People & Culture Business Partner

Company Description

Are you an accomplished People & Culture professional ready to take on your next challenge? Do you aspire to work in a vibrant, creative environment where you can drive people strategies and initiatives? We have an opportunity for a People & Culture Business Partner to join our team on a fixed term contract, providing leadership and strategic guidance across our agencies.

We’re Publicis Groupe, a global leader in marketing, communication, and digital business transformation. We operate at the intersection of creativity and technology, delivering transformative solutions to our clients. In New Zealand, our diverse marketing capabilities are showcased across leading creative and media agencies including Digitas, MBM, KiwiPlates, Saatchi & Saatchi, and Spark Foundry.

As a People & Culture Business Partner, you will act as a strategic partner to our agency leadership teams. Your role will be pivotal in driving our people strategy, aligning it with the agency's vision, purpose, and values. You’ll lead and support a range of strategic projects for Publicis Groupe, with a focus on empowering our people through innovative strategies and future workforce planning.

This is a varied people partnering role which will see you work across;

People Strategy: Develop and execute a comprehensive people strategy that includes retention, reward and recognition, performance management, and learning and development aligned with agency objectives.

Leadership Coaching: Collaborate closely with agency leaders to shape organisational design, workforce planning, and enhance team performance through effective coaching and guidance.

Employee relations & Change Management: Manage employee relations and ensure compliance with NZ employment legislation. Partner with leaders to enhance organisational capabilities and develop meaningful programmes.

To be successful in this role, you’ll have proven experience across the entire employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and employee relations. You’ll have a natural ability to engage people, with strong relationship building skills and high EQ and are comfortable with ambiguity and change

If you have the drive and expertise to influence our people strategy and inspire our teams, we’d love to hear from you.

Additional Information

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe network, one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses, enjoying all the perks that come with our network offering:

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing
• A creative, fun and rewarding office environment backed up by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”
• Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program
• A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva! Women, Égalité, enABLE and Embrace (reconciliation action plan) programs 
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year
• A workplace that stands together to provide a more open, supportive, and recovery-forward culture for all employees with life-threatening illnesses. Read more about our Working With Cancer Pledge - Homepage - Working with Cancer Pledge
• Inclusive leave policies such as Fertility Treatment, Menopause, Flexible Public Holidays, Gender Affirmation and Parental leave with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs
  
  

If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes - so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words, these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people; regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate in. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions.

Uniqueness is powerful; without it we wouldn’t be where we are today. So be you - we like it that way.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process.  If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via [email protected] - your personal information will be kept confidential.