People Advisor

John Holland are delivering the M7 - M12 Integration project, which includes widening the M7 between the M5 at Prestons and Richmond Rd at Oakhurst, and building a new interchange between the M7 and M12 and an upgrade to Elizabeth Drive to connect it to the M12.
The project is a John Holland only, stand alone mega project, located in Cecil Hills – within Western Sydney. 
On the project, we put our people at the centre, and are committed to providing our team members with the opportunity for personal and professional growth over the duration of the project. We care for the physical and mental wellbeing, and work life balance of our people, and this is demonstrated with our on-site gym, wellbeing spaces and focus on making flexibility work on a mega project. The project reimburses tolls so that team members aren’t disadvantaged whist working on the project.

The Senior People Advisor role works within the People, Culture and Internal Communication team, and will join a group of passionate, industry leading change makers who take an innovative, personable and fun approach to delivering the people function on the project. This role is a leadership position within the team, and will deliver key people initiatives across the project.
Reporting to the People and Culture Director, key responsibilities include: 

• Provide general assistance to the project team in all things people, including business partnering, people strategies and creating innovative people solutions for our customers, 
• Influencing positive people outcomes across the project, including supportive all employee lifecycle people processes,
• Leading change initiatives to drive best practice people outcomes,
• Contributing to building a high performance, supportive culture for our project team members to learn and grow,
• Interpretation of EBAs and experience interacting with unions,
• Leading a small team of people professionals, who you will develop, support and grow over your time on the project.

• Tertiary qualifications in a Business related discipline, ideally Human Resources,
• You are an out of the box, critical thinker, who designs people solutions to serve internal customers on the project,
• The ability to work in a team and support the broader team objectives,
• Excellent verbal and written communication,
• You are a proven people leader who enjoys coaching and mentoring more junior people professionals.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to our long-term success.  
We want you to be with us for the long term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee. 
We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.  
Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.  
Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.  
Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.  
Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation. 
Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.