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Senior / HR Advisor

1 month ago


Wellington City, New Zealand New Zealand Government Full time

Advance your career within a large, collaborative business partnership team
- Partner with business leaders to deliver tailored people solutions
- Permanent opportunity based in Wellington with flexible working

Te Whiwhinga mahi | The opportunityOur team is looking for an HR Advisor or Senior HR Advisor to join us at Waka Kotahi. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop business partnering skills through the management of your own client portfolio - Transport Services. As well as supporting the usual cyclical activities on the human resources calendar, you will work closely with business leaders and your manager to design and develop solutions to support transformational change, leadership development and capability needs within their teams. We have a relatively new state-of-the-art HCM Tool, Puna Koi (Workday) which is supporting our organisation to become more sophisticated in our people processes. This, together with engagement tools (Peakon) and other analytic tools will enable the Business HR team to gain insights and make data-led recommendations to their business.In this role, you will play a vital part in shaping our human resources strategy and ensuring the smooth functioning of our HR department, including employee relations (ER) and industrial relations (IR).Ko koe tēnei | About youTo be successful in this role, you will bring:

- Sound knowledge of HR foundations including employment law and expertise in ideally the following: talent management, reward and remuneration, employee experience, employment relations, organisation design and development.
- Experience aligning HR strategies to business needs.
- Experience of championing change and leading change processes.
- Experience of partnering with People Leaders to build and develop their teams capability and performance.
- Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to coach, advise and negotiate effectively.
- Demonstrated knowledge of, or a willingness to gain knowledge of, Te Ao Māori, Tikanga Māori and Te Reo Māori. You will also have knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an appreciation of, Te Tiriti o Waitangi as it applies in the public sector.

**Rā Katinga | Applications close**: 25 June 2023.

To be considered for this position you must have a legal right to live and work in New Zealand.
Waka Kotahi is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion and are committed to providing a working environment that embraces these values. Please let us know if you need any support or have any access requirements that will help you through the recruitment process.


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