HR Manager

Hands on | Generalist | Change-focused

• Private sector organisation
• Palmerston North based (hybrid options)
• Competitive salary $125-160,000 per annum

Beyond Recruitment is partnering with a values driven New Zealand organisation to appoint an experienced HR Manager into a pivotal, sole charge people leadership role.

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with an engaged senior leadership team in a business that genuinely values pragmatic, trust based HR and strong culture. The environment is fast moving, people centred, and currently undergoing meaningful organisational change.

The Opportunity

As HR Manager, you will take ownership of the full people and culture function, balancing operational delivery with strategic influence. You’ll act as a trusted adviser to leaders, coach managers through complex situations, and ensure people practices support both business performance and employee experience.

This is a highly visible role, ideal for someone who enjoys variety, autonomy, and being close to the business.

• Lead and deliver all core HR activities across the employee lifecycle
• Coach and support leaders on people, performance, and culture matters
• Enhance employee engagement, communication, and leadership capability
• Manage recruitment end to end, including talent pipelining and onboarding
• Oversee employment relations, ensuring pragmatic, risk balanced advice
• Lead and support organisational change initiatives
• Manage payroll, remuneration reviews, and HR systems
• Develop learning, performance, and succession frameworks
• Provide oversight and support across Health & Safety and ISO requirements
• Lead and develop a small support team

About You

To be successful in this role, you’ll bring:

• Proven experience in a senior generalist or sole charge HR role
• Strong knowledge of New Zealand employment legislation
• Sound judgement, maturity, and confidence handling nuanced people issues
• A pragmatic, business focused approach rather than a policy heavy style
• Excellent relationship building and communication skills
• Strong organisational and problem solving capability
• Comfort operating in change and ambiguity
• Experience leading small teams and managing across multiple workstreams
• Relevant tertiary qualification (advantageous but not essential)

You’ll thrive here if you’re naturally curious, solutions focused, and known for asking “how can I help?”

• Influential, trusted HR leadership role
• Broad scope with genuine autonomy
• Values led organisation with strong leadership buy in to people and culture
• Opportunity to shape how the business supports and develops its people
• Meaningful change work with strong executive sponsorship

This role is being recruited exclusively by Beyond Recruitment.

For a confidential kōrero and a copy of the position description, please contact either:

Kirsty Clarke - Manager, HR & Search at Beyond Recruitment at kirsty.clarke@beyond.co.nz

Applications will be reviewed as they are received – and we will be moving fast! So APPLY NOW to avoid missing out on this exciting opportunity.