Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company – the home of Australia’s most trusted and loved brands spanning News, Sport, Lifestyle, and Entertainment. We pride ourselves on creating the best content, accessed by consumers when and how they want – across Publishing, Broadcasting and Digital.
With over 190 years of history and experience in Australia, Nine’s Publishing mastheads include The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Financial Review. We have a rich history of courageous, quality and independent journalism. Along with our partner sites, Good Food, Brisbane Times and WAtoday, our websites and newspapers are the dominant mastheads in Australia. In 2023, we remain in a stronger position than ever with 15 million readers consuming our journalism in print and online each month, making us the most widely-read news organisation in the country
Our Purpose: We shape culture by sparking conversations, challenging perspectives, and entertaining our communities.
We bring people together by celebrating the big occasions and connecting the everyday moments. Australia belongs here. We bring our purpose to life via three shared values: We walk the talk, turn over every stone and keep it human.
As the People & Culture Business Partner for Nine’s Publishing division you will support a team of 800+ of Australia’s best journalists, photographers, editors, marketers and designers. This is a team that is passionate about what they do. We support each other as a team and we encourage diversity of opinion. We embrace the rich history that comes with working for our mastheads whilst operating out of the most modern, advanced newsroom in the country.
Reporting directly to the Head of People & Culture - Publishing, Digital, Product & Technology, your remit will be to truly embed yourself in this dynamic business and provide wide ranging support and advice across strategic, industrial and operational matters. Leveraging the strength of the wider People & Culture group functions (Operations, Talent, Case Management, Leadership Development, etc.) you will play a critical role in delivering strategy and business transformation across our newsrooms, supporting senior leadership teams, building capability, and managing high impact change to ultimately drive performance and growth.
Day to day you will:
- Partner closely with the Head of People & Culture and leaders across our Publishing division to understand the business drivers and develop tailored people strategies across editorial, production, marketing and customer contact teams
- Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities to attract, develop and retain people to achieve their potential
- Build and execute on succession/risk management plans in key roles
- Lead organisational development activities to develop and enhance current organisational capabilities
- Provide expert advice and support our leaders through various change and transition programs
- Play a lead role in managing a productive relationship with the MEAA union,
- Provide IR advice and EBA / Award interpretation to Publishing leaders as needed. You will also assist inEBA negotiations from time to time
- Provide day-to-day performance management guidance to People Leaders (e.g., coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions)
- Work with the broader People and Culture team to embed enterprise wide programs
You are a seasoned HR professional, confident in your ability to influence and drive change with senior leaders. You are adept at operating strategically to build, develop and deliver programs, but you are also willing to roll your sleeves up and deliver on more operational tasks when required. You are a true team player with a flexible, can-do approach to their work, who is comfortable in an environment that is not always black and white. You thrive when given the opportunity to think outside the box, and love the freedom to create and innovate to solve problems and drive outcomes in new ways.
You will bring extensive experience working in a unionised environment, and be confident in interacting with unions and maintaining positive relationships. You will ideally have experience negotiating EBA’s in a similar corporate environment.
What we would like to see on your resume:
- Demonstrated experience negotiating with and influencing Executives and Senior Managers to deliver proactive and commercially focussed HR solutions that are aligned business needs and people strategy.
- Strong understanding of the strategic role of HR in the business and demonstrated capacity to align actions with the bigger picture.
- Experience in the identification, design and delivery of learning and development.
- Experience in working with unions and Enterprise Bargaining Agreements / Awards
- Knowledge of best practice principles for people practices including employee relations, recruitment, reward, performance management, talent development and engagement.
- Demonstrated experience in leading change initiatives and managing projects.
- Experience in development of HR metrics and associated reports
Additional Information
Life at Nine
Nine is a people business. Being part of the team means you’ll be in a culture that promotes creativity and innovation, diversity and inclusion, is open to feedback, rewards impact and ensures everyone is heard. Importantly, you'll receive the following:
- Career development and quality training
- Up to 16 weeks paid primary carer’s parental leave
- Discounts on lifestyle, entertainment, and leisure memberships, including health insurance, dental and gym
- Discounts on products and services with corporate partners
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
At Nine, we are committed to fostering a workforce that embraces all aspects of diversity and inclusion and where practices are equitable to ensure our people experience a sense of belonging. From day one, you'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work and will be supported to perform at your best. Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process in order to equitably participate, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.
Disclaimer: We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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