HR Manager

 

ELITE SUPPLEMENTS AUSTRALIA

HR Manager

Reports to: Managing Director

Location: Sydney based (WFH), with travel fortnightly to ACT (or as agreed), until HQ office is built in Bella Vista NSW (then office full-time)

Employment type: Full-time

Start date: November 2026

Salary: $110,000 - $135,000 base + super

About the role Elite Supplements Australia is looking for an HR Manager to take ownership of the day-to-day compliance, policy and operational HR functions across our national retail and franchise network. This role sits at the centre of a multi-jurisdictional business (Australia, New Zealand and Singapore), working closely with People & Culture leadership, retail operations, payroll and franchise partners to keep our HR practice legally sound and commercially practical.

You'll take on established, business-critical responsibilities from day one - including Fair Work and workers compensation liaison, WHS policy ownership, and workplace investigations - while also auditing and tightening existing HR policies, contract templates and benefits arrangements already in place across our operating jurisdictions.

Key responsibilities

Compliance, legislation & risk ● Maintain and monitor compliance with federal and state employment legislation across all processes and

procedures, flagging and remediating gaps - including NZ and Singapore-specific requirements, either built into existing processes or maintained as jurisdiction-specific documents.

● Act as the primary liaison for workers compensation and Fair Work matters (HQ and retail). ● Own WHS policy management and ongoing compliance monitoring. ● Investigate workplace complaints, harassment, bullying and customer conduct issues at store level. ● Own the disciplinary process end-to-end, including maintaining PIP and related documentation templates. ● Review multi-jurisdictional employment contract templates (AU/NZ/Singapore) to ensure they reflect current

legislation.

Policy, strategy & benefits ● Maintain and improve compliance of current HR policies and employment handbooks. ● Lead a full review of existing HR policies and employment handbooks, closing compliance gaps and

tightening language. ● Review and strengthen existing HR policies and organisational practices to improve the employee experience. ● Review and formalise existing employee benefits and compensation arrangements (e.g. salary sacrifice,

insurance broker arrangements) into the employment manual. ● Audit and refresh all policies for currency and upload to Employment Hero. ● Lead initiatives to maintain and build company culture.

Recruitment & onboarding ● Manage onboarding and offboarding for HQ roles, including contract drafting (bespoke where required) and

coordinating platform/tech setup with the relevant teams.

 

 

● Support onboarding/offboarding for retail roles alongside the existing team member managing this function, including reference and police checks and correct Employment Hero setup.

● Support in-house recruitment: draft and publish Seek ads, manage Seek billing and account maintenance, shortlist applicants, and build a pipeline of applicants for urgent hires.

● Own probation management across the business, including auditing Employment Hero records and notifying line managers ahead of key milestones.

● Ensure accurate employee data is recorded at onboarding, following up with payroll on any records rejected by Single Touch Payroll (STP).

Franchise & stakeholder support ● Provide HR support to the franchise network, with Territory Managers as first point of contact on behalf of

Franchise Associates. ● Partner with finance/payroll on pay and conditions, and advise on legislative changes affecting pay. ● Provide guidance to payroll on salary updates arising from award changes.

Reporting & operations ● Analyse HR statistics and metrics - performance, turnover, retention, cost per hire - and provide KPI insight at

all levels of the business. ● Run monthly audits of Employment Hero platform access to ensure only current staff retain access.

Selection criteria

Essential ● Solid working knowledge of Australian employment law (Fair Work Act, relevant Awards) with demonstrated

ability to translate legislation into practical process. ● Experience managing workplace investigations, misconduct and disciplinary processes end-to-end. ● Experience with WHS policy management and workers compensation processes. ● Experience reviewing or drafting employment contracts and HR policy documentation. ● Strong stakeholder management skills, comfortable working across HQ, retail operations and franchise

partners. ● High attention to detail and comfortable owning compliance-critical documentation.

Desirable ● Experience with Employment Hero (or a similar HRIS/payroll platform). ● Exposure to multi-jurisdictional HR, particularly New Zealand and/or Singapore employment law. ● Experience in retail, franchise or multi-site network environments. ● Experience with recruitment platforms (e.g. Seek) and learning management systems (e.g. Moodle). ● Experience developing employee benefits, compensation or culture programs.