People Specialist (HR Advisor)
Kia ora!
Step into a role where your expertise in employee relations and change truly shapes the experience of our people. As an HR Advisor, you will partner closely with leaders to navigate complexity, balance risk, and deliver thoughtful, people-centered outcomes that matter.
With a strong reputation for culture, service and innovation, Air New Zealand is consistently ranked as one of New Zealand’s most attractive employers. Behind the scenes, our People team shapes strategy, strengthens leadership capability, and supports a thriving, future fit organisation. In this 12-month fixed term opportunity, you will join a collaborative, high performing team supporting a varied and fast paced business portfolio, with a strong focus on employee relations and change.
Your key responsibilities
- Provide timely, pragmatic HR advice across employee relations matters including performance management, disciplinary processes, absence management, and organisational change, ensuring balanced and compliant outcomes
- Partner with leaders to plan and deliver change initiatives, supporting clear communication, meaningful consultation, and positive employee experiences
- Guide day to day people decisions, helping leaders navigate complexity while managing risk and aligning with our employment framework
- Support union related activities and contribute to constructive, solutions focused employment relationships
- Identify and implement improvements to HR processes and ways of working, lifting capability and consistency across the People function
What we’re looking for
- Three or more years’ experience in a generalist HR or advisory role, or equivalent experience
- Strong capability and confidence in employee relations, with hands on experience managing a range of ER cases
- Experience supporting organisational change, restructures or transformation initiatives, or a strong desire to deepen your expertise in this space
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted partnerships across diverse stakeholder groups
- Strong organisational skills, with the ability to balance competing priorities in a fast paced environment
- A proactive, collaborative approach and genuine passion for growing your HR advisory career
If you meet the majority of the criteria and are excited by the opportunity, we’d love to hear from you.
Your journey starts here
If you are ready to lean into complex ER and change work while broadening your generalist HR capability, this is your chance to make a meaningful impact in an iconic New Zealand organisation. Apply now and help shape the future of our people experience.
Applications close 25 February 2026.
Please note while we will provide an outcome to all applicants, due to the high volume of applications we will only organise conversations with shortlisted candidates.
Additional Information
At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.
If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.
Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.
"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."