Junior Associate People Operations

Company Description

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. United by our core values and our purpose of helping people thrive in the brave pursuit of next, our 20,000+ people in 53 offices around the world combine experience across technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession to accelerate our clients’ businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value. 

Job Description

Junior Associate People Operations (Junior Associate, Global People Centre) works closely with the People Operations Lead to support our people throughout their employment life cycle and foster an environment that creates pride and connection to culture and community.

This role focusses on supporting our people throughout their employment life cycle to ensure that HR items are managed in a seamless manner to support the business and People Operations. Junior Associate  People Operations ensures the workplace is a destination for our people to collaborate effectively to create impact for our clients, to manage their growth and administrative obligations and to participate in community and cultural activity.

Key Areas of Responsibilities

Onboarding

• Coordinate the employee onboarding process, ensuring people experience, compliance and payroll aspects.

Leave Management

• Manage and own leave management and liability processes ensuring leave is captured for the payroll process.

Operations Management

• Prepare official letters to employees and externally (i.e. government authorities) documenting leave of absence, terminations, and other people processes.

Information Management and Systems & Reports

• Maintain and update reports such as employee work anniversaries, birthdays, Visa tracker, leave report, probation tracker & organisation chart.

Exits

• Coordinate the exit process and inform relevant team on access termination.

Qualifications

• Australian or NZ Citizen or Australian PR
• At least 1 year of experience in HR, HR Operations, or similar work experience, ideally in a fast paced corporate or creative environment.
• Position requires demonstrated poise, diplomacy and confidentiality.
• Ability to evaluate priority and multi-task accordingly, write business correspondence.
• Create reports, effectively present information and respond to questions from individuals, internal and external, at all levels.
• Degree in HR is preferable. Certifications will be an added advantage.
• Proficient with Outlook, Word and Excel essential. Oracle, SAP, and ADP are helpful.
• Sharp attention to detail.
• Ability to maintain and influence a positive office culture.
• Must have a friendly personality and positive attitude.

Additional Information

Our Core Values Behaviours

Everyone in the company should be aware of and understand our Core Behaviors. Core Behaviors are actionable and observable, they offer guidance, set clear expectations, and predict performance.

Inclusive Collaboration

Create space for multiple voices and integrate diverse perspectives to realize shared goals.

Engaging with Openness

Seek and share ideas and dialogue openly to deepen understanding and connection with others.

Learning Mindset

Find the courage to question what we know, take risks and learn continuously to unlock potential in ourselves and others.

Partnering for Client Impact

Care about our clients’ problems and partner for extraordinary impact and long-term, sustained success.

Embracing the Future

Generate possibilities and use the power of creativity to innovate in ways that matter to people.

Benefits of Working at Publicis Sapient

•    Career growth and training opportunities
•    A collaborative, agile and diverse regional team
•    “Plugged” into a global organisation with a start-up mindset

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, colour, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion.