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Human Resources Advisor
Te Roopu TaurimaHuman Resources Advisor providing employment relations and HR legal advice at kaupapa Māori organisation. Supporting managers and ensuring legal compliance across people practices.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Provide high-quality, timely advice on employment relations, performance management, and workplace issues
- Ensure all advice is grounded in NZ employment legislation, policy, and best practice
- Identify and manage legal, reputational and operational risk, escalating where required
- Lead and support ER matters from initial issue through to outcome
- Conduct or support investigations, ensuring procedural fairness and natural justice
- Draft and quality assure documentation (letters, summaries, risk assessments, outcomes)
- Ensure all cases are well-documented, auditable, and legally robust
- Coach and support people leaders to confidently manage ER situations
- Promote early intervention and informal resolution where appropriate
- Strengthen manager self-sufficiency while ensuring consistency and compliance
- Contribute to policy, process and ER practice improvements
- Analyse trends and provide insights to support proactive people management
Requirements
What you’ll need- Strong experience managing end-to-end employment relations cases
- Solid working knowledge of New Zealand employment law frameworks
- Proven ability to provide clear, practical and legally sound advice
- Sound judgement, with the ability to assess and escalate risk appropriately
- Experience preparing high-quality, defensible ER documentation
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to influence and build trust with leaders
- Ability to coach and develop managers to lift capability and confidence
- High level of organisation and attention to detail
- An inclusive, approachable style
- Cultural competence, including an understanding of tikanga Māori and Pacific perspectives
- A collaborative approach, with the ability to work across a geographically dispersed organisation
Benefits
Comp & perks- The opportunity to work in a kaupapa Māori organisation making a real difference in the lives of our Tangata and communities
- A supportive and values-driven People and Culture team
- Variety, challenge and the ability to shape ER practice and manager capability
- Ongoing development and growth opportunities
- Free on-site parking at our Ellerslie (city fringe) location
- Generous holiday leave - 5 weeks’
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Hard Skills & Tools
Employment RelationsRisk AssessmentDocumentation DraftingInvestigative SupportPolicy ImprovementTrend Analysis
Soft Skills
CoachingCollaborationInfluencingAttention to DetailApproachability