- Newly Created HR Generalist Opportunity - High Growth SME
- Mandarin Speaker Needed - Chatswood Based
- Offering Part Time Hours - 3 or 4 Days

Your new company

Join a privately owned and rapidly growing Sydney based consultancy operating across architectural design, construction, and property development.

Following significant expansion over the last 12 months, the organisation is entering its next stage of growth and is appointing their first HR Manager to the business on a part-time basis. With approximately 60 employees across several business divisions, this is an entrepreneurial environment where decisions are made quickly, and the HR function will have solid visibility across the organisation.

Your new role

Based in Chatswood, his newly created, standalone HR Manager position will give you the opportunity to establish the foundations of the people function and shape how HR supports the business moving forward. Reporting to the CEO and CFO.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Reviewing and improving existing HR processes
- Developing consistent onboarding and offboarding frameworks
- Creating employee documentation, templates and life cycle processes
- Managing recruitment across multiple business divisions
- Supporting workforce planning and the appointment of key leadership roles
- Reviewing policies and identifying employment compliance gaps
- Providing practical employee relations and performance management advice
- Supporting managers with feedback and performance conversations
- Strengthening HR governance,



WHS integration and people-related risk management
- Improving internal communication, leadership capability and consistency across the group

What you'll need to succeed

- You will be an experienced and commercially minded HR generalist who enjoys working autonomously and building practical people solutions from the ground up.
- Experienced in a Greenfield or Start-up role where you have built and established an HR function
- Experience supporting SME and entrepreneurial style cultures
- Strong operational knowledge across the full employee life cycle
- Sound knowledge of employee relations, performance management and employment compliance
- Recruitment experience
- An understanding of WHS and people-related risk
- Ideal Industry knowledge: Architecture, Construction or Property
- A pragmatic, hands-on and solutions-focused working style
- You must be bilingual and fluent in Mandarin and English

What you'll get in return

- This is a brand new opportunity to create an HR function from the ground up within a successful and expanding organisation.
- A newly created position with genuine ownership and autonomy
- Direct access to senior leaders and key decision-makers
- A varied remit across several business divisions
- High visibility and the ability to make a meaningful impact from day one
- Strong potential for the position to evolve as the organisation grows

Location: Chatswood offices, 2 minutes from station and Metro

Hours: Three days a week in office with flexible start and finish times

📌 Part Time HR Manager - Mandarin Speaking (Chatswood)
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