Title:  General Manager People

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do.

We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.

That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

About the Role

As the General Manager People Building you will provide strategic and operational support to the Building business unit by ensuring a strong connection and collaboration between John Holland’s People Strategy and the Building business.  You will work closely with the Building Senior Leadership Team, Project teams, CPO, People Senior Leadership Team and the Corporate People team to identify and understand business challenges and find opportunities to deliver solutions to enhance employee experience and business performance.

What you will do

• Develop and deliver the Building People Strategy to support the performance and capability aligned to the John Holland Strategy and John Holland People Strategic Plan.
• Lead the implementation of strategic People initiatives in collaboration with Corporate People, Building SLT and HR project leaders, including initiatives relating to workforce planning, capability, early careers, talent, succession, performance and goal setting, performance management, engagement, retention, attraction, leadership, development, remuneration and reward. Work collaboratively to ensure ER risks are minimised, develop strategies to address concerns, and provide support to senior leadership on serious ER matters as appropriate.
• Provide governance around remuneration and rewards including TFRs, benchmarking, promotions and out of cycle requests, considering proportionality and internal equity within John Holland.
• Take all reasonable steps to ensure that all People activities are conducted in accordance with legislative and policy frameworks are consistent with business requirements.
• Take overall responsibility for financial management of the function.

What we are looking for

• Preferably Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Business Administration, Business Management, Human Resources, Law or Employee Relations.
• Extensive experience in leading, developing and managing teams of practitioners of various capability.
• Extensive experience providing strategic HR leadership and senior level experience across relevant HR discipline in large complex organisations.
• Expert knowledge of human resources, employee relations and employment law in Australia.
• Expert knowledge of national and state regulatory frameworks, systems and key risks
• Experience managing the performance of a function, including people, safety and budget requirements.
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement, influencing and negotiation skills.

As part of the team, you can help us transform lives.

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

What's in it for you

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.

Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.

Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.

Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.