An incredibly exciting prospect has arisen for an experienced and commercially mindedPeople & Culture Leadto join one of Australia's fastest-growing retail businesses during a significant period of growth and transformation.
With alarge and rapidly growing workforce, an ambitious pipeline of new store openings and international expansion on the horizon, this is an opportunity to take genuine ownership of the HR function and play a key role in shaping how the business, its people and its culture evolve through its next phase of growth.
This is not a role for someone looking to step into a finished corporate HR function.
You'll join a fast-moving, entrepreneurial environment where things happen quickly, priorities evolve and you'll have the autonomy to build, improve and create as the business continues to scale.
What You'll Be Doing
Lead the day-to-day HR function across a large, predominantly retail and multi-site workforce
Lead, coach and develop a broader team spanning HR, Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development
Partner closely with senior leadership, translating broader commercial priorities into practical people initiatives
Provide pragmatic, commercially minded HR advice across a broad range of people matters
Drive a high-performance culture, connecting culture, capability, accountability and retention with broader business performance
Support the people strategy behind an ambitious pipeline of new store openings and continued business growth
Oversee a high-volume recruitment function, improving processes, visibility, consistency and time-to-hire
Help evolve recruitment, onboarding and workforce planning processes to support future scale




Play a key role in the implementation and optimisation of new people and recruitment systems, including an upcoming ATS rollout
Continue to develop scalable HR processes and ways of working without adding unnecessary layers or complexity
Coach and influence leaders across the business, balancing employee experience, commercial outcomes and HR best practice
Support the people requirements associated with future international expansion
Identify opportunities to continually improve the effectiveness, capability and efficiency of the wider People function
What We're Looking For
An experienced HR leader with strong generalist HR capability and experience owning a broad people remit
Ideally, experience withinmulti-site retail, fashion, beauty, wellness, consumer or another fast-paced frontline environment
Strong exposure to recruitment and talent acquisition, ideally within a high-volume environment
Experience leading and developing teams across HR, recruitment and/or L&D;
Confidence across ER/IR and the ability to navigate complex people matters with sound judgement
A genuinely commercial approach to HR – someone who understands risk and compliance but equally understands the operational realities of running a fast-growing business
Experience improving HR, recruitment or onboarding processes and ideally exposure to HR technology or ATS implementation
Someone comfortable operating in ambiguity, making decisions and creating structure while the business continues to evolve around them
An energetic, resilient and proactive leadership style with the confidence to challenge, influence and partner with senior stakeholders
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📌 People And Culture Lead (Melbourne)
🏢 JIVARO recruitment
📍 Melbourne