Senior Associate People Strategy

Senior Associate People Strategy

In this exciting and rewarding position, you will play a key role in enabling our people to thrive and drive great people’s experiences. Reporting to the local lead People Strategy (Senior HR Business Partner) and partnering closely with all members of the Australia People team and be exposed to all team members and leaders across the business.  

Your Impact

• Performance management - support and manage in Talent reviews and handling of individual performance cases.  
• People Growth – support all phases of our growth philosophy, including goal setting, feedback, promotions, and annual growth discussions. 
• Total rewards - support annual merit and bonus cycles. 
• Engagement and culture – support programs and activities including Core Value awards, recognition drives, DE&I work, surveys, pulse checks, and driving hybrid working. 
• Managing and supporting employee relations cases. Participating in special projects for new initiatives. 
• Leveraging and analysing data to understand focus areas for capabilities and industries.  
• Synthesis and analysis of data to drive insights and support data driven people’s or decisions. 
• Driving change, through effective communication and roll-out of talent initiatives to leadership, People Managers, and employees. Being the voice, and ears, on the ground. 
• Advising people, managers, and employees on processes. 
• Partnering closely with HR lifecycle colleagues and other teams (global mobility, staffing, learning and development) on employee cases, ensuring legal compliance, and updating our HRIS and paperwork

Skills & Experience

• A background in Human Resources Business Partnering. 
• An understanding of employee lifecycle, Australia employment law and employee relations processes such as performance management, redundancy, grievances etc. 
• A passion for enhancing our people’s experience throughout their lifecycle and driving business impact. 
• An eye for detail and ability to run processes independently. 
• A track record in proactively identifying opportunities for improvements and driving change. 
• An ability to work in a complex matrix structured, ambiguous, constantly changing business situation. 
• Strong analytical skills and ability to convert data into insights and solutions, strong excel skill. 
• Demonstrated interest in using AI to create smarter work. 
• Strong interpersonal skills include the ability to form relationships at all levels. 
• Worked in a global environment or professional services industries (preferably)

Set yourself apart with 

• Tertiary degree preferred   
• Member of HR or management association preferred 

• An inclusive workplace that promotes diversity and collaboration.
• Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• Flexibility to support work-life balance.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Wellness program and employee assistance.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicis.sapient.com

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting, and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting, and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value.