Senior HR Advisor
4 days ago
Permanent fulltime role with the opportunity to make a real difference
- Build on your current strengths in ER, stakeholder engagement and lifting manager capability skillset.
- Develop your coaching and mentoring skills
We are looking for an experienced HR Practitioner who thrives in a complex ER environment, to make their mark working alongside Residences and Sites in Canterbury and the Upper South.
Mō mātou | About us
Oranga Tamariki—Ministry for Children has a commitment to putting tamariki and rangatahi at the heart of what we do. In our work, we aim to demonstrate these values:
- We put Tamariki first
- We believe Aroha is vital
- We respect the Mana of people
- We are Tika and Pono
- We value Whakapapa
- We recognise that Oranga is a journey
We are committed to ensuring that New Zealand is the best place in the world to be a child. We are also committed to ensuring Oranga Tamariki partners with hapū, iwi and Māori organisations to find appropriate solutions for tamariki in need.
Mō te tūnga | About the role
As part of the South team, you will be working with a group of seven Regional Senior HR Advisors and have responsibility for mentoring and coaching an HR Advisor. Your primary focus is to build strong relationships with the leadership teams of our Youth Residences and Senior site leadership teams. Based in Christchurch Regional office you will be comfortable engaging via electronic mediums and in person. Your role will encompass providing high quality advice and support of complex ER cases, developing line manager capability, supporting managers with best practice HR solutions and the delivery of relevant and practical HR tools, frameworks and guidelines.
You will also work alongside an exceptional, supportive & knowledgeable team with access to specialist ER support, ongoing training and a proactive development plan and career opportunities within a large organisation.
We work in a highly unionised environment and our Senior HR Advisors work on complex cases that will expand your employment relations knowledge and capability; taking your skills in this space to the next level; setting you up for any work environment.
Some travel within the region and New Zealand will be required.
At Oranga Tamariki we want to empower our people with flexible working arrangements to be their best at both work and home, and ultimately better meet the needs of our tamariki.
Ngā pūmanawatanga ōu | What you will bring
**Key requirements of the role include**:
- Strong employment relations experience and NZ legislative knowledge;
- Experience building engagement with your managers, coaching and assisting them with ER matters and building capability in this area as well as other generalist HR areas;
- Ability to grasp complex organisational issues to contribute effective solutions to drive organisation success;
- An inclusive and approachable working style as well as patience and agility to navigate the youth residence environment;
- Experience operating independently, while still ensuring you are connected to the wider HR and People and Leadership team;
- Understanding and appreciation of cross-cultural practices in particular; knowledge of tikanga Māori, and Pacific peoples' culture.
Nōu te rourou | What's in it for you
Me pēhea te tuku tono | How to Apply
Applications for this role close at midnight on Wednesday 1st February
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