HR Business Partner

New Zealand Police is working with the community to make New Zealanders be safe and feel safe. With over 13,000 staff, we provide policing services 24 hours a day, every day. We operate by land, sea and air, manage over 860,000 emergency calls a year and are always actively preventing crime and crashes.

We’re working towards specific goals and targets that highlight our intent to work collaboratively with iwi and communities, other government sectors and business partners to deliver ‘Our Business’ and achieve long-term change.

HR Business Partner - it starts with you
- Seeking x2 experienced HR Business Partners
- 12-month pilot opportunity/Fixed Term
- Grade 21 (Salary starting from $124,015)
- One Wellington based and one in either Wellington or Auckland
- Partner with senior leaders with dynamic portfolios
- Assist in standing up the HR Business Partnering Function for NZ Police

About the roles
We are seeking two experienced HR Business Partners to work alongside our executive business leaders, becoming their trusted advisor, and making sure that our people are at the centre of our decisions and actions we take. Operating at a strategic level, you will provide an objective view, offering insight and input into the development of business strategy and acting as a strategic liaison between senior business leaders and HR Advisory.

Your specialist advice will be sought on a range of complex people issues and organisational development initiatives, aligned to business priorities. You will influence senior leaders and others within their portfolios by developing and maintaining trusted and effective relationships.
The HR Business Partners are key members of the HR Advisory leadership team and work collaboratively to ensure a seamless approach in shaping and delivering the HR work programme along with key partners such as the Leadership and Capability work groups. HR Business Partnering is new for Police, and your experience will assist in standing up this critical function successfully.

You'll be an integral part of our collaborative and inclusive People Operations team. We love what we do and believe in having fun (and a few laughs) while we work. We'll value your opinion, fresh ideas, and contribution to our team while supporting you to thrive. As part of the People Operations team, we have developed Ngā Mātāpono, our guiding principles, that we are all committed to:

- Pono With a foundation of trust, we are honest and sincere in everything that we do
- Oranga We promote a healthy, nurturing environment for our people to thrive
- Kotahitanga We’re better together
- Manaakitanga We value one another, showing care and respect
- Hononga We take time to connect to self and to others
- Whanaungatanga Our sense of belonging is strengthened through our shared experiences and relationships

What you’ll bring
Being part of the Police whanau is about being our best to ensure our communities are safe and feel safe. Our Core Competencies provide a shared understanding of the behaviours, leadership and technical competence required for success at each level of Police. Whilst we are looking for skills, knowledge, and experience relevant to the role, we also place high importance on your state of mind, the alignment of your values with ours, your ability to contribute to and build high performing teams, and the way that you lead yourself or others.

You will be someone who enjoys building relationships, spending time on what matters to create impactful outcomes, and will know what ‘great' looks like in partnering with senior leaders. This is not an entry level role and you will have proven experience in a senior HR business partner role and demonstrate the following skills:

- experience engaging and demonstrated trusted and influential advisory experience with partners and stakeholders at a strategic level
- effective communication techniques, both written and oral
- critical thinking and problem-solving skills to make sound decisions and judgement
- proven experience asking questions and evaluating evidence and ideas, to create insight and understand the whole
- ability to identify and proactively manage or escalate risk
- understanding of our key responsibilities under our employment agreements, the Health and Safety at Work Act and our people focused policies

This role is set at Individual Contributor level, this means your key purpose is “to deliver or enable others to deliver Our Business”.
We will ask you questions based on “How we will deliver Our Business - Core Competencies” and the appropriate role level, i.e. Individual Contributor.
These questions will be unique and specific to the role, focusing on the aspects the hiring manager believes are most important for that position at the time.

About us
Our mission is to prevent crime and harm through exceptional policing. Our vision is to be the safest country. Our purpose is to ensure everybody can be safe and feel safe.

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