- Sydney CBD Offices and hybrid working on offer
- 12 Month FTC
- Growing SME - Progressive and Inspirational ELT

Your new company

This is an opportunity to join a well-established and growing Construction SME organisation in Sydney CBD, operating across multiple states, recognised for its collaborative culture, robust leadership team, and commitment to investing in its people. With a diverse workforce of 120 + employees based across multiple projects and sites, this is a business that places significant importance on employee experience, talent attraction, L&D; and fostering an engaged and high-performing culture.

Working closely with senior leaders, this is a 12 month contract with the potential to go perm.

Your new role

Reporting directly to the CEO and ELT, you will be the HR Manager for the business, delivering a broad range of culture and engagement programs, and talent acquisition responsibilities across the employee life cycle.

Key responsibilities include:

- Managing end-to-end recruitment, from workforce planning and sourcing through to offer management and onboarding.

- Building talent pipelines and proactively talent pooling for future projects

- Onboarding of new employees and offboarding

- Providing HR guidance and support to leaders and employees on policies, procedures, and people-related matters.

- Managing performance issues, coaching managers on grievance handling, advising on fairwork and employment legislation when needed

- Managing the annual performance reviews and coaching through performance conversations and coaching through performance conversations

- Partnering with leaders to drive employee engagement, culture, and workplace initiatives.

- Supporting career development, performance review processes, goal setting, and succession planning activities.

- Coordinating learning and development programs,



training opportunities in line with and professional development initiatives.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in this role, you'll bring a combination of HR generalist capability, recruitment expertise, and a genuine passion for supporting people.

- Significant experience as an HR Manager, People & Culture Manager or HR Generalist who enjoys recruitment and talent management

- Experience of working in a smaller, SME style business with a headcount of circa 100 employees

- Knowledge and exposure to the Construction or Design, Fit-Out Sectors would be beneficial
- Strong ER knowledge of employment legislation, awards and performance management issues

- A passion for recruitment and someone who enjoys finding the best talent as this will be a key part of the role

- Experience of working with construction empployees and project management stakeholders would be ideal

- Experience using HRIS platforms and managing HR reporting and insights

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships at all levels.

- Knowledge of WHS and compliance

What you'll get in return

- In return, you'll join a supportive and people-focused organisation where your contribution will make a genuine impact.

- A varied and rewarding role with broad exposure across HR and Talent

- The opportunity to work closely with an engaged leadership team and workforce across the creative space

- Be at the coalface of the business having a real impact on its success

- Salary on offer is 130 - 140K base + super with benefits

- Full time role with 1 day a week from home

- Central CBD offices with easy access to public transport

- Fun, fast paced and collaborative culture.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, including information on your notice period and highlighting any experience in the construction sector.

📌 People and Culture Manager - Contract (Sydney)
🏢 Hays - ANZ - 3013333
📍 Sydney