Employee Engagement & People Operations Lead

This is a remote position.

About the Role

Are you passionate about people and culture? Do you enjoy creating meaningful employee experiences and driving HR initiatives that make a real impact? We are looking for an experienced Employee Engagement & People Operations Lead to help shape and strengthen our people practices across a growing Australian-focused business.

This part-time role is perfect for someone who thrives on building HR foundations, driving engagement initiatives, and ensuring employees feel supported, motivated, and set up for success. You’ll play a key operational role in onboarding, performance management, and culture-building, while helping the business grow its high-performing and collaborative workplace.

What You’ll Do: Employee Engagement & Onboarding Own and manage the end-to-end employee onboarding process, ensuring new hires integrate smoothly and understand company expectations, values, and goals. Continuously improve onboarding programs to ensure they are structured, effective, and scalable as the company grows.

Design and implement initiatives that promote a positive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace culture. Conduct regular employee check-ins, engagement surveys, and feedback sessions to identify improvement opportunities. Organize team-building activities, recognition initiatives, and engagement programs that strengthen employee morale and retention.

Performance Management Own and execute the company’s performance management framework, including goal setting, review cycles, and employee feedback processes. Support managers in defining clear objectives and success metrics for their teams. Facilitate performance improvement discussions and development planning where required.

Help embed structured goal-setting practices (e.g., OKRs or similar frameworks) across teams. Track and analyze performance trends to identify development opportunities and areas of improvement. HR Operations & People Processes Own and execute core people-related operational processes including onboarding workflows, performance tracking, employee feedback loops, and HR documentation.

Act as a trusted point of contact for employees and managers on people-related matters. Ensure HR fundamentals are consistently applied across the business, including clear documentation, structured processes, and transparent communication. Work with leadership to identify opportunities to improve people processes and strengthen operational HR practices.

Culture & Continuous Improvement Support leadership in strengthening company culture through communication, engagement initiatives, and leadership alignment. Identify and implement improvements to HR processes to ensure they remain efficient, scalable, and aligned with business growth. Help ensure people-related processes are consistently executed and continuously improved across the organization.

Requirements

​ What We’re Looking For: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field. 4+ years of HR experience, ideally with exposure to employee engagement, onboarding, and performance management. Strong ability to own and execute HR processes, not only provide advisory support. Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.

Experience implementing engagement, performance, or feedback tools is an advantage. Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple people-related initiatives simultaneously. Ability to work independently, maintain confidentiality, and operate in a fast-paced environment. ​