People Partner – New Zealand - Country HR Lead

Company:

Marsh

Description:

People Partner – New Zealand- Country HR Lead

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Pacific People Function team at Marsh. This role will be based in Auckland, New Zealand. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office.

Reporting to the Regional HR Director, this role partners with senior leaders across New Zealand and Fiji to shape and deliver people priorities that support the business strategy. You will provide strategic and operational HR leadership across the employee lifecycle, with a focus on sound governance, compliance, and a positive employee experience. The role also supports complex people matters, talent development, reward activities, and organisational change.

We will count on you to:

• Partner with New Zealand leadership teams to shape and deliver the People Plan, aligned with Pacific People Function priorities and annual operating plans
• Use workforce analytics and business insights to inform people priorities, measure outcomes, and support decision-making to drive employee engagement
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning, and critical role identification, and support high-impact decisions for senior roles
• Work with Finance and business leaders on job requisitions, off-cycle payments, compensation activity, and year-end processes for New Zealand and Fiji
• Act as a key contact for complex people matters, including complaints, investigations, performance, conduct, restructures, and other organisational change initiativesTake the lead on Country specific HR matters such as NZ Benefits or legislation changes
• Coach leaders on risk-aware decision-making, documentation standards, and alignment with local legislation, regional policies, and internal governance

What you need to have:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Experience advising executive and senior leaders on people strategy and operational matters
• Experience supporting people managers with team leadership, complaints, and performance matters
• Deep knowledge of New Zealand employment legislation

What makes you stand out:

• Experience delivering organisational design, workforce planning, succession, or change programmes in a multi-country or matrixed environment
• Experience partnering with reward and benefits teams on compensation strategy, market benchmarking, or benefits activity
• A commercial mindset with well-developed stakeholder influence skills and the ability to work credibly with senior business leaders

Why join our team:

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being

Marsh (NYSE: MRSH) is a global leader in risk, reinsurance and capital, people and investments, and management consulting, advising clients in 130 countries. With annual revenue of over $27 billion and more than 95,000 colleagues, Marsh helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit marsh.com, or follow us on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.