People & Payroll Administrator

Job title: People & Payroll Administrator

Company: Port Otago


Job description:

• Full Time
• Application Closes 30 Apr 2025
• Otago – Dunedin City
• Human Resources Assistant, Except Payroll and Timekeeping

Port Otago Group’s business comprises a regional container terminal, bulk port activities, cruise and property investment and development. We service South Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, working with customers to streamline their supply chains. Our culture is hands-on, safety focused and encourages continuous improvement.We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic People & Payroll Administrator to join our People team on a permanent full-time basis in our newly built, vibrant, and collaborative Head Office in beautiful Port Chalmers.About the roleThis role is key in ensuring the smooth delivery of our people and payroll processes. You will quickly become an expert and trusted administrator providing generalist people administration, recruitment and onboarding support to our Managers and the People Team. You’ll also be a key support to our payroll processes too, learning the ropes so that you can support the day-to-day execution of payroll processes as needed, and provide back-up support when our Payroll Lead is on leave.About youTeam-fit is hugely important to us. You’ll be joining a supportive and collaborative team who thrive working in a fast-paced and often reactive environment. You’ll be the type of person who loves getting stuck in solving problems in a practical way, and who is a master of juggling multiple priorities. But above all else you’ll have a great sense of humor, a positive attitude, resilience in stacks and plenty of initiative.To be successful in this position you will:

• Have some HR administration experience and at least two years payroll processing experience
• Be a confident user of the MS office suite; with some experience with people systems
• Have a strong customer focus, and a great relationship builder
• Have high levels of accuracy and attention to detail, while remaining efficient
• Be a self-starter who brings a logical, proactive and structured approach to their work
• Be a pragmatic and solution orientated mindset
• Have plenty of initiative and be comfortable to challenge the way we do things

What’s in it for you?In return, you can look forward to working for a successful company which prides itself on continually striving to improve performance; this enables our people to make a contribution that makes a difference and for us to appropriately reward our people for their contributions.You will also be entitled to comprehensive health insurance cover for you, your partner, and any dependent children, as well as a 7% employer superannuation contribution.We also offer a raft of other benefits including but not limited to, free onsite parking, amazing Otago Harbour views from your desk, fruit boxes delivered weekly to our break areas, Nespresso machines onsite for your daily coffee fix, full uniform provided, and various wellness initiatives throughout the year.Heads up:

• A full clean NZ Drivers licence is essential
• You must be able to pass Ministry of Justice, ACC checks and a medical which includes a drug and alcohol test as part of our recruitment process
• We complete random drug and alcohol testing

How do I apply?Expressions of interest outlining your suitability for this position are required to be submitted online via our Port Otago Careers page.Please ensure that you include a cover letter and a copy of your up-to-date CV along with your application.Applications close: 5pm, Wednesday 30 April 2025. Don’t delay as we will be shortlisting as applications come through.

Expected salary:

Location: Dunedin

Job date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:13:22 GMT

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