People and Culture Lead

As part of our continued expansion, we are seeking applicants for the position of People and Culture Lead to join our team in Australia. Internally this role is known as Senior HR Business Partner. We are seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking People and Culture Lead who not only excels in day-to-day HR management but also brings a strategic mindset to the table. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of developing and implementing long-term people strategies that align with our business objectives. This role requires someone who can anticipate future organizational needs, drive cultural transformation, and create an environment where both the people and the business can thrive. Experience in leading large-scale initiatives and influencing senior leadership is essential to succeed in this position At CVS Group plc, we provide integrated veterinary healthcare. Our success is derived from the passion our people have for animals and for making pets a priority, it's what is at the heart of our work, every day. We deliver the highest standard of healthcare and empower our colleagues to make the right clinical decisions for our patients. We support and develop our teams to be the best in their role, which includes access to industry-leading learning, education and development supported by a diverse team of learning professionals, subject matter experts and an engaging educational platform. The breadth of our business means we offer a vast range of career opportunities, and we are pleased to see many of our people taking advantage and developing their career throughout our company. Please note: this role is remote with travel. We are open to applicants from across Australia! The People and Culture Lead will be responsible in leading the end-to-end strategic HR Plan across Australia. Key Responsibilities Include

• Provide overall leadership and guidance overseeing engagement, talent, career development, succession planning, retention and leadership development.
• Implementation of established goals and objectives across the clinical and HR Team to continually optimise and deliver in line with these objectives.
• Executing the people strategy by working in partnership with the Managing Director and Regional Directors on the key people priorities to build and deliver solutions to establish the delivery of HR People Plans across each state.
• Coaching and developing the leadership team across operations to drive engagement and improvements, building high-performance teams, talent, succession planning and leadership development and drive strategic people plans.
• Lead on Strategic HR Projects and support the implementation of any new systems and processes and data analytics to support change and drive our people data and metrics through a HR standard of Service and delivery to support business operations.
• Create and contribute to long-term goals for all aspects of HR accountabilities including wellbeing, HR polices, compliance and governance and driving the mind-set and role model of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity.
• Develop Senior Stakeholders to implement talent management strategies including succession planning, performance management and career development across the business areas.
• Coach, support and challenge senior stakeholders and business leaders to drive engagement and strategies to drive engagement to include leadership and effective communication which are alignment to business and HR Priorities.

Key Skills Required

• Demonstratable experience of operating at Senior HR Business Partner level leading HR strategies and connecting this with the overall business strategy to people and operations plans.
• Significant experience in a strategic HR position with excellence in influencing stakeholders and shaping strategies, challenging perceptions and supporting this with a people agenda to add value and buy in.
• Strong Business Acumen, pragmatism & commercial mind set with experience analysing data and metrics.
• Significant experience of leading transformational change and developing and delivering against HR strategies that enable business performance
• Experience leading HR Programmes and initiatives including talent management and employee engagement
• Experience of working in cross- functional leadership teams including leading and managing HR Business Partnering teams to deliver against a broad HR Agenda

Why CVS? Whilst the work can be rewarding, we recognise that isn't always enough of an incentive. In addition to a generous base salary we are offering some fantastic benefits! If you would like to know more about this role, please click apply to drop over your CV, contact information and summarise why you believe you have the necessary experience. As part of our process, you will have conversations with your UK based counterparts in the HR Team and meet our Managing Director, Australia to get a true view of what life at CVS is really like!