Manager - HR Advisory and Delivery

New Zealand Police
New Zealand
Full time
6 days ago
Manager, HR Advisory and Delivery

Based at PNHQ
Grade 24
Police Employee
Permanent
NAV
JR 5447399

Fantastic leadership opportunity
Plenty of variety with responsibility for strategic and operational HR
Permanent position based in Wellington

E tῡ ki te kei o te waka, kia pakia koe e ngā ngaru o te wā.

Stand at the stern of the canoe and feel the spray of the future biting at your face

Mō te tūnga | About the role

The Manager HR Advisory and Delivery is a senior leadership position within the People Operations Leadership Team . This person will have responsibility for leading HR Advisory and HR Service Centre Delivery across this large organisation and supporting leaders to deliver an exceptional employee experience.

As Manager HR Advisory and Delivery, you will lead a team of HR specialists and partners with business leaders and employees to continuously improve service delivery and embed HR initiatives into operational practice, you will be responsible for strategic leadership and direction across HR Advisory and HR Service Centre Delivery. We are looking for someone who can provide strong and inspiring leadership to the team.

Reporting to the Director People Operations, you’ll be a key member of the People Operations Leadership Team, the role works collaboratively across the People Operations and People Strategy teams to ensure a joined up, planned approach to deliver on the People Group’s strategic objectives and priorities.

He aha taau e kawe mai | What you’ll bring

To be considered for this position, your knowledge and experience will include:

Significant HR leadership experience, with at least 5-7 years in a senior HR leadership position, with strong ER to help lift capability across the team.
A depth of expertise in all the advisory aspects of HR and the applicable legislation.

Have experience working within large complex organisations or similar role within the public sector.

Strong relationship management skills with the ability to build trust and credibility at a senior level.

Experience working in a unionised environment.

An empowering and inclusive leadership approach with the ability to mentor and enhance the overall capability in people.

Be able to lead and work in a highly collaborative way with a facilitative working style, influencing skills and application of a high level of EQ.

Highly demonstrated skills and experience to execute people-related initiatives (policy, process, systems, and HR practices) into service delivery environments across multiple channels.

Experience in dealing with ambiguity, demonstrating sound judgement and composure.

To view the position description for this role please copy and paste this link into a new browser:

https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/pd/08-2025/manager_-_human_resources_advisory_and_delivery.pdf

Mo tātou | About us

New Zealand Police is the lead agency responsible for preventing crime and enhancing community safety. It works in partnership with individuals, communities, businesses, and other public sector agencies towards the vision of making New Zealand the safest country. Police is the government’s largest front-line response agency with around 15,500 employees in large and small communities all over New Zealand and in liaison and policing development roles overseas.

Your development is highly valued at NZ Police. Our employees enjoy significant investment in their development not only at an individual level, but also at the team and community practice level. We work hard to match you with work that will both play to your strengths and challenge you in new ways.

The work you’ll be engaged in is real, tangible work that directly benefits our frontline and communities. Taken all together, this means we can offer you career path opportunities to progress in your chosen profession and become a more well-rounded, experienced leader, with opportunities across the range of work we support.

Utu ā-tau | Salary

The salary will commence between $187,031 and $207,812 dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

Me pēhea te tono | How to apply

If this position sounds like you, click apply now and submit a tailored CV. You will be required to submit an application form. Before confirmation of hire, pre-employment checks will be undertaken which include reference, drug and alcohol testing and police vetting prior to any written offer being made.

H2R is proud to be working with NZ Police to recruit this key leadership position.

Applications close 5pm Tuesday 19 August . For further information please contact Nikki Grebby on 04 4999 471 or nikki.grebby@h2r.co.nz.
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