The Company
Our client is a long-established, family-owned Australian agribusiness operating across primary production and related agri-services. With a workforce that blends permanent corporate employees and a large seasonal farming population, the business is deeply connected to regional Australia and operates within complex industrial, safety and regulatory environments. Practical, commercially minded and values-led, the organisation is investing in digitisation and modernisation while remaining grounded in hands-on farming operations and strong community ties.
The Role
This is a stand-alone HR Manager role supporting a multi-site agricultural workforce of circa 250 employees. You will partner closely with the executive team and operational leaders to deliver end-to-end HR support across the employee lifecycle, while helping the business navigate a period of change, digitisation and generational transition.
The role is broad, influential and highly visible, ideal for a confident HR generalist who enjoys ambiguity, building trusted relationships and shaping pragmatic people solutions in a family-owned environment.
Key focus areas include:
Acting as the primary HR business partner across corporate and operational teams
Leading core HR processes across the employee lifecycle, including employee relations
Supporting enterprise bargaining and industrial relations matters
Driving the implementation and optimisation of Employment Hero
Developing and uplifting HR policies, processes and compliance frameworks
Partnering with leaders on performance, engagement and workforce planning
Supporting seasonal and visa-based workforces alongside permanent employees
Contributing to broader people, culture and transformation initiatives
Your Profile
You are a hands-on HR generalist who thrives in a commercial, operational environment. You're comfortable working in a family-owned business, balancing legacy ways of working with the needs of a modern, growing organisation. You communicate clearly and confidently, can navigate differing viewpoints at leadership level, and remain calm and pragmatic in the face of ambiguity.
Experience in agriculture, regional, blue-collar or similarly complex workforce environments will be highly regarded, as will exposure to enterprise bargaining and HRIS implementations.
What's on offer
Salary up to $180k + super
A rare opportunity to shape and own the HR function in a values-led agribusiness
Exposure to enterprise-wide projects including digitisation and workforce transformation
Diverse, hands-on role with strong executive visibility and influence
Flexible working arrangement with WFH Fridays
Supportive, down-to-earth office culture with a small corporate team
If you're looking for an HR leadership role where you can genuinely make your mark, balancing compliance, culture and commercial outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.
This role will require travel to sites across Eastern Australia.
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