📍 Sydney, NSW | 🕒 12-Month Contract (view to perm)
About the Role
As Cheil enters an exciting new phase of growth, we are looking for a People & Culture leader who is passionate about shaping our organisational culture, enhancing the employee experience, and building a workplace where people can do their best work. This is a unique opportunity to partner with the business during a period of expansion and transformation, helping create an engaging, high-performing and inclusive environment that supports both our people and our continued success.
Reporting to the Corporate Services Director, People & Culture Manager is responsible for managing and delivering core People & Culture activities that support the organization’s business objectives.
The role is responsible for leading the full People & Culture function, ensuring the organisation is structured, capable, and supported to deliver on its objectives. It balances strategic direction with operational delivery across workforce planning, leadership capability, employee experience, and organisational effectiveness.
What You’ll Be Doing
The People & Culture Manager plays a key role in maintaining strong governance, compliance, and people processes, while supporting a positive, high-performing and values-aligned workplace at Cheil, with responsibilities including:
- Develop and deliver the People & Culture strategy aligned to business objectives
- Partner with leaders to address workforce needs, performance and team capability
- Manage end-to-end workforce planning including forecasting, job design, and role clarity
- Ensure the business has the right capability, structure, and capacity to deliver
- Oversee and manage people-related risk, governance, and regulatory obligations
- Develop and maintain meaningful people metrics (e.g., recruitment, retention, engagement and performance)
- Oversee recruitment and onboarding strategies aligned to workforce needs
- Manage remuneration frameworks including benchmarking and annual review processes
- Provide recommendations aligned to market conditions and business performance
- Lead initiatives that support employee wellbeing and sustainable performance
- Partner with leadership to manage workload, burnout risk, and team effectiveness
- Lead and develop the People & Culture team to deliver effective and consistent support
- Ensure clear priorities, accountability, and high standards of delivery within the team