HR Coordinator

Dentons is part of the world’s largest global law firm and a leading law firm in New Zealand.  We have the largest global reach of any firm in New Zealand, with unparalleled access to legal expertise in over 80 countries. This expands not only to lawyers and clients, but also to global technology, learning and development, inclusion and equity initiatives and talent management. This means the opportunities are endless for our people!

The role:

This is a fantastic opportunity for an early career HR professional to gain hands-on experience across the full spectrum of HR functions, develop your HR toolkit, while learning best practice in a highly respected, professional services environment.

What you will be doing:

Partnering with highly skilled professionals who value quality, detail, and professional excellence. You will provide administrative support both our legal and business services teams, working alongside a dedicated HR Team across Auckland and Wellington.

In addition to the above your key responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the full employee life cycle from offer, onboarding, and induction through to offboarding
• Maintaining data integrity across our HR systems (Success Factors/Payroll/Microsoft Suite/File Management System) and intranet to ensure employee records and reporting accurately reflect the firm.
• Coordinating learning and development initiatives, HR documentation, meetings, travel, systems, and reporting
• Drafting of our employment agreements and variation letters and verification letters
• Helping deliver employee inclusion and diversity and wellbeing programmes
• Supporting our summer clerk/early career recruitment campaign

About you:

• Friendly, enthusiastic and approachable
• Eager to learn and grow your HR knowledge and skills
• A relevant graduate or postgraduate qualification (preferably in HR or business)
• At least 1 years+ experience in a similar HR role or an administrative position in a corporate environment.  
• An understanding of New Zealand employment legislation and HR best practices
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and digital platforms
• Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks
• High attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving

What do we offer?

At Dentons, you will be part of a collaborative, inclusive culture where innovation, diversity and growth are embraced and supported. No two days are the same.

We offer you the opportunity to be part of an inclusive team that works in partnership with our clients, where you will get plenty of valuable experience as well as first class mentoring and career development. We will support your development by investing in your learning and providing opportunities to get involved in a wide range of projects. We are a future focussed firm and that ethos extends to our people too. We have a culture of excellence in the quality of the work we do, how we deal with our clients and how we deal with each other.

At Dentons Kensington Swan, we can offer you top quality work matched with an outstanding firm culture. We offer competitive remuneration, reflective of experience along with benefits that will make a positive difference to your work/life balance.

• We are a global business but locally run and operated, giving us the best of both worlds
• We invest in our people - learning and development are key
• An annual wellness allowance of $500
• Enjoy a paid day off over our Summer shutdown period
• Sporting and charity events, regular team events, family Christmas parties and a mid-year and end of year function

Dentons Kensington Swan is a Pride Pledge accredited employer. We believe inclusion drives diversity and fostering an environment where our people thrive through diversity of thought and shared experience makes us the successful global firm we are. We encourage applications irrespective of race, ethnicity, culture, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age or disability. Dentons Kensington Swan is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to an environment where everyone respects and supports each other. 

If this sounds like the next step in your HR career, please submit your CV, cover letter and academic transcript. Please note that applications will be reviewed as they come in as we hope to fill this role soon, so don’t delay in applying!

For a confidential discussion about the role, or a copy of the position description, please contact Emma Gibbins on emma.gibbins@dentons.com