People Advisor

Mitre 10 has been a part of New Zealand's home improvement culture since 1974. An award-winning success story, inspiring Kiwi to love where they live, work and play with our home improvement, garden and trade offer.

We are currently on the lookout for an enthusiastic and passionate People Advisor to join our Albany based Support Centre team to support our People Business Partners with all people related activities.

This awesome opportunity will see you be a trusted advisor and policy and process guru, supporting our team members and leaders to find the right information.  You will naturally have a continuous improvement mindset and find people data and metrics extremely exciting!

As part of your growth and development you’ll be excited to develop into a People Business Partner role with the opportunity to partner with a small portfolio to develop your skills and experience as a part of your career plan.

Reporting to the Head of People Partnering you will be responsible for but not limited to:

• Support People Business Partners with all people related activities such as employment relations, performance management, change management and other strategic people related priorities.
• Be the SME for HR policies, procedures, and systems, provide pragmatic advice and coaching on people matters.
• Support People Partnering team with conducting cyclical people processes with leaders around PGS (Perform Grow Succeed), year-end-performance and salary processes, engagement action planning and remuneration activities.
• Develop reports and provide insights from people data, such as Fast Facts (or similar), ‘Your Time So Far Survey’ and Exit Survey information and any other people related reports.

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous HR Advisor level experience, working in a similar industry or complex environment.
• Solid understanding of NZ employment legislation and experience with ER issues.
• Exceptional coaching and advisory skills, able to build strong relationships based on trust.
• Strong communication skills, including listening.
• Excellent systems skills – HRIS/MS Office, specifically word and excel.
• Growth mindset, willing to test and learn, and reflect on interactions to build skill and trust.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and able to find a pragmatic path forward.

This role offers the opportunity to work on Auckland’s North Shore in a positive, fast paced environment that is stimulating and enjoyable to work in. We are a supportive and talented team that are making a real difference in the people space across the Mitre 10 Co-operative. There is an attractive remuneration package for this role, generous staff buying privileges, life insurance, discounted medical insurance, birthday day off, flexible working and more.

If you are a highly motivated individual who is passionate about being part of the Mitre 10 team and a company in growth mode, then we want to hear from you.  Please provide your CV and cover letter, including your remuneration expectations, via this website.