People and Culture Coordinator

Established in 1915, Haigh’s Chocolates is the oldest family-owned chocolate maker in Australia. Run by fourth generation Haigh’s family, we employ over 900 people across 21 retail stores currently located in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra, as well as online, plus two factories and head office. Using only the finest and freshest ingredients, Haigh’s prides itself on being a chocolate ‘bean to bar’ specialist, committed to the art of premium chocolate making. Haigh’s roast their own cocoa beans, ethically sourced from plantations around the world, to create a unique blend of premium milk and dark chocolate.  Through meticulous artisan skills that include handmade chocolate creation and finishing, combined with advanced manufacturing equipment and techniques, Haigh’s creates exquisite chocolates that look and taste delicious.

We have an opportunity for a P&C enthusiast who is early into their career, to join our People & Culture Team, as we work in partnership with our Supply Chain, Customer Experience and Head Office functions.  With guidance and support by our P&C Business Partners, you will provide generalist support for the employee lifecycle and employee experience, coordinating operational programs from onboarding to offboarding, and implementing P&C initiatives.

Day to day you will be providing both first tier response to people and leader enquiries, and initial employee relations advice. You’ll also be involved with policies, HRIS, contracts, recruitment and reporting. You will be the essential marshmallow to our rocky road, the missing ingredient to our P&C Business Partnering team.

To thrive in this position, you will:

• Have a desire to develop your P&C skills and experience across a range of tasks, continually learning and contributing to our people plan. 
• Build strong relationships and engage with stakeholders on all levels.
• Have a proactive approach to your role and the ability to balance tasks effortlessly; organisation and planning will come naturally to you.
• Stay on the lookout for the latest trends and best practices, whilst also bringing fresh, innovative ideas to the team.
• Demonstrate high attention to detail and have a systems focus for reporting and records management.
• Be a recent graduate, soon-to-be graduate or be in the early years of your P&C career journey and hold a tertiary qualification in Business, HR or a related discipline.
• Share our values of Contribution, Determination and Trust.

Why join us? 

• Gain hands-on experience with all aspects of the employee lifecycle and support our growth agenda.
• Experience a positive team culture where your contributions and success will be celebrated (nearly) as enthusiastically as a surprise chocolate delivery to the office.
• Work alongside experienced professionals who’ll be your career mentors and cheerleaders.
• Team up with a bunch of likeminded people who are on a mission to make a positive impact whilst having fun along the way! Oh, did we mention the chocolate?

We have a strong values-based culture and offer a generous salary, short term incentive scheme, flexible working options, wellbeing initiatives, invest in professional development along with many other benefits. And just to emphasise, joining our team comes with the delightful bonus of indulging in plenty of chocolate. Can you tell we're chocolate enthusiasts?

Haigh's believes that by valuing differences in backgrounds, cultures, abilities and experiences, that our work environment will be free from bias and prejudice. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for those with disability to provide a positive barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace.