HR Advisor

Location: Highbrook, Auckland (Free onsite parking)

Experience: 2–3 years

Ready to take the next step in your HR career? We have two exciting opportunities for HR Advisors to join our team;

1 x HR Advisor – permanent, working with our Groups Services division

1 x HR Advisor – fixed term 12 months, working with our Manufacturing Operations division

If you’re looking to broaden your HR experience in a large, supportive HR team, this is a great opportunity to grow your generalist capability and contribute across a diverse business.

About Fisher & Paykel Healthcare

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare is a global leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of innovative healthcare solutions used in hospitals and homes around the world. Since 1969, our products have helped improve patient care and outcomes — and our people remain at the heart of that mission.

About The Role

These roles offer variety, challenge, and the opportunity to build broad HR generalist experience. You will work closely with managers, employees, and the wider HR team to provide high-quality advice and support across a diverse environment.

Key responsibilities include:

• Acting as a first point of contact for employee and manager HR queries.
• Providing guidance and advice on the interpretation of agreements, policies, procedures and legislation.
• Working with managers and employees to resolve day-to-day people matters.
• Preparing, reviewing and approving employment agreements, variations and employment-related correspondence.
• Supporting employment relations activities and developing capability through exposure to ER cases, unions, and collective agreements.
• Providing support on HR projects and company-wide initiatives.
• Providing coaching, guidance and technical HR support to HR Administrators, acting as an escalation point for more complex queries.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives to streamline and enhance HR processes.

About You

You'll bring a combination of HR knowledge, curiosity, and initiative, along with a genuine desire to deliver excellent customer service and build strong working relationships.

We are looking for someone with:

• A tertiary qualification in Human Resources or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 2–3 years’ experience in an HR generalist role, ideally within a large and/or unionised environment.
• Experience working with managers across different levels of an organisation.
• Exposure to employment relations, including supporting or shadowing end‑to‑end ER cases.
• Experience working with unions and familiarity with collective agreements.
• Strong knowledge of New Zealand employment legislation.
• Experience using HR systems, ideally SAP SuccessFactors, and an interest in using data and insights to inform decisions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

What’s Great About Working Here

• A supportive and collaborative HR team
• Opportunities to grow your career within HR or across the wider business
• Competitive remuneration and benefits
• Subsidised cafeterias and café
• Free onsite parking
• A beautiful head office campus in Highbrook

We are dedicated to designing our recruitment process with care and empathy to support all candidates, regardless of identity, background, and experiences. Should you require support or adjustments during our process, please let us know at ***email_hidden***.

If you would like the opportunity to work with a supportive and diverse HR team, apply now!