People Partner

About Squared Group

Squared Group is the parent company and strategic hub behind Law Squared, Cubed, and Tetra Claims - housing the strategy, operations, finance, technology, marketing and partnerships functions that support all three brands as they scale.

About The Role

As a People Partner, you will sit within the Group's People & Capability function, partnering with designated business teams to deliver an exceptional employee experience across the full employment lifecycle. You will act as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees, supporting recruitment, onboarding, development, performance, engagement, wellbeing and employee exits. Alongside your partnering portfolio, you will own some Group-wide people frameworks and programs, ensuring our people practices are scalable, consistent and aligned to our values and strategy. This role is suited to a mid to senior People & Culture professional who enjoys balancing strategic improvement with hands-on delivery.

Role Responsibilities

Business Partnering

Partner with designated business units to provide proactive, end-to-end people support across the employee lifecycle.

• Building trusted relationships with leaders and employees
• Supporting workforce planning and organisational growth
• Advising and supporting on recruitment and onboarding activities
• Coaching leaders on people management and ER matters
• Supporting employee development and career conversations
• Providing guidance on performance, conduct and workplace matters
• Supporting engagement, retention and employee wellbeing initiatives
• Managing employee exits and capturing insights for continuous improvement
• Using people data and insights to identify trends and recommend actions

Talent Acquisition

• Partner with leaders to develop workforce and hiring plans aligned to business growth
• Lead recruitment for senior, specialist and business-critical roles within your portfolio
• Coach hiring managers on effective recruitment practices, interviewing and selection
• Partner with the People Partner to continuously improve recruitment frameworks, resources and processes
• Contribute to talent attraction strategies, employer branding and candidate experience initiatives
• Build and maintain external talent networks and pipelines for future capability needs
• Support recruitment market mapping and succession planning for critical roles
• Monitor recruitment trends and provide insights that improve hiring quality, speed and effectiveness

Learning & Development

Lead the design, implementation and continuous improvement of Squared Group's learning and capability framework.

• Conducting learning needs analysis across the business
• Managing and continuously improving the Learning Academy
• Overseeing the Learning Management System (LMS)
• Curating and developing learning resources and pathways
• Partnering with internal subject matter experts and external providers
• Evaluating learning effectiveness and capability outcomes
• Building learning solutions aligned to business needs
• Supporting professional and technical capability development across all employee groups
• Supporting leadership development initiatives

Performance & Talent

Own and continuously improve the frameworks that support individual and organisational performance.

• Managing the Development Conversation process
• Supporting goal setting and development planning
• Coordinating talent and succession planning activities
• Supporting career pathways and internal mobility initiatives
• Developing resources and guidance for leaders and employees
• Monitoring participation, quality and outcomes
• Identifying opportunities to improve performance processes and capability

Culture, Engagement & Belonging

Lead initiatives that strengthen culture, connection and inclusion across the Group.

• Support internal people communications
• Coordinating engagement surveys and pulse surveys and follow through action planning
• Managing onboarding and exit survey frameworks
• Supporting the organisation-wide feedback framework
• Driving actions arising from employee insights
• Leading belonging, diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Developing awareness, education and capability-building activities
• Supporting culture activation and employee experience initiatives

Reporting & Analytics

Provide meaningful people insights that support effective decision making.

• Producing monthly people reporting and dashboards
• Monitoring workforce metrics and trends
• Managing employee lifecycle data and insights
• Coordinating onboarding and exit survey reporting
• Supporting workforce planning and strategic decision making
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement and automation

About You

At Law Squared, we hire for mindset as much as skillset. We’re looking for commercially minded, client-focused people who take ownership, communicate well and genuinely care about doing great work.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• 5–7+ years' experience in HR, People & Culture or People Partnering roles
• Experience designing and delivering learning, leadership and performance frameworks
• Demonstrated experience facilitating workshops, capability initiatives and organisational change
• Exceptional stakeholder management, coaching and communication skills
• Strong project management and continuous improvement capability
• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Business, Psychology or related discipline
• Commercial mindset with the ability to balance people outcomes and business outcomes
• Employee relations capability, including performance, conduct and workplace matters is favourable
• Talent acquisition experience is favourable

Squared Group Culture

As a member of Squared Group, you are expected to actively contribute to a positive, high-performing and values-led culture. You will role model our values of Different on Purpose, Keep It Real, Own the Outcome, Find the 1% and Show Up, while contributing to continuous improvement, collaboration, learning, safety and inclusion.

Our Employee Benefits Include

• Hybrid and flexible work environment
• Competitive salary package
• Tailored team and individual professional development program
• Discounted corporate membership via ClassPass
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee Referral Incentive
• A recognition-led culture, where contribution is celebrated and career milestones are acknowledged
• Leading-edge legal ops and tech to optimise flexible working and client service outcomesTeam-based KPIs, no timesheets

To submit an application, please apply directly with your CV and cover letter.

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