• 8 month parental leave contract with handover period
• 5-7 years generalist HR experience required
• Diverse, challenging role in the CBD

Join the BDO Auckland P&C team for a 6-month parental leave contract (with a handover on either side) starting early April 2025. We’re a team that’s focused on relationships and delivery whilst ensuring our people are what is most important.
This is a fast-paced, diverse role and you’ll work closely with the National Head of P&C, the BDO Auckland P&C team and broader BDO NZ People & Capability Community, Partners, Senior leaders and employees. This is a key role for our firm, and you’ll need to bring a strong level of generalist HR experience, confidence and commercial acumen to be a trusted advisor.

At BDO, we believe that our business is about helping people. We’re here to collaborate and build strong relationships, with our clients and across BDO.
We are the fifth largest professional services organisation in the world, full-service Audit, Tax and Advisory firm.
BDO New Zealand extends across 20 offices, with over 1000 people.
BDO Auckland is made up of 380 staff across three offices, this role will be based full-time in the CBD.

Purpose
Provides strategic and operational advisory support to Partners and employees of BDO Auckland across the full range of people and capability matters, policies, and procedures.

Key accountabilities:
Builds strong professional working relationships with key internal stakeholders, acting as a confidante, coach, and educator on HR practice - influencing through mutual respect, trust, and credibility.
Actively leads and manages the People & Capability operational calendar across the portfolio including:

• Leads and manages the Annual Performance and Remuneration round.
• Culture & Values – identifies and delivers actions to enhance engagement, including driving annual engagement surveying / translation through to practical action plans for change.
• Takes an active role in the BDO Auckland Wellbeing Committee
• Introducing and driving our new approach to career pathways.
• Coaches and acts as a strong role-model for the People & Capability team and broader BDO National People & Capability community.
• ER Matters – pro-actively coaches and supports Partners / Managers around all performance related matters.
• Works with the Head of People & Capability on specific pieces of work as required.

Essential experience:
5- 7 years Human Resource practitioner experience - some of which has been gained in a large, complex, corporate environment.
Minimum 3 years NZ experience across ER and employment legislation
Excellent relationship skills, built through mutual trust and respect, influence, credibility, and the delivery of quality work. Able to adapt style.
Commercially focused and able to manage the balance between organisational and HR strategies / initiatives and business priorities.
Purpose led and values-based approach.

Please note, only candidates with valid work rights within New Zealand in which this position is based will be considered.

Contact Pip Weston - Talent Acquisition Manager - pip.weston@bdo.co.nz