People Team Manager – Sydney (Ref:R340)

At EMM, we want work to feel purposeful. As a multi-disciplinary environmental consultancy dedicated to helping achieve a sustainable future, we create an environment where our people can do meaningful work and feel proud of the impact they make. 

While we’ve grown at pace, our vision, culture and values have remained our constant, creating the magic that we celebrate and want to hold on to. With 350 talented and passionate people, across Australia, New Zealand and Canada alongside a growing demand for environmental consulting services, there’s a lot to consider as we navigate a dynamic market and exciting future. 

Your role, your opportunity, your impact  

We’re committed to investing in our employees, and our people team are a professional, fun and respected bunch who are connected, trusted, commercially sharp and deeply human. This is a leadership role at the heart of the connection between employee experience and our people strategy. You’ll lead the HR Business Partner and Talent Acquisition teams, helping them to guide and respond to operational needs while keeping one eye on the future, building initiatives and solutions that support EMM to evolve. 

Some highlights of the opportunity include: 

• Business Partnering – bringing a people lens; balancing business advisory and employee advocacy in the development of the business goals and objectives.
• HR Strategy & Leadership – Support the development of the People strategy and goals and lead implementation, ensuring the team are engaged and working holistically.
• Organisational Development – Support leaders to define clear career paths, build learning programs that support business growth, develop future leaders and strengthen the core competencies that differentiate our people’s careers and our client experience. 
• Elevate Performance – Keep simplifying how we elevate and manage performance and build a culture where feedback and bold conversations feel normal.
• People Experience – Turn what employees tell us, and what we see in the market, into practical changes that strengthen engagement, our employer value proposition and the policies that attract, retain and inspire. 
• Technology & Data – Use and evolve our technology to develop accurate, real-time HR data and insights and efficient HR processes.

What you bring to the team  

This is who you are and what you bring:    

• You’re looking for a role where you can enable growth in a business that aligns with your values and believes a sustainable future is possible. 
• You’ve developed your experience in Senior HR Business Partner roles and bring deep generalist expertise, supported by change management, project management and exposure to recruitment and talent.
• Experience leading, coaching and mentoring others — whether formally as a manager, team leader or informally through leading project teams.
• Your clients and those you have worked with describe you as an enabler, someone they want in the room and by their side as they solve their greatest people challenges and opportunities 
• People respect you for your authenticity, curiosity and integrity…and you are comfortable being you. We want you to be at your best, love working with our team and contribute to the positive vibes! 

Our goal is to build a team of EMMers that looks like the world around us — and we want EMMers to stay and grow. As part of our efforts to build an EMM for everyone, we embed diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work, and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.  We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.  

• Please note we can only consider applicants with a legal right to work in Australia.
• Unsolicited resumes from recruitment consultants will not be accepted for this position.