People Manager

About John Holland:

At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We’ve always known at its heart infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work. That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way. Be part of a team that thrives on rising to the challenge of transforming lives for good.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking expressions of interest for the position of People Manager, NSW/ACT. Reporting to the General Manager People – Infrastructure, this role will provide leadership, operational support and guidance to key stakeholders in the Infrastructure business by ensuring a strong connection and collaboration between John Holland’s People Strategy, the Infrastructure business unit and projects. This role works collaboratively with the National Infrastructure People team, key leaders in the NSW/ACT business and the wider People team to identify and understand business challenges, and find opportunities to deliver solutions to enhance employee and business performance. The role will advise and support on people initiatives throughout the employee lifecycle from pre contracts to project delivery and demobilisation phase.

Responsibilities of the role include;

• Provide strategic and operational support on all people related matters in the infrastructure business unit to key stakeholders in NSW/ACT

• Partner with project people teams to support the delivery and implementation of business people priorities including resource planning, training and development, performance management, disciplinary matters, succession planning, employee engagement

• Contribute to establishing a culture and practice of sharing people successes, best practice and lessons learnt across the national infrastructure business

• Partner with the Pre-Contracts team to provide People strategies and initiatives to tenders to enable Infrastructure to secure future work

• Develop people initiatives that support the delivery of the Infrastructure Strategy including programs that contribute to enhancing employee experience, building capability, supporting the delivery of profitable projects

• Support and implement enterprise people initiatives such as remuneration reviews, performance reviews, engagement surveys, establishing and embedding policies and procedures

• Work collaboratively with projects, Senior leaders and the ER team (NASER) to ensure ER risks are minimised, develop strategies to address concerns, and provide support on serious ER matters as appropriate

• Build and encourage a diverse workplace through supporting and embedding the Social Inclusion team priorities

About You:

To be successful in this key role, you must have;

• Demonstrated experience providing senior level strategic HR leadership, strong business acumen and communication skills

• Outstanding stakeholder engagement, influencing and negotiation skills

• Proven ability to work cross functionally, building strong business partnerships

• Ability to problem solve, think laterally, formulate plans and provide advice to senior management

• Ability to lead through change, influence and motivate stakeholders towards achieving agreed objectives

• A passion for and previous experience in driving positive cultural change in the construction industry including social inclusion, local, Indigenous and female participation

• Relevant qualifications in Human Resources, Employee Relations or Business

• Strong knowledge of human resources, employee relations and employment law in Australia

We Offer:

As part of the team, you help us deliver on our promise to transform lives.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as different perspectives and ideas will deliver our long-term success.

We’ll do all we can to help you develop your skills, and make a difference, right from the start. We have a flexible workplace and focus on all aspects of your physical and mental health and safety. We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.