National People & Culture Advisor

About the role

Ethos Urban is seeking a National People & Culture Advisor to join our team of urban development professionals. This role will suit a dynamic and passionate individual looking to build a great foundation for their professional career and work within a highly regarded urban development firm.

To be our ideal candidate for this role, you will have experience within a professional services environment specifically linked to generalist HR/People & Culture, training, stakeholder engagement with exposure to P&C project management a plus. Reporting to the National P&C Manager, you will have an outcomes-oriented attitude, excellent client liaison skills and a passion for working in a high performing organisation.

Key responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Providing generalist P&C support to our technical consultants enabling their success as market leaders in Urban Development.
• Providing end-to-end coaching and counsel on Ethos Urban policy, process and best practice to ensure the growth and development of individual capability across the organisation.
• Bedding down the focus on data driven decision making, improving business efficiencies and outcomes.
• Working in unison with the National P&C Manager to deliver our overall people strategy and enhance the overall EVP at Ethos Urban.
• Assisting in developing new processes, policy changes and recommendations to meet organisational needs.
• Drive forward the People calendar, including EES, reward and recognition, HSW, supporting our employee networks, performance review processes & calibration
• P&C project work – if you are someone who is a self starter and can clearly identify an area of improvement, you have the agency to run your own projects from development to implementation with the support of the GLT.
• Maintenance of employee records and databases across HRIS and business management systems.
• Working collaboratively with our operations and business support teams to enable the best place to work as a company.
• Own end to end recruitment processes for our growing business

Who we are looking for

This position would be suitable for an individual who thrives in a fast-paced highly collaborative environment. Our ideal candidate will be driven, proactive and results orientated with the ability to work collaboratively to achieve the best results. The ability to influence and create value through learning and development for our team of consultants is critical to the success of the candidate.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in HR, psychology or similar
• Minimum 3-5 years demonstrated experience in a similar role
• Ability to travel interstate on a regular basis – Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney
• Experience within a professional services environment
• The ability to manage stakeholders at all levels with a focus on timeliness and accuracy
• Able to effectively coach & train others, including hands on practical tuition and presentation of technical training information
• Understands and can address inter-dependencies in business needs, processes & outcomes across all areas of the business and how as P&C we can assist in continual improvement.
• Strong administrative skills; experienced in preparing office systems, processes, and procedures designed to improve consultant efficiency
• Ability to quickly pick up and work with a variety of digital platforms, and experienced in assisting with data management through HRIS and business management systems (BambooHR, SharePoint, ADP, MS Office experience advantageous)
• Organised and efficient in work processes, experienced in managing to deliverables and milestones
• Confidence, common sense, and flexibility
• Ability to engage, influence, counter resistance and win respect
• Strong stakeholder engagement and team building skills

Cultural fit for this role is key to your success and the success of our team.  It is as important as your technical skillset, so we are looking for someone who is passionate about the planning profession and mindset they bring to Ethos Urban. It is key that you possess and bring a growth mindset to the role and truly buy into our Operating Principles which are:

• Be all in.
• Improve always.
• Chip in and help out.
• Look after yourself and each other.
• Challenge ideas, collaborate on solutions and commit to decisions.

About Ethos Urban

We believe bringing collective intelligence to complex decisions delivers a better urban experience. Our towns and cities are always changing and we know this creates choices that can make a difference to the quality of urban life.

We believe we can always improve the urban life experience by creating engaging places that connect us to where we need to go, meet our changing needs and create opportunities for everyone to thrive.

For over 25 years our people have worked in partnership with the public and private sectors to provide them with the momentum to realise their ambitions for better places, communities and cities.

Why work with us?

The business of creating a better urban experience is a complex one. It requires patience, diligence, intelligence and perhaps most importantly, a passion for making a difference to our experience of urban life.

What we do and the way that we do it is unique. We view each project as a complex puzzle that requires different perspectives and alternative angles to solve it. At Ethos Urban, no one individual ever has the answer. It’s only when we bring people with different specialisations from different teams that we can see the full picture and then the way forward. We call it collective intelligence.

We continue to hire great people with a diversity of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups. We encourage applicants from any background to apply to join Ethos Urban!

We back our people: We are proponents of flexible work, we provide generous leave provisions including purchased leave (up to 4 weeks annually in addition to your standard 4), 18 weeks paid parental leave regardless of your parental definition, paid study leave & access to transitional coaching. In addition, we cover your industry memberships, we provide an access to an array of great learning and personal development initiatives and incredible career pathways. For more please visit our website.

We have adopted the globally recognised United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as our ESG framework. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) is a clearly defined pathway to improving our world, and how business can align its goals and actions to help us all collectively get there.

How to apply

Interested in joining our team? We’d love to hear from you. Send a cover letter and CV to recruitment@ethosurban.com.

Applications close 25th August 2023