HR Business partner

Join the forefront of New Zealand's media landscape, where we're not just delivering news and entertainment - we're shaping the way millions of Kiwis engage with information every day. At our core, we're driven by innovation, excellence, and a passion for serving our diverse audience through cutting-edge digital platforms.

As our HR Business Partner, you won't just be a part of our team, you'll be instrumental in fostering strong, collaborative relationships with our talented people nationwide as well as driving outcomes that continue to see the business succeed.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Understand and anticipate the need for change, diagnose the underlying issues and make the case for change with stakeholders. Build frameworks to plan and manage the continuous process of change including dependencies, risk, potential scenarios and options to mitigate.
• Coach and build the capability of senior managers to anticipate and pre-empt organisational issues.
• Contribute to, and where accountable, define policies and processes that support the Stuff and divisional strategy and objectives.
• Use and understand Stuff tools and policies, engaging with divisional clients effectively to ensure their use across the organisation.
• Motivate consistency of approach across Stuff in attracting, managing and developing talent to support current and future organisational needs.
• Work closely with all Stuff HR colleagues to ensure that tools and policies are aligned, enhance employee engagement and ultimately improve performance.
• Use data and analytics to measure the effectiveness of tools and policies and understand the landscape for further improvement.
• Provide specialist input across a range of HR issues (generalist/specific expertise); Design and deliver effective solutions that meet the needs of the business.
• Keep up to date with external trends and best practice in their specialist area and HR more broadly.
• Build relationships and form alliances with external counterparts, communities of practice and stakeholders to scan for innovations and opportunities to form partnerships.
• Be an ambassador for the function and represent the Stuff HR team internally and externally (as appropriate).

What Does It Take?

• Relevant HR experience (generalist or specialist) gained in large complex commercially focused organisation(s) with multiple stakeholders (including matrix relationships).
• Relevant HR experience in employee relations, compensation, pay principles and benefits, union bargaining, Knowledge of regional nuances.
• Ability to work across matrix organisation structures and to support managers with ensuring these work seamlessly.
• Knowledge of current thinking in HR issues and trends and evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• Extensive experience of operating in a business partner model, working with managers to create positive business outcomes.
• Able to take the initiative, originate action and be responsible for the decisions made.
• Communicates challenges and influences a variety of stakeholders effectively. Ability to present sound and well-reasoned arguments to convince others. Can draw from a range of strategies to persuade people in a way that results in agreement or behaviour change.
• Adapts and works effectively with a variety of situations, individuals or groups.
• Maintains a calm and effective approach when dealing with difficult situations.
• Able to simplify complex problems, processes or projects into component parts, explore and evaluate them systematically.
• Understand the value drivers of Stuff and is commercially aware.
• Be a good ambassador for Stuff values and behaviours.

Benefits of working at Stuff include:

• Working for a company whose vision is to be the most trusted organisation in Aotearoa
• Flexible working opportunities
• Medical insurance
• Opportunity to work for a company that truly values diversity and inclusion
• A generous parental leave policy for any employees that are the primary or secondary carer
• Be part of a B Corp certified company. Stuff has a strong commitment to sustainability - in our people, our community and our environment

Think you can do the job? Then apply now and start your journey with Stuff today.

Ka oti ranei i a koe tenei mahi? Kati, tono mai inaianei kia timata ai to haerenga me Stuff i tenei ra.

Stuff champions inclusion. Be it gender, ethnicity, beliefs, abilities or experiences - we know that diversity brings another lens through which we all learn, connect and grow.

E kokiri nei a Stuff i te whainga kia whai wahi ai te katoa. Haunga te ira, te iwi, nga whakapono, nga aheinga, nga wheako ranei o te tangata - e mohio nei tatou ma te kanorau e whai tirohanga hou ai, e ako ai, e tuhono ai, e whanake ano ai tatou katoa.