At Mercury you're not just an employee, you're part of something bigger, and something great. Our team makes a real difference to New Zealand by doing new and exciting things with energy.Mercury is a bold future-focused organisation, leading the way with renewable energy and working toward a sustainable future. At the heart is our purpose; Taking care of tomorrow, connecting people and place today. This pushes us to do all we can to create a better future for our people, communities, and Aotearoa.We are seeking an experienced Organisational Development Manager for a eleven-month parental leave contract to lead our People Experience Development team. You'll be leading an experienced and passionate organisational development team (4 FTE) committed to improving the people experience at Mercury through leadership, DEIB, talent management, growing capability and more. You'll have the opportunity to work across Mercury to understand a variety of needs and set direction for the strategic initiatives that will make Mercury an even better place to work!You will be the type of person who can bring together key stakeholders to directly contribute to work through adaptive teams and ways of working, ensuring that effective communications and change strategies allow for implementation of employee-focused solutions. Our team currently has a focus on building our future leadership capabilities and evolving our DEIB approach, among other people experience priorities.Mercury offers a flexible working environment, taking into consideration what is best for you, the team and Mercury. You will have the flexibility to work from home while also combining office days each week to come together to collaborate with your team and stakeholders. There is some travel required to key sites and other offices within the North Island.Key Responsibilities Include:Oversees, designs and delivers a range of strategic initiatives that improve capability and performance in line with the people strategy and business plan.Takes an adaptive approach to evaluate, iterate, and improve people solutions to ensure alignment to strategy, culture and ongoing value realisation.Maintain understanding of external best practice and trends and translate to enhance employee experience.Ensure effective communication and change management supports the implementation and utilisation of solutions.Intimately understands the problem to solve and co-creates with the business to deliver solutions.Effectively drives adaptive ways of working to deliver prioritised work at pace and within budget.We are looking for:A bachelor's degree in HR or another relevant field.Strong experience in (internal) communications / organisational development (OD) / people and culture / Diversity, Equity & Inclusion roles or equivalent, preferably within large commercial environment.Experience leading teams, either directly through leading people, or through leadership of work/projects/initiatives.Ability to work with multiple stakeholders, understand varying needs, and take a broad enterprise view.Proven ability in designing, developing and implementing OD initiatives that drive culture change, enhanced employee experience, capability, and business performance.In this Fixed Term Contract position, you'll be offered:A diverse workplace where your unique abilities and talents will be recognised and encouraged.The opportunities, career paths and facilities associated with working for one of New Zealand's largest multi-utility providers.Supportive bereavement leave to be taken when you lose anyone close to you, including your pet.Mercury is a learning organisation that is committed to providing you with opportunities to grow and develop that will benefit you now and in the future. Part of your role includes building your skillset and mindset through a variety of experiences. We believe this creates an energised, innovative and adaptive work environment where you will feel valued.At Mercury, we believe that having a team of individuals with different backgrounds, experience and capability working together makes us stronger and better as an organisation. We know that some candidates may only apply for a role if they meet all of the criteria. If you want to join our team, we encourage you to apply for any role that matches your skills, capabilities and interests, even if you aren't sure if you meet all of the criteria.Please click 'apply' to submit your application. If you require accessibility or assistance support from us during the application and selection process, please reach out to ****** full position description is available on our Career Page. Applications close 6th November at 5:00pm.
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