Senior Human Resources Manager

Guardian Australia is part of Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of theguardian.com. As a leading global media organisation, we are renowned for our pioneering independent journalism and our award-winning digital products.

We are seeking a Senior Human Resource Manager to join a collaborative, fun, supportive, yet high performing team who are market leading and award winning. This role is a key member of our team, managing key aspects of HR operations and develop and deliver people plans for Guardian Australia's commercial and operations (CommOps) department, ensuring alignment with strategy, organisational culture and the evolving needs of the business. Responsible for leading the ongoing implementation and operation of Guardian Australia's global HRIS, Oracle Fusion and proactively driving and implementing GA's diversity and inclusion strategy and champion initiatives across the organisation

In this role you will… Deliver a consistent, reliable service to employees and act as a trusted advisor to key stakeholders across the businessRole model Guardian Australia's values and behaviours and drive/reinforce company cultureManage HR AdministratorSupport the broader HR team with editorial HR operational activities, including recruitment and onboarding, as requiredHR operations Manage full cycle recruitment activity for CommOps, including advertising, shortlisting, applicant tracking maintenance, interview scheduling/interviewing, reference checking, contract drafting and processing new starter paperwork, ensuring all recruitment practices adhere to Guardian Australia's recruitment policyManage onboarding process for CommOps new starters including working with IT and the HR Administrator to ensure new starters are set up appropriately, completing orientations, facilitating compliance training and taking all new starters through key policies and proceduresManage and coordinate compensation review for CommOps and any other cyclical activity determined by internal policy or external legal / compliance requirementsManage the CommOps performance development review process, including delivery of training to new staff and managersManage and oversee learning and development activity for CommOps, including day to day training logisticsSupport HR Director with annual staff survey, collaborating with Managing Director to identify CommOps-specific actions and presenting resultsAdvise CommOps employees on leave entitlements and other core benefits, including researching and promoting new schemes/initiativesProvide advice to CommOps managers and leaders on a range of areas including: reward, people development, contractual issues, organisation changeEnsure flexible working requests are dealt with in a timely manner and manage administration associated with parental leave requestsHRIS management Lead the ongoing implementation and operation of Guardian Australia's global HRIS, Oracle Fusion:Act as the key Guardian Australia HR contact and subject matter expert for Oracle FusionResponsible for the successful implementation, maintenance, operations, and optimisation of Oracle Fusion in Australia for HR, in addition to any other future HR integrations with OracleDevelop user-friendly procedures, guidelines, and workflowsFacilitate system training for new users and any changes/upgradesProvide technical support, troubleshooting, and guidance as neededIdentify and troubleshoot system issues and work with others (Oracle teams, Guardian UK Oracle teams, IT) to resolveAssist with people data analytics and reporting capabilities, ensuring Oracle is optimised to reduce manual reportingWork closely with Guardian Australia's cross functional finance team to ensure accuracy of status changes, compensation, benefits administration and leave related issuesWork closely with Guardian Australia's cross functional administration teamsCollaborate with leadership and key stakeholders to support the implementation and delivery of new functionality and enhancementsIdentify opportunities for process improvement, automation, operational efficiencies, and securityDiversity and inclusion Act as an advisor to the CommOps business assisting in driving forward the diversity and inclusion agenda, best practices and latest updates within the industrySupport HR Director to facilitate annual demographic diversity survey, including benchmarking, analysing and reporting to highlight trends, defining future areas of focus and measuring impact of diversity and inclusion programs and initiativesIn collaboration with the HR Director, present updates on diversity and inclusion initiatives to the wider organisationSupport HR Director with the development and implementation of future Reconciliation Action Plan plans, including raising the profile of reconciliation as an organisational priority and actioning assigned actions and deliverablesAttend industry HR and diversity events to learn best practice and build solid networksSupport the planning and delivery of diversity and inclusion events and partner with HR team and internal communications to deliver engaging and consistent communications on diversity and inclusion activitiesProvide leadership and governance to GA's diversity and inclusion action plansCollaborate with Managing Director and CommOps senior management team to design and plan department led wellness, diversity and inclusion initiativesWorkplace Health & Safety Promote a safe and secure workplace; organise ergonomic assessments, administer workers compensation claims and develop staff rehabilitation plans as neededWork with the Office & Sustainability Manager to assess and mitigate company risk with regard to work, health and safetyParticipate in quarterly health and safety committee meetingsYou'll bring…. Minimum 7 years HR experience, ideally as an HR generalist5+ years of HRIS administration experienceExperience managing HRIS implementations/enhancements (highly desirable)Experience working within, or appreciation of, working within a busy media organisationExperience of working at an advisory level gained in a high volume, transactional environment with disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence and capability investigation/casesUnderstanding of sensitivities surrounding information going into the public domainExperience of stakeholder management and working with challenging stakeholdersA sound understanding of the principles of good HR practice and knowledge of employment law/legislationExperience in recruitment and selectionAbility to interpret legislation, Awards and enterprise agreements in addition to contracts, policies and proceduresExperience working as part of a team in a professional environmentDemonstrable track record in working in a fast-paced, high volume roleExperience dealing with a diverse range of stakeholders and situationsPrevious experience of working in the diversity and inclusion space highly desirableKnowledge and interest in current affairsAn interest in, and understanding of the Guardian brandAbout working at Guardian Australia… Employee assistance program (EAP) to support employee wellbeingDedicated diversity and inclusion employee groups, action plans (including our Reconciliation Action Plan ) and cultural competency trainingFor more information please view the full job description here

This role is being offered on a full-time permanent basis.

To apply for this position, please apply online and upload your résumé (maximum three pages) plus covering letter. In your covering letter please outline your motivation for applying for the role and why you think you are suitable.

Closing date for applications: Monday 25 March

If you have application questions of if you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email ******

We believe that our role in the Australian media is to give a voice to the most marginalised people in society and value and respect all differences in all people — including people of colour, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from different social classes, people with diverse gender and sexual identities, and people with disabilities (seen and unseen). We believe that these communities must be centred in the work we do, bringing a new perspective and a diversity of thought. We also encourage flexible working and aim to create a work environment where all employees feel respected.

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