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Elevate your career

• $180,000 inc. super
• Permanent Full-Time
• Inner Melbourne

Is this your perfect match? 

Be part of a fast-growing tech company in the hospitality space, expanding across Australia, Southeast Asia and the UK. Backed by private investment, they’re ready to bring on their first Head of People & Culture. It’s a mix of strategy and hands-on delivery – perfect for someone who loves building from the ground up, working closely with the CEO, and shaping a people function that can support rapid, sustainable growth.

What’s the brief?

Take ownership of People & Culture from end to end. You’ll set the priorities for the next 12 months and shape the three-year people strategy. Along the way, you’ll put practical frameworks in place, lift leader capability, and bring in systems that make work easier and fairer – all while protecting the friendly, relationship-driven culture that makes the business tick.

Your impact

• Work with the CEO to shape a people strategy that supports the company’s growth journey
• Put the basics in place across hiring, performance, engagement and compliance 
• Build simple, scalable recruitment processes to bring in great talent
• Look ahead and plan workforce needs in line with the 3-year commercial roadmap
• Create fair and practical approaches to performance and pay that fit the business
• Support leaders to have open, constructive conversations about performance and employee relations
• Design culture initiatives that genuinely build trust
• Strengthen compliance across safety, awards and ER so leaders can feel confident they’re on the right track
• Review the current HR tech and suggest cost-effective systems that grow with the business
• Provide clear, straightforward reporting that keeps investors and PE stakeholders in the loop
• Help the business navigate offshore employment needs while staying on top of local obligations
• Build trust quickly with senior leaders and be the sounding board they turn to

About you

• Experience building or scaling HR in a growing business
• Comfortable switching between strategy and hands-on delivery
• Commercially minded, with an understanding of PE or scale-up pace
• Influences and coaches well – challenges respectfully and brings others along
• Skilled at growing capability in founder-led or entrepreneurial settings
• Solid grounding in ER and award compliance in Australia
• Hands-on experience with ATS and HR systems improvements
• Able to design straightforward, scalable performance and pay frameworks
• Exposure to multi-country HR (UK or Southeast Asia a bonus)
• Pragmatic and transparent – flags issues early, keeps people informed, values progress
• Builds relationships easily and fits well in a friendly, social culture
• Balances culture and structure – knows when to keep things flexible and when to add rigour

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