About You

We are seeking an experienced generalist Senior HR Advisor with either a relevant tertiary qualification (HR preferred) or approximately 3-4 years proven experience. Our new ideal teammate will have up to date strong knowledge of employment legislation, confidence running disciplinary processes and be able to hit the ground running and able to deliver on transactional support to the business.

Reporting to the Employee Experience Manager your strong communication skills, problem solving ability and interpersonal/ influencing skills are key to get the job done. You'll have previous experience building relationships across the business, able to work autonomously and seek opportunity to innovate and continually improve the employee experience.

Providing advice is in your nature, so you'll be motivated and passionate about human resources and enjoy supporting managers and employees across the business.

About the Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high achieving team, you'll be part of the wider People and Performance (P&P) Team where you can grow and learn from experienced staff who will mentor, provide support and have fun.

We are flexy! If you are located outside of the Waikato but interested in our awesome opportunity, let's talk! We'd need you in the office for those times that matter, but we do embrace flexible working.

You'll be responsible for:

• Day to day support to LIC's people managers and employees, advising on employment legislation, compliance and policies.
• Assisting managers with onboarding of candidates, specifically generating employment documentation.
• Collaborating and partnering with the P&P Managers by assisting and advising on employment relation issues and performance management concerns including facilitating performance management processes.
• Working alongside the Employee Experience Manager to design and deliver better employee experiences. This will include improving our current range of people products and services, as well as implementing new initiatives that add value by increasing employee engagement.

About Us

We all have our improvement stories to tell. At LIC we believe in constant improvement, never settling and always striving for greatness. We're down to earth and we're a diverse bunch - a mix of super smart scientists, veterinarians, on farmer roles, salespeople and clever technology, and support folk. We are inclusive and count ourselves lucky to have people from all backgrounds working with us.

LIC is based in Newstead, Hamilton, our campus is in a rural setting just outside Hamilton and includes a social club, swimming pool, onsite parking, tennis and volleyball courts and a café with great coffee machine (free!). We offer flexible work, extra leave days per year, family leave for new parents, discounted insurance, employee shares scheme, mental health & well-being program, internal training programmes and an employee assistance programme to name but a few - and we're still working on improvements!

How to Apply

If you're after a rewarding and social career with people who embrace our company values of Integrity, Innovation, Spirit of Co-Operation, In-tune and Passion, then we would consider ourselves lucky to welcome you on-board.