Strategic HR Advisor & People Partner

Kainga Ora; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Five weeks' annual leave

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Kāinga Ora is offering a great opportunity to grow your HR career on a fixed term contract until 30 June 2028. Working with the People Services team, you will provide trusted HR advice across the employee lifecycle and coach leaders to build high-performing teams while ensuring compliant people practices.

You'll collaborate across the organisation, use data to identify trends, and contribute to continuous improvement projects.

Qualifications

• Experience as an HR advisor or generalist HR role.
• Strong knowledge of NZ employment legislation.
• Ability to coach leaders and advise across the employee lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely, practical and customer-focused HR advice and coaching to leaders and employees.
• Support people leaders across the lifecycle, including performance, conduct, development, leave and wellbeing matters.
• Partner across the People Services team to deliver people initiatives, organisational priorities and change programmes.
• Support leaders to apply employment legislation, policies, employment agreements and people practices.
• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.
• Collaborate with specialist People teams to deliver consistent and effective people solutions.
• Use people data and insights to identify trends, inform decision-making and improve outcomes.
• Contribute to People Team projects, initiatives and continuous improvement activities.
• Experience in an HR Advisor or similar generalist HR role, or, related experience gained through other advisory roles across the People and Culture remit or gained through leading teams and people.
• Working knowledge of New Zealand employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Experience providing practical, credible and trusted advice to leaders.
• Strong relationship-building, communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Sound judgement, resilience and a solutions-focused approach.
• Experience managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• An understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles and the ability to work effectively with diverse communities and colleagues.

Skills

HR advisory

Coaching leaders

NZ employment law

Stakeholder management

Job description

Kāinga Ora is offering a great opportunity to grow your HR career on a fixed term contract until 30 June 2028. Working with the People Services team, you will provide trusted HR advice across the employee lifecycle and coach leaders to build high-performing teams while ensuring compliant people practices.

You'll collaborate across the organisation, use data to identify trends, and contribute to continuous improvement projects.