Thermo Fisher Scientific Looking for HR Generalist at Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Full Time

Position Summary: As a catalyst in the delivery of strategic objectives you will partner with people managers, HR colleagues and employees to deliver initiatives and processes that contribute to the improvement of performance, retention and colleague experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a range of HR services and support that sustain business initiatives and operations in the following areas: People development, performance development, communications, employee relations, industrial relations, HRIS, labour management, organisational planning, talent acquisition, rewards and recognition and compensation and benefits.
• Complete talent activities and initiatives including employee development
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure successful talent selection
• Support the implementation of critical and/or global programs to drive employee engagement and performance
• Provide guidance and support line managers through employee relations issues from facilitating investigations to supporting performance improvement and disciplinary processes
• Participate in organisational change initiatives for business units and/or teams
• Support specific employee involvement activities and initiatives including employee resource groups and corporate social responsibility (e.g. STEM initiatives) and town hall meetings
• Complete analysis, reports and metrics on a monthly and quarterly cadence
• Coach management team on leadership and people issues including application of HR policies and processes, change, and complicated employee issues.
• Create and maintain an understanding of the business and plans through exposure and involvement in business activities.
• Use process improvement (PPI) tools to improve HR processes, create standard work and solve people related issues
• Ad hoc projects and support to HR team as and when needed

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

Qualifications & Experience

• Undergraduate degree (Business, Psychology, HR)
• Working English
• 3-5+ years of relevant HR experience
• Solid functional knowledge, experience in facilitating ER / IR issues
• Experience in effective performance management processes
• Experience with talent acquisition, engagement and development

Competencies:

• Business & Data Insight: understanding how the business makes money. Uses insights from financial and talent data to evaluate and understand best action
• Talent Approach: knows how to attract, acquire onboard and engage exceptional talent, accelerate & scale our talent pipeline, ensure proper talent development and retain talent.
• Consultation: engages with the business to understand key goals and priorities; able to diagnose to understand where gaps exists and develop talent solutions to close gaps.
• Change leadership: engages with a team to envision future state, identifies burning platform for change, creates and aligns the team on actions to move to compelling future state
• Organizational adaptability and resolve: the ability to understand and use organizational relationships and social networks, being mindful of cultural contexts where relevant. Willing to voice points of view that may not be popular.
• Project / Process Management: ability to engage a team on planning, organizing and running a project or process undertaken to meet goals and objectives. Effectively launches and implements programs.

Skills & Attributes

• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality, integrity and honesty
• A collaborative approach with the ability to build strong working relationships
• Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
• Problem solving ability and curious to understand more about the business and use HR tools and resources to achieve results
• Determined, results focused and “hands-on” approach
• High learning agility

Other Job Requirements:

• Adhere to OHS policies and procedures and ensure a safe and healthy workplace environment
• Adhere to the Chain of Responsibility obligations under the Australian Heavy Vehicle National

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.