At a Glance
- Tasks: Shape employee experiences and drive engagement initiatives across the organisation.
- Company: Join an award-winning People & Culture team at Publicis Groupe.
- Benefits: Enjoy flexible work options, extensive learning opportunities, and unique leave benefits.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse and inclusive workplace committed to employee wellbeing.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on culture and talent strategies in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: 4+ years in People & Culture with strong advisory skills and knowledge of Australian employment law.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
Overview
About the role: Join a high-performing, award-winning People & Culture team where you’ll play a key role in shaping employee experiences across the full lifecycle.
Supporting dedicated agencies within the Groupe, you’ll partner with leaders to deliver practical, commercially focused people solutions, while contributing to broader P&C strategy and projects across the business.
This is a true generalist role with impact: from coaching leaders and navigating ER matters to driving engagement, talent, and culture initiatives.
- What you’ll do
- Partner with leaders
- Coach and guide managers to build high-performing teams
- Provide expert advice on performance, ER, engagement, and reward
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders
- Drive people strategy
- Implement agency-level people initiatives (e. g. retention, performance, L&D, DE&I)
- Contribute insights and support wider group P&C projects
- Translate business needs into practical people solutions
- Own employee lifecycle delivery
- Lead performance management, grievances, and investigations
- Support talent mapping and succession planning
- Partner on recruitment decisions and workforce planning
- Oversee onboarding, offboarding, and employee experience moments
- Enhance culture & engagement
- Lead engagement initiatives and action planning from survey insights
- Drive inclusion and culture programs
- Contribute to recognition and employee experience initiatives
- Support core P&C programs
- Remuneration cycles and benchmarking
- Learning & development delivery and uptake
- Visa and immigration processes
- Compliance, policy, and people data integrity
What you bring
- ~4+ years in People & Culture, including advisory experience in a complex or matrix environment
- Strong working knowledge of Australian employment law (Fair Work Act, NES)
- Proven ability to build credibility with senior stakeholders
- Experience across the full employee lifecycle
- High level of judgement, critical thinking, and discretion
- Adaptability and comfort working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Strong communication skills and a proactive, solutions-focused mindset
Why join us?
- Be part of a collaborative, high-impact P&C function
- Work across diverse agencies and stakeholders
- Get exposure to strategic projects and enterprise-wide initiatives
- Partner with Centres of Excellence across L&D, DE&I, Talent, and more
- Additional information
Publicis Groupe benefits: Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, recent winner of the Employer of Choice Awards and one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses.
You can learn more about us at www. publicisgroupeanz. com.
Enjoy all the perks that come with our network offering
- A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting physical, mindful, and financial wellbeing.
- A creative, lively, and rewarding office environment where people love working with each other, supported by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach — "working your way with us."
- Access to our Global AI Platform Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network.
- Extensive Learning & Development opportunities including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform, Marcel Classes.
- A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program.
- A committed Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva Women, Égalité, en ABLE, Emb RACE, and Écologique committees.
- Leave benefits including Birthday Leave, Flexible Public Holidays, and an additional 5 days of leave after 2 years of service.
- Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year.
- Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks based on tenure, paid primary carer leave, secondary carer swap, and Cub Care leave.
- Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder, an all-in-one digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs.
- A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses.
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- Proud partners of Diversity Council Australia, Pride in Diversity, Family Friendly Workplaces, Supply Nation, and the Australian Disability Network.
Diversity.
Inclusion.
Equity.
More than just words; these are part of our DNA.
At Publicis Groupe, we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status and religious affiliation.
We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate.
We value diversity and the skills, knowledge, and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.
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