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Monks is hiring for a Human Resources Generalist (12 month fixed term contract but possibility of extension)
In this role you’ll handle a wide range of HR activities, including onboarding/offboarding, employee relations, payroll, and compliance. They provide day-to-day support to employees and managers, ensuring smooth HR operations and processes. You'll be working across multiple HR functions and hands-on role in implementing HR strategies. You will collaborate with our HRBPs in employee engagement, performance management, strategic HR initiatives and day-to-day operations aspects for our APAC offices - specifically AUNZ.
Responsibilities:
- Employee Life Cycle: Supporting on onboarding, offboarding and everything in between to ensure a smooth and engaging experience with Monks.
- Talent Management: Support the HRBP on talent management, performance management including growth conversations and training and development.
- DEI and Culture: Supporting engagement, onboarding and exit survey reporting and planning, and planning and executing DEI events in our offices.
- Employee Relations: Supporting HRBP in handling employee issues, concerns, and conflict resolution.
- Compliance & Legal Requirements: Stay up-to-date with local labour laws, regulations, and industry best practices to ensure compliance across all HR practices.
- Training & Development: Coordinate and training programs and workshops. Assist in organising, scheduling, drafting communications, surveying attendees.
- Policy & Documentation: Assist in drafting, revising, and distributing HR policies, procedures, and other related documents.
- Mobility: Assist in the international mobility and visa process.
- Payroll & Benefits: Collaborate with the finance team to process payroll and resolve any payroll-related inquiries from employees.
- HR Projects: Participate in various global, regional and local HR initiatives.
About You
The essentials:
- Minimum of 4 years of working experience in human resources with a strong understanding on HR policies and practices, ideally with previous APAC exposure in HR
- Advanced English level required
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
- Proven problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Strong knowledge of HR best practices, and ability to troubleshoot and connect our employees with appropriate HR resources in a global environment.
- Proficient in HRIS systems, preferably Workday
- Experience using Google Suite, and MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and Google Suite.
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
- Experience in FreshService and Monday.com preferred.
- Completion of a college program in HR, business administration, or other qualifying certifications (e.g., PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP) is nice to have.
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About Monks
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
