ABOUT ZENOBE

Our mission is to make clean power accessible. We are passionate about making a positive impact on communities and the environment where we work. 

We’re designing, financing, building and operating the world’s most sophisticated battery systems to enable the take up of more renewable power, electrifying fleets for cleaner air, and providing clean, portable power including repurposed electric vehicle batteries. Our proprietary software and data analysis optimises operational performance for our customers to reduce emissions and costs. 

Since we began in 2017, we’ve raised over £2.7 billion in debt and equity funding and transformed it into >1.2GW of grid-connected batteries live or under contract and c.3,400 electric vehicles supported. We have operations in Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Europe, the US and Canada, with a global headquarters in London. 

We’re the number one owner and operator of e-buses in Australia and New Zealand with operations in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. We are quickly expanding into light commercial vehicles and trucks. Our rapidly growing company is looking for highly talented and motivated people to join us. 

THE OPPORTUNITY

We’re looking for a HR & Office Manager to join our Australia & New Zealand business. This will suit an individual who makes work feel less like “just work” and more like somewhere you actually want to be. You will blend office vibe, culture and employee events to keep teams engaged, appreciated, and genuinely excited to show up.

This is a hybrid working role which will require you to be based in our Sydney office 3 to 4 days a week.

A TASTE OF THE DAY TO DAY

HR

• Manage the onboarding of new hires to ensure they embed seamlessly into the business

• Work collaboratively with the HR and Talent teams in Head office to implement policies and procedures from a global to local scale

• With the support from the Head Office HR Team, partner with Key Stakeholders to provide accurate and professional advice regarding all Human Resources matters when required

• Work closely with the business to understand and address any issues and support in building team capabilities

• Lead Performance Management initiatives and processes

• Participate in global HR projects to support the execution of the global HR strategy

• Partner with local Hiring Managers to support the Talent team on the end-to-end recruitment process, inclusive of understanding vacancies and the importance to the business, creating job descriptions collaboratively with stakeholders and assisting the Talent team with the end to end recruitment

• Work alongside the Finance team to execute the Australia & New Zealand payroll

• Book training for the local team as required

• Manage compliance training platform for local team and provide reporting to UK

• Acting as a true People partner for our ANZ employees and office, ensuring a focus on culture development, engagement and value.

Office Management

• Organise annual team events for the AU and NZ teams including annual offsite, end of year party and family day

• Manage ordering for the local team and office, including PPE and office supplies

• Manage work health and safety for the office

• Arrange office maintenance

• Act as local liaison to overseas IT support for any hardware issues eg. new starter laptop and mobile phone setup and leavers laptop erasing

Health and Safety

• Actively contribute to Zenobe's commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and sustainability by; integrating these principles into daily responsibilities, ensuring a safe and supportive work environment, promoting both the physical and mental health of self and colleagues, and adopting sustainable and energy-efficient practices to minimize environmental impact. By doing so, each employee at Zenobe plays a vital role in fostering a culture that prioritises overall safety, holistic wellbeing, environmental sustainability in our business operations.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience. Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero carbon world.

• 5+ Years of relevant working experience within HR locally

• Ideally you will have experience of working in a start-up/scale-up business that demands pace

• Comfortable taking ownership and accountability of leading a HR function locally reporting into global head office

• Experience in implementation of HR Policies and procedures and driving these within a business

• Up to date with local labour legislations and regulations

• Desire to receive coaching and development from the Global People & Talent Director to enhance experience (not limited to) within culture building, Employee relations, Strategic planning

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously

• Experience in directly supporting people managers

• Ability and passion to drive culture and energy within a people centric environment

WORKING AT ZENOBE

We’re passionate about sustainability and are proud to offer Team Zenobē a pioneering and collaborative working environment. We encourage our people to take ownership of their career progression and celebrate those that can think outside the box.

If you’d like to join our community of likeminded people hit the apply button now, we’d love to hear from you!

WHAT WE OFFER

Charge your career at Zenobē and receive

• Up to 33% annual bonus for being awesome

• 5 days 'Flex Leave' to take in the year

• Health allowance to contribute towards health insurance costs

• $2,600 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do

• EV Novated Leases

• Enhanced superannuation contributions

• Company paid parental leave

• Time off for volunteering

Lots of our people work flexibly in many different ways. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but please talk to us about the flexibility you need and let’s see how we can make it work.

OUR APPROACH TO DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Our people are our strongest asset and the key determinant of our success, and we value a range of skillsets and perspectives. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We work to provide equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment, where everyone is fairly treated in the application process and through their career at Zenobē. If there are any adjustments that would help improve your experience with Zenobē, please let us know when you apply.