Reports to HR Operations Manager (located in WA)

Hours Full-time (35 hpw flexible) ongoing contract

About Us

Driven by a passion to solve the climate crisis, The Sunrise Project is a team of experienced change-makers with a mission to scale social movements to drive the global transition beyond fossil fuels. With affiliated programs and staff in Australia, Europe and Asia, we have developed a unique model of grant making and campaigning that supports networks of organizations to drive powerful change towards our mission. 

We have a dynamic and nimble organizational culture and we’re serious about supporting our people to thrive. We move fast and lean into the urgency of the climate challenge.

We believe that a diversity of experiences and perspectives will help us build stronger strategies, teams and movements. We strongly encourage First Nations people, people of color, people living outside of cities, and people living with disabilities to apply. We are continually working on becoming a better workplace for everyone.

About The Role

Working as part of a global People-Operations team, the People & HR Generalist coordinates and supports: managers to hire, appoint, onboard and offboard staff; administer people surveys and data; HR and employee relations matters; and, the provision of coaching and advice to staff on organisational policies, systems and practices.  The  role is focussed on working with the Australian legal entity and with Professional Employment Offices (PEO’s) for staff in Singapore, Japan, and New Zealand, with expected future growth in other Asian countries.

The role collaborates closely with our Onboarding, Hiring and PEO specialist to ensure that all staff have a seamless positive global experience and that The Sunrise Project is well positioned to meet its people-related compliance and governance obligations.  As part of a growing team, the role provides an opportunity for developing a deep understanding of our People and Culture org-wide functions and to gain practical experience in supporting a scaling global organization.  

About You

You excel at listening and communicating with people to build trust across all levels of the organisation. You love being a hands-on, go-to person - triaging staff enquiries and digging into the details to analyse and source information to provide quick solutions for staff and the organisation.  You’re fastidious about data maintenance and record keeping and comfortable in administering and co-developing workflows to improve the staff experience.  You are a curious person who loves to keep across the ever-changing world of HR/employment relations so that you can apply your fresh ideas and HR knowledge to help managers and staff to be fully engaged with their HR responsibilities, be it performance management, pay & benefits, payroll, health & safety etc.  You’re deeply interested in the broader dynamics of people, culture and JEDI, and enjoy supporting team efforts to deliver on a range of strategies and programs.

Key Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains a reputation as the first point of contact for HR-related issues and their resolution, writes engaging content to inform and support staff via the self-service model Intranet, and tracks and analyses HR support trends.

• Works across a range of daily HR functions to deliver the People strategy and meet compliance requirements  (e.g. employment contracts, probation, performance reviews, surveys, pay reviews, leave management, WH&S, as examples) and aligns own work to organisational goals and Sunrise’s values.  

• Uses a suite of IT/HR systems to support key People-Operations administrative functions: recruitment; preboarding and onboarding; performance and development; rewards and recognition; payroll, entitlements and benefits; offboarding; & reporting.

• Monitors legislative changes and works with the manager and Legal team to guide and implement change.

• Supports the People-Operations team with planning; meeting coordination; team comms; presentations; training/awareness sessions - to optimise team resources and support the delivery of team-organisational goals.  

• Delivers on small discrete projects that contribute to our employee experience, engagement levels, and compliance and governance obligations. 

Required skills, knowledge and experience

• Experience in a similar HR employee relations role including grass roots and/or volunteer experience with a working knowledge of Australian employment terms and conditions, and in the delivery of onboarding, recruitment, reward, recognition & retention programs.

• Demonstrated commitment to internal service orientation: ethical behaviour in relation to people practices; applying active listening & sound advising skills to influence day to day problem solving and decision making.

• A track record of prioritising & delivering on assigned tasks including delivering on small discrete projects.

• A high level of emotional intelligence & relationship building skills.

• Demonstrated problem-solving capability together with numerical skills.

• Competent (basic-intermediate) IT skills working across a suite of software platforms (ideally GSuite, HiBob, Culture Amp, Notion, BeApplied ATS, Xero Payroll or similar) including data extraction, analysis and reporting skills.

• A passion for supporting action on climate change and a commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. 

Desirable

• A working knowledge of workplace health, safety & wellbeing, with experience assessing/monitoring risks, incidents & injuries. 

• A working knowledge of employment conditions in 1 or more Asia Pacific countries (ideally SE Asia)

• Experience in an enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) environment

• Degree qualification in a relevant area, AHRI Certification, Health & Safety Representative qualifications and/or Certificate IV Health & Safety or equivalent.  

Job requirements

• Intermittent travel domestically/internationally with advanced notice. 

• Flexibility in working across multiple time-zones (the Global People team is located in GMT, AWST, Pacific time zones).

• Background check will be required.

How Sunrise supports its staff

The Sunrise Project. is committed to creating a workplace that supports our staff to do their best work and develop professionally. We have the following in place to help us achieve that, noting pro rata will apply for part time staff:

• Superannuation 12.5%

• Birthday leave

• Solidarity & community leave 1 week p.a

• Cultural leave - public holidays

• Gifted leave (over Christmas and New Year)

• Paid parental leave (subject to eligibility conditions)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Commitment to supporting your professional development ( up to $2000 per annum )

• Flexible work policy, including hybrid-remote working, work from home financial support

• Performance development and feedback to support your growth

We recognise that racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, classism and other forms of discrimination creates structural barriers that impact opportunities to formal education and experience. When assessing candidates we look at more than the jobs you've been paid to do but the range of ways you've picked up skills and knowledge throughout your life. This is why we assess candidates on how well they respond to application questions and don’t require a cover letter.