This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and motivated HR professional to join a rapidly growing, multi-disciplinary firm. If you’re passionate about driving people strategies, shaping workplace culture, and making a real impact, this is the role for you!

The Company
This award-winning firm has been delivering expert accounting, taxation, business advisory, and financial services since 2009. With a strong foundation in Melbourne, the company has expanded significantly through strategic acquisitions and is now set to grow across multiple locations, including regional Victoria and Sydney. With this rapid expansion, a dedicated People & Development Manager is needed to ensure HR operations run seamlessly.

The Role
This newly created position is both strategic and hands-on, perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment. Reporting to the Directors, the People & Development Manager will be responsible for recruitment, talent management, employee relations, compliance, and workplace culture.
Key responsibilities include:

• Leading recruitment and talent acquisition to attract top talent.
• Overseeing employee lifecycle processes, from onboarding to performance management.
• Developing and implementing HR policies to ensure compliance and best practices.
• Driving employee engagement initiatives and fostering a high-performing workplace culture.
• Managing HR operations, including payroll, benefits administration, and workforce planning.
• Supporting leadership through change management and business expansion initiatives.
• Ensuring workplace health and safety (OH&S) standards are met and maintained.

Skills and Experience
The ideal candidate is a proactive, strategic, and hands-on HR professional who enjoys working in a growing business and making a tangible difference. They will have an eye for continuous improvement, practical and pragmatic in their approach, and have great communication skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Strong knowledge of Australian labour laws, HR best practices, and compliance requirements.
• Prior experience in a HR generalist role, ideally within professional services or a fast-growing organisation.
• Enjoys nurturing relationships, building strong connections and strong stakeholder management
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, strong emotional intelligence
• A problem-solving mindset and is good at identifying gaps and opportunities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
• A hands-on, adaptable, and proactive approach to HR operations.
• Experience with HR systems and payroll processes is highly desirable.

Benefits

• A leadership role with the opportunity to build and shape the HR function.
• Be part of a dynamic, forward-thinking organisation with strong values of trust, innovation, and excellence.
• A supportive and collaborative team environment.
• The chance to be part of an exciting expansion phase across Melbourne and beyond!

This is your chance to make a real impact and be at the forefront of an exciting expansion journey.

At The Next Step, we embrace individuality and differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, faith and sexual orientation. We strive to provide a recruitment experience that’s fair, inclusive and accessible for all. We encourage all suitable applicants to apply for this role.

For any accessibility needs to be considered during the recruitment process, please let us know at [email protected]

Apply now if the above sounds like you!