
Senior HR Consultant
Findex
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Christchurch • New Zealand
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About the role
- In this client-facing role, you’ll work with a portfolio of clients, providing practical, technically HR sound advice across the full employee lifecycle.
- One day you might be managing a complex HR issue, the next recruiting, advising a board, or helping a client with remuneration reviews.
- Deliver high-quality HR advice related to all functional HR areas including employment relations, performance, remuneration, recruitment, change and compliance.
- Build, grow and maintain long-term client relationships.
- Act as a trusted advisor, not just a problem-solver.
- Identify opportunities to expand services and win new work.
- Balance reactive client demands with planned delivery.
- Work across multiple clients, industries and risk profiles simultaneously.
Requirements
- Proven Generalist HR experience at a senior level including ER capability.
- Hold a tertiary qualification in a related discipline, i.e. HR or employment law (preferred).
- Have external agency, professional services or consulting experience and understand the demands of external consultancy and competing project-based work.
- Enjoy building and maintaining a client base and are commercially minded and comfortable with business development.
- Hold very high standards of professionalism and communication, with a passion for continuous improvement.
- Have strong written and verbal communication and provide sound professional judgement and risk awareness.
- Have a pragmatic and solutions-focused mindset with the ability to work independently.
- Curiosity and willingness to keep learning
- Have flexibility to travel domestically as needed.
Benefits
- Enjoy a compressed work week (9-day fortnight) and hybrid working.
- Flexible work schedules and environments, ensuring you have ultimate work-life balance.
- Defined career development pathways and ongoing investment in training .
- The chance to genuinely shape client outcomes through exciting and varied HR work in a high-trust and autonomous way.
- Life, travel and health insurance benefits, along with discounted financial services.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
HR generalist experienceemployment relationsperformance managementremuneration reviewsrecruitmentchange managementcompliance
Soft Skills
client relationship managementproblem-solvingbusiness developmentprofessionalismcommunicationprofessional judgementrisk awarenesssolutions-focused mindsetindependencecuriosity
Certifications
tertiary qualification in HRtertiary qualification in employment law