People & Culture Advisor

Use your passion for people to support & lead a range of projects which contribute to our P&C 'centre of excellence', ensuring we attract, retain, development and engage high performing Rymanians - Join an organisation that values kindness, excellence, teamwork and innovation - Exciting development opportunities - we are committed to growing our own - Support & empower our teams and really make a difference **Ryman Healthcare** At Ryman we are pioneering a new way to live for a new retirement generation - who are pioneering what it means to live life to the full. We always have, and always will, challenge the status quo and adapt to better serve our residents and team members. Our trailblazing spirit can be felt in every Ryman experience like our award-winning myRyman Care app and our flexible working arrangements. Having happy, productive team members at the top of their game is really important to us - the purpose of this position is to support our goal of providing a world class employee experience and growing our own so all Ryman team members and leaders are performing to the best of their abilities, and loving what they do **What will you do?** This is a new and exciting opportunity to join our team and contribute to the People & Culture 'centre of excellence' which will support the development of our strategy, frameworks and direction for the P&C function across the Ryman Group. This is an exciting time play a part in delivering strategic people projects across the business. One focus will be enhancing our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) capabilities, contributing to the design and delivery of an outstanding DEI employee experience. Key responsibilities include: - Contributing to and delivering a DEI plan which enhances our people practices - Contributing to the establishment of people and culture playbooks that guide the delivery of world-class services in our regional businesses (across New Zealand and Australia) - Supporting the setup of systems to ensure foundational people and culture processes, policies, and practices are implemented; ensuring these processes are continuously improved and fit for purpose - Partnering with our Group leaders to ensure that they are supported to lead their teams **What's in it for you?** At Ryman we have ambitions to lead the industry at a global level. You will be surrounded by people who are not content with "standard" and will work for a company that will support you to be your best self. In addition, a career at Ryman offers: - Ongoing support for professional development - The opportunity to join the Ryman Share Scheme - Additional wellbeing leave and flexible working arrangements - Access to over 60 discounts with well-known brands across a variety of sectors including; health and wellbeing, banking, insurance, and retail - Social club events, furry Friday's (bring your dog to work), free yoga classes and a free gym membership **Who are you?** - You have experience of working in DEI, with examples of improvement processes or projects that you have worked on in this space. - You have a proven track record in HR, executing a variety of generalist HR tasks, as well as experience leading and delivering a range of People & Culture related projects - You value people and kindness, and are passionate about learning and delivering excellent results - You strive for excellence and constantly look for ways to exceed expectations; delivering a high-quality service at speed will be second nature - You believe in the value of strong, positive, trusting teams who work together as one - As a resilient person you keep going, even when there are bumps in the road and you show composure under pressure - You value communication that is simple, clear and straight to the point If you are interested in joining an organisation with a clear purpose and a commitment to innovation, kindness and excellence, we would love to hear from you Applications will be reviewed as they are received and interviews may take place prior to the close date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad before the advertised close date.