Graduate HR Coordinator

Are you an early career HR professional looking for an exciting and challenging career in the market and social research industry with a regional market leader and internationally recognised firm?

Do you have a degree qualification in HR from a recognised university?

Do you have up to 2 years of commercial work experience?

Are you a motivated team player?

If this sounds like you, then you might be the person we are looking for!

The Company
Tebbutt Research is an ISO-20252-certified business that specialises in market and social research. We have been established for more than 35 years, and our clients include prominent multinational corporations, respected donor organizations, and governments. We are the industry leader in the Pacific Islands, where we work across 22 countries. We have won numerous awards over the years and have a great, close-knit team and a supportive work culture.
Research fields include social research, household studies, customer satisfaction, ad and communications testing, brand development, media ratings, segmentation studies, product testing, and monitoring and evaluation surveys.  The techniques used include qualitative research, quantitative research, data analysis, observation, and audit methods.  
We have a large casual and project contract workforce of more than 200 people spread across 22 countries in the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste.

The Role
We now have an opportunity for a professional to join our small executive team in Suva as a Graduate HR Coordinator with responsibility for the HR functions for the whole regional casual and contract workforce (not the permanent staff). This is a new role. This role covers a range of duties, including: 

• recruiting of casual workforce, conducting skills assessments, onboarding, and maintenance of HR records
• basic workplace training on soft skills and core hard skills as part of inductions and refresher trainings
• assistance with HR policy reviews and implementing policy trainings, such as Workplace Health and Safety, bribery and corruption, child protection, and so on
• providing information about timecards, wages, and pay cycles
• conducting project performance reviews with interviewers and supervisors, and assisting underperformers to receive additional training and support where needed
• keeping training registers up to date
• travel domestically and regionally to conduct trainings as needed, and providing support to field managers for project set up
• following our compliance requirements for ISO using our existing procedures, and establishing new procedures and refining existing procedures to generate improvements
• any other general HR tasks that might be required

You will report to the Regional Operations Manager.

The Person
You must have a university degree in HR, with a good academic record.
You will ideally have up to 2 years of commercial work experience in any field, but newer graduates are also welcome to apply. As this is a new role, it will suit a person interested in the whole HR function who can review and improve current processes and implement new systems.
We are looking for someone with the following qualities:

• a genuine interest in the care and wellbeing of a diverse casual workforce
• the confidence to train teams
• self-motivation and willingness to take initiative
• good communication skills with people from different cultures and all walks of life
• the highest level of personal integrity and honesty
• a team player who enjoys working collaboratively with others
• a high standard of written and spoken English
• attention to detail
• willingness to travel in Fiji and to other countries in the region

Details
Salary and benefits will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

If this sounds like you, we would like to hear from you!

Please submit a copy of your CV and cover letter here: Tebbutt Research Graduate HR Coordinator

All applications will be treated in strict confidence.