Westferry Property Services Ltd, established in 2007, is a privately owned commercial cleaning company with 150+ staff members based across the wider Auckland Region and also South Island.  As a company, we pride ourselves on being big enough to possess the necessary infrastructure and resources to be effective and efficient, while still remaining hands-on and closely connected to our people and clients.  Our core values – Trust, Respect, Integrity, Proactivity, and Reliability – guide everything we do. 

We are looking for a self-starting, high-energy individual to join our team. 

Our HR Team is responsible for a variety of functions within the organisation including: 

• General HR 

• Organisational Policy management 

• Learning & Development 

• Health & Safety 

• Internal Communications 

• Payroll processing 

Reporting to our Head of HR, the ideal candidate will have a solid grounding in HR from a HR Admin, Co Ordinator or Advisor role. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Manage day-to-day HR administrative and operational tasks, including recruitment, employee onboarding, offboarding, contract creation, reference and MOJ checks

• Lead ER investigations and disciplinaries through time depending on experience

• Maintain accurate employee data in the HRIS

• Coordinate employee wellbeing and engagement activities, employee recognition programs, and employee feedback surveys. Help maintain a positive and inclusive work environment

• Support training and development initiatives, including coordinating training sessions and maintaining training records. 

• Oversee performance review and development planning 

• Support the management of the organisational policy, Health & Safety and training including incident management and reporting 

• Support staff engagement through management of internal staff events and internal communications, newsletters etc  

• Manage staff allocation of IT Hardware and Mobile devices providing basic support as required for continuous service supported by the Office Administrator

• Oversee ACC claims and undertake health and safety/workplace investigations

• Support with weekly processing of payroll as required (back up)

Qualifications and Skills: 

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Excellent communicator with strong verbal and written communication skills

• Highly personable and people-oriented

• Skilled at building relationships

• Engaging and approachable

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field is ideal but not essential

• At least 1-year prior experience in HR Admin, Co-ordinator or Advisor

• Strong attention to detail and exceptional organisational skills. 

• Ability to problem solve and use initiative

• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and maintain a high level of professionalism.