Kubota Australia and New Zealand

Manufactures farm equipment, engines, pipes

People and Culture Business Partner

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeTruganina, AustraliaA$115k - A$120k

About the Job

Requirements

A tertiary qualification in Human Resources or a similar field.
Previous experience in a senior HR Advisor or Business Partner-level position within a large and complex organisation, ideally in legacy and developing practice environments with a significant focus on change management.
Strong understanding of relevant employment law in Australia and New Zealand, with experience interpreting and communicating people-related policy and procedure.
Experience coaching and training others, including facilitating and delivering training.
Intermediate computing skills and exposure to configuring and using HR-related systems, particularly HRIS and LMS systems.
Ability to produce analysis, metrics, and accurate reports from intermediate to complex data sets and present information in a format suitable for the audience.
General administration and support experience, including document management and record keeping.
Internal recruitment and selection experience, with a focus on candidate care and administration.
Well-developed general business acumen.
Business partnering and customer-centric focus.
Well-developed interpersonal, influencing, and communication skills.
Exceptional attention to detail.
Compliance focus and experience ensuring confidentiality of dealings and documentation.
Ability to manage competing priorities and volume, working with direction and instruction as well as autonomously.
Must be an Australian citizen or resident, or have approved permanent and unrestricted right to work in Australia.

Responsibilities

Partner with the business to provide operational support across people and culture disciplines, including interpreting and communicating relevant law, company policy, and procedures; developing and delivering prepared training; coordinating feedback loops and inputs; and providing generalist good-practice advice and support.
Facilitate and support annual framework and cycle events related to performance, remuneration, engagement, and compliance.
Configure, maintain, and update people and culture-owned or used systems, and communicate about and train users on those systems.
Administer Learning Management System modules, including provisioning, reporting, and recording learning, training, qualifications, and licences; training may also be developed and delivered.
Undertake and coordinate benefits administration, including motor vehicle and fleet management, travel, and benefits programs.
Lead development and maintenance of Corporate Social Responsibility and DEI, including supporting agreed events, initiatives, activities, and statutory reporting at company-wide and departmental levels.
Provide general administration to support people and culture and HR operations for the Australian and New Zealand businesses.
Prepare scheduled or ad hoc analysis, metrics, and reports for management.
Coordinate onboarding and offboarding activity and conduct people and culture inductions.
Undertake candidate care and end-to-end recruitment duties as required.
Participate in and support team and organisational projects to optimise people and culture procedures, operations, systems, and outcomes for team members and the company.

People and Culture Business Partner

Kubota Australia and New Zealand · Truganina, Australia (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-11

Salary: AUD 115,000–120,000

Workplace: hybrid

Department: People & Culture

Description

Support the people and culture of Kubota Australia and New Zealand and help us create an outstanding employee experience.

At Kubota we wholesale and provide aftersales support and financing for exceptional quality agricultural, construction and power equipment and machinery.

In this diverse, generalist opportunity you will:

● Partner with the business to provide operational support in relation to people and culture discipline areas. Activity includes but is not limited to; interpretation and communication of relevant law, company policy and procedure, development and delivery of prepared training, coordination of feedback loops and inputs, generalist/ good practice advice and support

● Facilitate and provide support to annual framework/ cycle events such as related to performance, remuneration or engagement and compliance

● Configure, maintain, update and provide communication and training to users on people and culture owned/ used systems

● Undertake Learning Management System (LMS) module administration (provisioning, reporting on and recording learning/ training/ qualifications/ licences, etc). May develop and deliver training.

● Undertake and coordinate benefits administration, including but not limited to; motor vehicle/ fleet management, travel, benefits programs

● Take a lead role in developing and maintaining Corporate Social Responsibility and DEI, including through support of any agreed events/ initiatives/ activity/statutory reporting at a company wide and departmental level

● Undertake a broad range of general administration to support people and culture and HR operations for both Australian and New Zealand businesses

● Prepare a range of analysis, metrics and reports for management, to schedule or ad hoc

● Coordinate a range of on and off-boarding activity and undertake people and culture inductions

● May undertake candidate care and end to end recruitment duties (as required)

● Participate in, and provide support to, team and organisational projects to optimise people and culture procedures, operations, systems and outcomes for team members and the company

Requirements

To apply you must be an Australian citizen/ resident or have approved right to work permanently and unrestricted in Australia.

Your resume would likely include:

● Tertiary qualification in Human Resources/ similar

● Previous experience in a senior HR Advisor/ Business Partner level position within a large and complex organisation. Experience ideally gained within legacy and developing practice environments with a significant focus on change management

● Strong understanding of relevant employment law in Australia and New Zealand. Experience in interpretation and communication of people related policy and procedure

● Experience coaching and training others, including facilitation/delivery of training

● Intermediate computing skills. Exposure to configuration and use of a range of HR related systems with particular focus on HRIS and LMS systems

● Proven ability to produce analysis, metrics and accurate reporting from intermediate to complex data sets and present requested information in a format suitable to the audience

● General administration and support experience including document management and record keeping

● Internal recruitment and selection experience with a focus on candidate care and administration

● Well developed general business acumen

● Business partnering/ customer centric focus

● Well developed interpersonal, influencing and communication skills

● Exceptional attention to detail

● Compliance focussed with experience in ensuring confidentiality of dealings and documentation

● Proven ability to manage competing priorities and volume, working with direction and instruction and autonomously

Benefits

Work with great people in a globally recognised, stable brand with a focus on ongoing business growth and sustainability.

Benefits include:

Tech equipment
Salary sacrifice option for novated leasing motor vehicle/s and product discounts via Flare Benefits and in-house product purchase discount
Option to attain up to 15% superannuation
21 days Annual Leave
Opportunity to lead DEI initiatives and Corporate Social Responsibility activity

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About the Company

Kubota Australia and New Zealand

Manufactures farm equipment, engines, pipes

Kubota Australia and New Zealand is part of Kubota Corporation, making a wide range of machinery for farming, construction, and water infrastructure, plus engines, pipes, and environmental equipment. Its products work by providing heavy-duty equipment and systems that move, treat, or manage water, soil, and energy in farms, buildings, and communities. It differs from competitors by offering a vertically integrated lineup across agriculture, construction, engines, and water/environment infrastructure, with global reach and a long history. Its goal is to supply reliable machines and integrated infrastructure solutions that help customers boost productivity and sustainability worldwide.

Company size: 1,001-5,000
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Osaka, Japan
Founded: 1890

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