At a Glance
- Tasks: Support HR operations, manage recruitment, and promote a strong safety culture.
- Company: Established family-owned food manufacturer with a rich history in Melbourne.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, part-time flexibility, and opportunities for growth.
- Other info: Permanent part-time role with a supportive work culture.
- Why this job: Join a passionate team and make a real impact on employee engagement and safety.
- Qualifications: Tertiary qualified with experience in HR within regulated environments.
Company: This long established and well-loved food manufacturer has been in Melbourne homes since the 1960’s. As a family business, this is one of Australia’s largest producers in its field with products available across major retail and food service channels nationwide.
Role: Reporting to the General Manager, Operations, the HR Coordinator will play an integral role in supporting the company’s people operations. Guiding all levels of employees, you will contribute to developing and maintaining contemporary human resource and safety management practice to lead the business through compliance and reputation management.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Maintain best-practice HR, safety, and governance policies aligned with business objectives
- Manage end-to-end recruitment, including position descriptions, advertising, assessments, selection, and onboarding
- Coordinate performance management systems, including KPIs, reviews, and training programs
- Provide employee relations and safety advice, interpreting awards, resolving grievances, and supporting performance management
- Promote a strong safety culture through risk management, audits, incident reporting, and WHS initiatives
- Drive employee engagement through surveys, training needs analysis, succession planning, and cultural initiatives
- Support continuous improvement in people operations, technology solutions, and reporting
- Act as a role model and coach, guiding managers in resolving staff performance and member issues
- Respond to HR inquiries, providing accurate and timely information to employees
- Oversee payroll in coordination with the external payroll provider
- Manage employment contracts and ensure recruitment practices meet legal and organisational standards
- Handle Work Cover cases and ensure compliance with Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) regulations
- Participate in health and wellbeing activities and report all incidents, near misses, and hazards
- Adhoc administration and office related tasks
Qualifications & Experience: As a tertiary qualified individual, you will have several years’ experience working in a HACCP or a highly regulated environment, with proven experience navigating complexities within Manufacturing, FMCG or similar industries. You will have demonstrable employee engagement skills to support culture change to this performance driven family operated business and embed human resource and safety functions.
Job Details: Salary: A$95,000.00/yr - A$110,000.00/yr Seniority level: Not Applicable Employment type: Part-time Job function: Human Resources and Quality Assurance – Food and Beverage Manufacturing Location: Altona (on-site) This is a permanent part time role with 3 full days (0.6) or hours spread across 5 days per week onsite in Altona. A rewarding environment with room for growth!
How to Apply: To apply online please click on the appropriate link and send your resume in WORD format. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion please contact Jen Schembri on 03 9058 3062.
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