People and Culture Consultant (12 Month FTC)

At Acenda Group, everything we do is driven by a clear purpose: to help our customers and their families live, save and retire with confidence.

We bring together some of Australia and New Zealand's most trusted life insurance brands. With over 176 years of combined heritage and deep expertise across our local markets, our Group includes Acenda Life, Resolution Life Australasia, and Asteron Life New Zealand.

Backed by the global strength of Nippon Life, we are one of the largest life insurance businesses across Australia and New Zealand. More than two million customers rely on us for life insurance, wealth protection and retirement solutions that support their confidence at every stage of life.

We're building an inclusive, dynamic and future focused business. Joining us means stepping into a period of integration and growth, where your work will help shape our future.

If you're energised by change and motivated by purpose, this is your moment to make an impact.

The role

Reporting to the General Manager - Group Talent, Leadership, Transformation and People, you will play a key role in supporting and delivering priority people programs across employee listening, engagement, culture, DEI and leadership community initiatives.

You will work closely with business leaders and the People and Culture team to ensure momentum is maintained across critical programs while we navigate and progress through a period of integration and transformation.

Your role includes but is not limited to:

• Coordinate employee listening activities, including engagement surveys, feedback analysis and action planning follow-through.

• Manage the cadence and administration of the DEI Council, including agendas, communications, action tracking and progress reporting.

• Support leadership community initiatives through event and forum coordination, communications, materials development and follow-up activities.

• Design and coordinate culture, engagement, EVP, recognition and integration-related initiatives.

• Provide subject matter expertise and delivery support across key HR and people programs.

• Maintain reporting, governance updates and project trackers, providing insights and updates for senior leadership forums.

• Deliver flexible HR consulting support across a range of people priorities as business needs evolve.

About You

An experienced HR professional with a minimum of 8 to 10 years of experience, you possess a broad background and expertise across employee experience, engagement, culture, inclusion and capability initiatives. You may come from a consulting background or have had experienced in a broad-based business partnering role.

You can combine your strong project coordination and program management skills with the ability to execute in a fast-paced environment to deliver real impact and outcomes in our people programmes.

Lastly, you are an excellent communicator (both written and verbal) as you are confident preparing presentations, briefing papers and stakeholder communications.

Join us in building confidence- for our customers, our communities and each other.

• Your work makes a real impact. Everything we do helps our customers and their families live, save and retire with confidence, and your contribution will directly support that purpose.

• You'll help drive meaningful change. As an inclusive, dynamic and adaptable organisation, we offer a unique opportunity for you to grow while shaping the future of our organisation.

• You'll feel supported and included. Our team culture is flexible, collaborative and peoplecentred, with hybrid working to help you balance life and work.

• By making things simpler. We help our people operate efficiently, adapt easily and spend more time on meaningful work that drives personal and organisational growth.

• We celebrate success. Our incentive and recognition programs ensure great work is acknowledged and rewarded.

• Your wellbeing comes first. We offer tools, resources and benefits that support your whole self, including additional lifestyle leave.

We celebrate the diversity of our customers and community, and we embed diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into how we do business. We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and identities.

Should an applicant be the preferred candidate, background checks (including Federal Police Checks, Employment checks, ASIC banned and disqualified persons and Bankruptcy checks) will be completed prior to the candidate's employment being confirmed. The outcomes of the background checks do not automatically bar candidates, however they will be assessed against the inherent requirements of the position.