[Hiring] Senior People Partner @The People Plugin

Role Description

Do exceptional HR work, with businesses where you can actually make a difference. The People Plugin isn't a traditional HR consultancy. We partner with ambitious, growing businesses to replace people problems with performance, embedding ourselves into their businesses and helping founders and leaders build genuinely high-performing teams.

You'll work with some seriously interesting businesses, from brands such as Crop Shop Boutique and Move With Us, to high-growth businesses, technology companies and allied health practices across Australia. One day you might be coaching a founder through a complex performance issue. The next, redesigning a client's performance framework, analysing engagement data, building their People roadmap or helping their leadership team navigate organisational change.

The ability to move between contexts quickly, understand what matters in each business and maintain a consistently high standard of delivery is critical to this role. It's varied. It's fast. And you'll have the opportunity to do some of the best HR work of your career.

The role:

• Own a portfolio of clients, becoming a genuine extension of their businesses.
• Manage multiple businesses at once, each with different priorities, personalities, operating environments and levels of HR maturity.
• Build trust quickly with founders, executives and leaders.
• Adapt your advice and communication accordingly.
• Responsible for both strategic thinking and practical execution.

That could include:

• Building People & Culture strategies and roadmaps;
• Coaching leaders through complex employee relations and performance matters;
• Running HR audits, engagement surveys and workforce planning;
• Designing and implementing performance, remuneration, talent and engagement frameworks;
• Navigating Awards, Fair Work and compliance;
• Leading organisational change and HR projects;
• Implementing and improving HR systems and processes;
• Managing HRIS platforms and helping clients improve their People systems;
• Using data and reporting to demonstrate the impact of the work;
• Delivering regular client reporting and demonstrating progress;
• Identifying opportunities for greater value to clients;
• Contributing to client renewals and identifying additional services.

Own the health of client relationships, proactively communicating, managing expectations, seeking feedback and ensuring clients see the value TPP is adding. Strong stakeholder management is crucial.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of broad HR experience.
• At least two years operating at Senior HRBP, Senior People Partner, HR Manager level or above.
• Strong technical depth across the employee lifecycle.
• Comfortable using expertise to give clear, commercially sound advice.
• Strong working knowledge of Australian employment law, Fair Work and Modern Awards.

Requirements

• Builds trust quickly with stakeholders at every level.
• Can read the room and adapt communication to different personalities.
• Confident giving advice while remaining curious.
• Can influence senior stakeholders and constructively challenge when necessary.
• Stays calm and solutions-focused during difficult conversations.
• Doesn't need perfect information before making progress.
• Can juggle multiple businesses, projects and priorities.
• Proactively communicates rather than waiting for someone to ask.
• Takes ownership of work, clients and team success.
• Commercially minded and understands HR's role in business performance.
• Comfortable managing projects, timelines and deliverables.
• Cares deeply about the quality of work.

Benefits

• Work with brilliant businesses across multiple industries.
• Do work that actually matters, impacting business performance.
• Genuine flexibility with a fully remote team.
• Work alongside experienced People practitioners.
• Variety without the red tape, using your judgement and expertise.
• Build genuine consulting capability and influence senior stakeholders.
• Help shape a growing business and contribute to frameworks and products.

Company Description

TPP is still growing and evolving. You'll have the opportunity to contribute to our frameworks, products, ways of working and ultimately what The People Plugin becomes.