About the Role:
Are you passionate about people and culture Do you enjoy creating meaningful employee experiences and driving HR initiatives that make a real impact We are looking for an experienced Employee Engagement & People Operations Lead to help shape and strengthen our people practices across a growing Australian-focused business.
This part-time role is perfect for someone who thrives on building HR foundations, driving engagement initiatives, and ensuring employees feel supported, motivated, and set up for success. You'll play a key operational role in onboarding, performance management, and culture-building, while helping the business grow its high-performing and collaborative workplace.
What You'll Do:
Employee Engagement & Onboarding
- Own and manage the end-to-end employee onboarding process, ensuring new hires integrate smoothly and understand company expectations, values, and goals.
- Continuously improve onboarding programs to ensure they are structured, effective, and scalable as the company grows.
- Design and implement initiatives that promote a positive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace culture.
- Conduct regular employee check-ins, engagement surveys, and feedback sessions to identify improvement opportunities.
- Organize team-building activities, recognition initiatives, and engagement programs that strengthen employee morale and retention.
Performance Management
- Own and execute the company's performance management framework, including goal setting, review cycles, and employee feedback processes.
- Support managers in defining clear objectives and success metrics for their teams.
- Facilitate performance improvement discussions and development planning where required.
- Help embed structured goal-setting practices (e.g., OKRs or similar frameworks) across teams.
- Track and analyze performance trends to identify development opportunities and areas of improvement.
HR Operations & People Processes
- Own and execute core people-related operational processes including onboarding workflows, performance tracking, employee feedback loops, and HR documentation.
- Act as a trusted point of contact for employees and managers on people-related matters.
- Ensure HR fundamentals are consistently applied across the business, including clear documentation, structured processes, and transparent communication.
- Work with leadership to identify opportunities to improve people processes and strengthen operational HR practices.
Culture & Continuous Improvement
- Support leadership in strengthening company culture through communication, engagement initiatives, and leadership alignment.
- Identify and implement improvements to HR processes to ensure they remain efficient, scalable, and aligned with business growth.
- Help ensure people-related processes are consistently executed and continuously improved across the organization.
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 4+ years of HR experience, ideally with exposure to employee engagement, onboarding, and performance management.
- Strong ability to own and execute HR processes, not only provide advisory support.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience implementing engagement, performance, or feedback tools is an advantage.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple people-related initiatives simultaneously.
- Ability to work independently, maintain confidentiality, and operate in a fast-paced environment.
