Join one of Australia’s most innovative and rapidly growing organisations as they reshape agriculture with a focus on sustainability and productivity. Their strategic approach includes acquiring and transforming agricultural properties, enriching rural communities, creating new workforce opportunities, and enhancing the natural capital of Australian land.
As People & Culture Manager, you’ll play a pivotal role in this journey—overseeing the full suite of HR activities and implementing scalable systems and processes to support a growing and dispersed workforce.
About The Role
Reporting to the Head of People and Culture, this newly created role will partner with leaders across the organisation to manage HR operations, lead strategic projects, and drive initiatives that elevate the employee experience. From talent acquisition through to retention and leadership development, you'll ensure HR activities are aligned with the organisation’s growth and cultural aspirations.
Key responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- Talent Acquisition: Design and lead recruitment and retention strategies, ensuring an engaging onboarding experience.
- Employee Relations: Provide ER/IR advice and expertise, including award interpretation and WorkCover, with a proactive approach to employee safety and well-being.
- Remuneration & Benefits: Undertake salary benchmarking and analysis, and support the development of competitive salary structures and short-term incentives, helping to attract and retain top talent.
- HR Reporting & Analytics: Create impactful reports that drive strategic decision-making, using insights from people data.
- Leadership Development: Partner with business leaders to build leadership and team capabilities that support organisational growth.
About You
We’re seeking a proactive and experienced HR generalist who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments. You’re adaptable, solutions-focused, and eager to drive change through continuous improvement. Your strength in stakeholder engagement and people analytics will be key to your success in this role.
You’ll bring:
- Proven experience in HR management and operations
- A strategic mindset with a hands-on approach
- Strong communication and influencing skills across all levels
- A collaborative style, with the ability to work across diverse teams and remote/regional locations
- Experience in environments where you’ve built or matured HR systems and processes
Join a team of passionate individuals where leadership, innovation, and integrity are at the core. They prioritise safety, well-being, and continuous learning for their diverse workforce. Their culture promotes a spirit of curiosity, boldness, and genuine care for their team members and communities. You’ll enjoy the autonomy to shape people strategies in a flexible environment, with ample opportunities for growth through learning programs, conferences and regional travel—all while making a lasting impact in the agricultural sector.
How to Apply
At The Next Step, we embrace individuality and differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, faith and sexual orientation. We strive to provide a recruitment experience that’s fair, inclusive and accessible. We encourage all suitable applicants to apply for this role.
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For specific questions about this role, please contact Lisa Hammond at lhammond@thenextstep.com.au