People Operations Business Partner

**Mo m tou | About Us**

**Our Vision - Preventing Harm, Saving Lives, Securing our Future.**

Our values are about who we are as individuals, and the behaviours we expect from each other, in and outside Maritime NZ.

**Care | Kia Tika -**We care for each other and do the right thing

**Connect | Kotahitanga -**We unite in a common purpose

**Courage | Kia M ia -**We are brave, capable and confident**

**Mo to m tou Ropu | About the team**

The People, Health and Safety Team provides strategic leadership in the key practice areas of internal Health and Safety and human resources management, which includes remuneration and rewards strategy, performance management and employment relations. We are responsible for strategy, delivery and implementation and providing advice, coaching and mentoring for managers about all people matters in these areas.

Our team also works collaboratively with the Recruitment and Workforce Planning, Culture and Capability and Te Korowai teams to lead and operationalise key pieces of work in support of Maritime NZ's organisational strategy, Te Korowai o Kaitiakitanga' (The Cloak of Stewardship).

**Te tunga | The role**

As one of our People Operations Business Partners, you will build and maintain positive, effective relationships within the organisation to enable the provision of high-quality guidance across all of our Human Resource activities. The role provides a critical two-way conduit between our people teams and managers throughout the rest of Maritime NZ. Primary responsibilities include:

- Pro-actively partnering with and coaching managers to develop their people management and leadership capability
- Providing expert generalist Human Resources advice to managers and staff, across the full range of people management issues, including managing complex ER cases
- Leveraging relationships, business acumen and knowledge of the organisation to provide business context and intelligence into the development of initiatives across the people teams
- Leading an assigned specialism in an area of HR practice for the Group (e.g. remuneration, performance management, etc) and participating as People Operations representative on projects as required

**Nou te rourou | What you bring**

We are looking for a positive, energetic HR professional with proven experience working across the full range of HR services and a good understanding of New Zealand employment law. You will be a natural collaborator with particular strengths in building relationships, influencing and partnering with organisation leaders. The role requires a proactive, pragmatic Business Partner who enjoys finding solutions on behalf of stakeholders and contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.

**Mou | For you**

Maritime NZ recognises and respects Te Tiriti o Waitangi and we are committed to working with M ori to build strong, meaningful and enduring relationships to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

We aim to be a workplace where everyone feels valued, supported with a sense of belonging. We encourage our people to actively contribute to our workplace culture where we all thrive and authentically live our values.

Upon joining us you'll receive a full range of benefits including Income Protection & Life Insurance. We also have two employee led networks; Women's Network and the Rainbow Network, along with staff engagement groups such as Te Ropu M ori that you may want to join. Check out our full range on our careers page to find out more about why we love working here.

**Applications for this role close Friday 31**st** October 2025.**

This role is permanent, 37.5 hours per week, and has a salary range of $140,735 - $171,945 depending on skills and experience plus kiwisaver contribution of up to 4%.

Please also note that you must have the legal right to live and work in New Zealand to be considered for this role.