations (in layman’s terms), guiding people leaders to growtheirconfidence and capability. You’ll also be self-driven, pragmatic and hold theconfidence needed to work across theorganisation in a fast-paced, dynamicState-Owned Enterprise (SOE).

In addition to the above, to be successful in therole you will have:

• Ideally a tertiary qualification inHuman Resources, Industrial & Organisational Psychology, or equivalentexperience in human resources in New Zealand or internationally.
• Hands-on experience working as a HumanResources Business Partner/Consultant.
• Exposure to a unionised environment anda solid understanding of NZ employment law.
• Solid commercial acumen with aproactive nature and outcome focused.
• Genuine interest working side by sidewith colleagues (within HR and across the business) on projects that help makethe culture and workplace better - this includes taking a key role in changeinitiatives to build efficiency and performance.

Beneficial:

Previous experience in the aviation, transport, ortechnology industries.

Please note that you must be legally eligible towork in New Zealand to be considered.

This role will require the successful candidate toundergo pre-employment background checks including references, drug and alcoholscreening, criminal conviction, and related checks.

Application closing date is Monday, 19 October2026.

At Airways, our people are at the heart of what wedo to keep NZ skies safe. We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable andinclusive workplace where people feel they belong and can bring their wholeself to work. We make our recruitment decisions based on the best candidate forthe job and encourage applications from diverse candidates. We are proud tohold both Rainbow Tick and Gender Tick accreditations.