About Hall Chadwick QLD

Hall Chadwick QLD is a Brisbane-based chartered accountancy firm established around 40 years ago. It provides audit, business advisory and tax, and corporate advisory services to a broad client base, from professional practices, medical professionals and rural enterprises through to construction companies, property developers and not-for-profit organisations.

The firm is an independent member of the Hall Chadwick Association and of PrimeGlobal, a worldwide association of independent accounting firms, giving clients local expertise backed by national and international reach. The head office is in Brisbane's CBD, with regional offices on the Sunshine Coast and in Redlands.

About the Role

This is a hands-on HR Manager role that blends day-to-day delivery with genuine strategic input. You will own the practical HR function, be the person our people and directors go to for anything HR, and lead a small support team, while also shaping HR strategy, performance and development, and workforce planning alongside leadership. Reporting to the Operations Manager, you will have real ownership of a broad remit.

It suits someone who leads from within the work rather than from a distance. If you are a HR Business Partner ready to step up, or an established HR Manager who values being close to the detail while still contributing at a strategic level, this is a role you can make your own.

What You Will Do:    

• Own the day-to-day HR function as the visible, trusted point of contact across the firm  
• Lead and develop a small HR support team  
• Manage employee relations and grievances, including sensitive staff and manager matters  
• Oversee recruitment, contracts, HR documentation and the annual review and  
• remuneration process  
• Lead performance, development and learning, including coaching and career pathways  
• Maintain and build on the firm's established HR committees, policies and programs  
• Manage HR compliance and WHS  
• Contribute HR strategy, workforce planning and people insight to leadership

About You:  

• An experienced, hands-on HR generalist, comfortable owning the full day-to-day workload as well as contributing strategically  
• A strong track record across employee relations, grievances, contracts, policy and remuneration  
• A degree-level qualification in HR, business or a related discipline  
• Sound knowledge of employment law and HR best practice  
• Comfortable working with HR systems and data  
• Organised and dependable, with a natural ability to bring order and keep things running well  
• Warm, approachable and collaborative, and comfortable being the visible face of HR  
• Genuine capability and fit matter more to us than years served

Nice to Have:  

• Experience in a professional services or similar environment  
• People strategy, culture or engagement experience, and a real interest in proactive people  
• initiatives  
• Confidence using people and culture data to give useful insight to leadership  
• Experience coaching or developing junior HR support staff