Aje was created in 2008 to translate the effortless Australian lifestyle into fashion.

Designed for an elegance grounded in ease, our garments empower our customers to feel relaxed, assured and beautiful. 

Our company strives to invite freedom of self-expression in each architectural store environment, bringing our customers a confidence and beauty that elevates their every day to an occasion. 

Join icon fashion house Aje as the People & Culture Senior Coordinator at our Aje Head Office in Redfern.

About this opportunity:

As the People and Culture Senior Coordinator, you will be a true generalist across a range of retail-specific People & Culture functions. You will lead onboarding, offboarding, recruitment, employee relations, social initiatives, WHS, and training. 

As the first point of contact, you will have exceptional communication skills and a natural ability to build relationships with our diverse teams that will ensure they feel supported and guided throughout their journeys with The Aje Collective.

• Be a key point of contact for employee queries, providing first-level HR support and escalating issues when necessary.
• Assist in the end-to-end employee lifecycle, including onboarding, offboarding, and employee records management.
• Create and send employment contracts and other documentation for employee variations
• Manage all employee changes by keeping HRIS and employee files up to date
• Support and manage retail employee relations by providing guidance on policies, resolving workplace issues, ensuring compliance and assisting with performance management conversations
• Manage end-to-end retail recruitment by creating and posting job ads, coordinating with hiring managers, updating job descriptions, optimizing recruitment materials, maintaining records, and leading key hiring initiatives.
• Keep up to date with all changes to the General Retail Award 
• Champion Diversity & Inclusion initiatives
• Oversee the delivery of all culture-building activities and initiatives, across retail locations
• Managing WorkCover claims includes lodging claims, coordinating with employees, insurers, and medical providers, ensuring compliance, and assisting employees and managers throughout the process.
• Implement formalised templating for all development opportunities, inclusive of performance improvement, performance management, and up-skilling/succession planning.
• Prepare regular reports on employee engagement, turnover, and recruitment trends.
• Support the Head of People & Culture and People & Culture Business Partner on key people & culture projects

You will bring:

• 2+ years of demonstrated experience working in Human Resources or a related field
• Experience working in-house for a retail brand will be highly desirable
• Familiarity with laws, regulations, and best practices applicable to hiring and recruitment is desirable
• Demonstrated ability to use and navigate various online advertising platforms and HRIS
• Experience managing conflicting priorities and expectations set by the hiring managers
• High attention to detail that allows you to pick up on nuances within people and processes
• The ability to be autonomous and self-directed in carrying out tasks that contribute to overarching department goals

What do we offer? 

• Generous salary packaging
• It is hard not to embrace the Aje style with generous employee discounts, staff wardrobes, pre-order programs, clothing allowances and regular sample sales
• Your growth is our growth, training and development programs are recommended and encouraged! 
• Career progression
• Celebrate milestones such as, Birthdays with Aje leave benefits
• Access to our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program designed to support your wellbeing
• No key achievement and success goes unnoticed 
• Referral incentives