People & Education Manager

At MECCA, our People & Education team plays a critical role in enabling business performance, organisational growth, and exceptional team member experiences. We’re looking for a commercially minded and adaptable People & Education Manager to support key business areas in our Support Centre on aFixed Term Contract - Ending September 2027.

This role partners closelywith senior leaders and ELT stakeholders to drive people initiatives, organisational change,HR case files,employee relations outcomes, and talent strategies across a fast-paced and evolving environment.

The Role You Could Play:

Reporting to theHead of People Partnering, you will partner across multiple business functionsin our Support Centre (head office)to deliver both strategic people initiatives and operational HR support. You will:

• Provide trustedHR operational, employment lifecycle, and employeerelations support, including coaching leaders throughrecruitment conversations, team structures, ways of workings,performance matters, feedback conversations, and workplace concerns

• Partner with andsupportleaders to deliverkey people initiativeswithin departments,includingPulsesurvey action plans, workshops, talent reviews, succession planning, andannualremunerationreviews

• Support organisational change activity including restructures, communications, and evolving ways of working

• Coordinate cyclical people processes including performance reviews, calibration, talent mapping, and broader People team initiatives

What You Will Bring:

You are a confident and commercially minded HR professional who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments. Ideally, you will bring:

• Experience in HR Business Partnering, People & Culture, or Employee Relations focused roles within large-scale or high-growth organisations

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability, including partnering with Senior Leadership and ELT stakeholders

• SolidHR partnering and employeerelations experience, includinghiring support, talent identification, onboarding management, development coaching,performance management, grievances, coaching, and complex workplace matters

• Experience supporting organisational change and people initiatives within dynamic business environments

• The ability to balance strategic project work with reactive operational priorities across multiple stakeholder groups

Your Life At MECCA

Whilst we are focused on our #CustomerFirst mantra, we know that wouldn’t be possible without an incredible team that is guided by our MECCA values and motivated each and every day to be solutions focused, innovative, collaborative and adaptable, and have a bit of fun along the way!

Some of our other team member benefits include:

• Professional development programs and first-class digitised learning offering

• Health and well-being initiatives

• Reward and recognition programs

• Access to bonus and incentive programs

• Access to quarterly product allowance

• Generous discount to spoil yourselves and your immediate family, as well as a generous product allowance, subject to company policy

There are also so many other ways in whichyou’llbe made to feel part of the MECCA story as we love to celebrate, surprise and delight our team along the way.

To learn more about life at MECCA Brands, follow us on LinkedIn at MECCA Brands or @lifeatmecca and for all current opportunities, visitwww.mecca.com.au/careers