Are you ready to make an impact in an exciting industry?
This Senior Head of Department - People Partnering and Wellbeing position will be an outstanding opportunity for you to showcase your fabulous leadership and HR technical skills and make a valuable contribution to a highly successful iconic NZ business - Wētā FX. Bring your enthusiasm and energy to this highly desirable position and ensure Wētā FX has a world class approach to HR business partnering, talent attraction and health, safety & wellbeing.
As the Senior Head of Department - People Partnering and Wellbeing you will be working closely with a highly inspiring, Chief People Officer, and a fabulous wider Talent and Culture team. You will lead your team to ensure they execute the Wētā FX people strategy that will continue to create an environment that attracts and retains top talent, while also managing people risk. This team have extremely high aspirations, they want to make a positive impact across Wētā FX, so they need you onboard to ensure this happens.
You will lead a diverse team which includes HR Partners, Recruiters, and Health, Safety & Wellbeing specialists. This is a broad leadership role where you will thrive if you like to be constantly challenged. Some of your exciting key areas of focus will be:
- Developing and overseeing the implementation of Wētā FX’s wellbeing strategy, in line with the people plan, and ensuring there is a safe workplace experience for all
- Developing a business partnering mindset within all areas of the People Partnering team to encourage active engagement with leaders to create trusted relationships
- Developing and implementing talent attraction strategies
- Creating and supporting workforce planning and engagement strategies
- Leading change management efforts to support organisational change
- Supporting leaders in setting performance expectations as well as managing complex or high-risk crew/employee matters
To be effective in this role you will:
- Be an experienced HR leader with broad generalist experience across HR and Health, Safety & Wellbeing
- Have a solid understanding of employment legislation (Wētā FX has a global workforce spanning across NZ, AU, Canada, and the US)
- Have experience leading and managing significant change programs
- Demonstrate senior stakeholder management experience. You’ll need to work with, and coach, senior executive stakeholders on complex people issues
Wētā FX celebrates their diversity and believe in creating an environment where all their crew feel welcomed, respected, supported and appreciated. They define themselves by the quality of their work, and they are striving to build a workplace experience that’s second to none. Wētā FX value open minds and encourage their crew to be themselves.
Wētā FX aim to provide a discrimination-free experience, beginning from the moment you apply for a role. If there is anything we can do to make the recruitment process easier, please let us know.
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To find out more, please get in touch with Louise Pierce on 027 367 2882 for a confidential chat.
Applications close at 5pm on Friday 16 August 2024.
To apply for this vacancy you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.
At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.
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