Human Resource Manager
- Opportunity to shape and elevate the firm''s people function.
- Focus on contemporary HR frameworks and employee experience.
- Collaborate with leadership on workforce planning and development.
We're excited to be partnering with a highly regarded professional services firm to appoint a Human Resources Manager at an important point in the firm's growth. This is an opportunity for an experienced HR professional who enjoys working at pace, values autonomy and wants the scope to influence how a business attracts, develops, engages and retains its people.
Working closely with the firm's entrepreneurial and ambitious Managing Partner, as well as the broader leadership team, you will have the opportunity to shape and elevate the firm's people function. With a clear growth strategy in place, the focus will be on introducing contemporary HR thinking, strengthening the employee experience and ensuring the firm has the people frameworks, capability and workforce strategy to support its future.
The Role
This is a broad, hands-on role with genuine scope to influence the way the firm supports and develops its people.
Key areas of focus will include:
- Reviewing, developing and implementing contemporary HR frameworks, policies and best practice
- Shaping the firm's employee experience and strengthening its Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
- Developing strategies to improve employee engagement and retention
- Leading end-to-end recruitment and managing relationships with external recruitment partners
- Developing contemporary performance management and capability frameworks
- Partnering with leaders on workforce planning, succession and future capability requirements
- Supporting learning, development and career pathways across the firm
- Providing commercially focused advice across employee relations and broader people matters
- Using people insights and feedback to identify trends and drive continuous improvement
About You
You will be a degree-qualified HR professional who brings energy, commercial thinking and a genuine desire to contribute to the firm's success.
You will bring:
- Previous HR experience within professional services, with legal or accounting experience highly regarded
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business or a related discipline
- Strong commercial judgement and the confidence to partner with senior professionals
- A driven, energetic and naturally engaging style
- A proactive, hands-on approach with the ability to move between strategy and delivery
- The confidence to bring ideas, influence thinking and drive outcomes
- A genuine desire to contribute to the continued growth and success of the firm
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR professional who wants autonomy, influence and the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution within a successful and evolving professional services firm.
For further information or a confidential discussion, please contact Courtney Chambers on 0455 411 846 or Michelle Sneesby on 0404 845 843.
At Empire Group, we value diversity and are committed to equitable recruitment. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with disability, and other underrepresented groups to apply. Our focus is on creating fair, accessible, and culturally safe recruitment processes that genuinely reflect and respect the communities we serve.
Reference number: 1667854
Profession:Human Resources & RecruitmentHuman Resources & Recruitment
Company: empire group
Date posted: 13th Aug, 2026
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