Human Resources Manager - Part time

Holiday Inn Dandenong is seeking an experienced Human Resources Manager to join our hotel leadership team in a part-time capacity (15 hours per week). This role offers flexibility, making it ideal for an experienced HR professional seeking meaningful work close to home with genuine work-life balance.

This is a standalone HR role requiring a confident and autonomous operator who can guide hotel leaders, manage people-related risk from an ownership perspective, and continue to foster a positive, high-performing workplace culture.

Your day to day

Reporting to the Hotel Manager, you will act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team, ensuring best-practice people management while balancing commercial outcomes and compliance obligations.

You will be responsible for:

• Providing strategic and operational HR advice to department leaders
• Championing employee engagement and a positive workplace culture
• Compliance within the Hospitality Industry Award, NES and WHS laws
• Recruitment, workforce planning and succession planning initiatives
• Coaching and guiding managers through performance management processes
• Lead WH&S and compliance requirements
• Managing employee relations matters, investigations and disciplinary processes
• Administration such as maintaining hotel policies, payroll documentation, tracking training completion and general employee documentation

What we need from you:

• Previous HR leadership experience - prior hospitality experience is highly desired
• Confidence to work autonomously as the sole HR resource onsite
• Demonstrate strong, up-to-date knowledge of Australian employment legislation, the Hospitality Industry (General) Award), and Fair Work requirements
• Be commercially minded with the ability to balance people and business outcomes
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication and influencing skills
• A proven track record of leading the performance management processes end-to-end, including investigations, show cause processes, warnings and terminations
• Demonstrate the ability to coach, influence and challenge leaders constructively
• Full Australian working rights

What you can expect from us:

We give our people everything they need to succeed. From a competitive salary that rewards all your hard work to a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life – including a onsite parking, paid birthday leave and our impressive global hotel room discounts.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

IHG gives every member of the team the room they need to belong, grow and make a difference in a collaborative environment. We know that to work well, we need to feel well – both inside and outside of work – and through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace.

So, join us and you’ll become part of our ever-growing global family.