Exciting HR leadership opportunity at a leading Japanese restaurant in central Auckland!

J Creation Ltd are seeking a skilled and culturally attuned Personnel and Employee Relations Manager to join their team in a full-time, management-level role. You’ll take the lead on all HR and employee relations functions, working closely with their local Japanese management team and liaising weekly with their headquarters in Tokyo. 

 

This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in HR, fluent Japanese language skills, and a passion for supporting people in a dynamic hospitality environment.

Job purpose/mandate
Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the human resource and workplace relations activities within an organisation

Specific duties and responsibilities
● Determining, implementing, monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating human resource management strategies, policies, and plans to meet business needs
● Advising and assisting other Managers in applying sound recruitment and selection practices, and appropriate induction, training, and development programs
● Developing and implementing performance management systems to plan, appraise, and improve individual and team performance
● Representing the organisation in negotiations with unions and employees to determine remuneration and other conditions of employment
● Developing and implementing occupational health and safety programs and equal employment opportunity programs, and ensuring compliance with related statutory requirements
● Overseeing the application of redundancy and other employee retrenchment policies
● Monitoring employment costs and productivity levels
● May train and advise other Managers in personnel and workplace relations matters
● Report to the Japan HQ on a weekly basis

Required Qualifications / Experience
● A bachelor's degree or higher qualification and/or at least five years of relevant experience.
● Fluent in Japanese as communicating with the headquarters in Tokyo is required on a weekly basis.

Hours of work: 40 hours a week

Location of work: 128 Albert street, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010

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