HR Business Partner – 12 Month Fixed Term

Ready to roll up your sleeves, make an impact and have fun doing it?

A well-respected and much-loved team member is off to raise the next generation, so we’re on the lookout for an experienced, practical, and approachable Human Resources Business Partner to help mind the paddock for a year.

PGG Wrightson (PGW) has been working alongside New Zealand farmers and growers for over 170 years. With 1,800 team members across Aotearoa and deep roots in our rural communities, we’re proud of the work we do and the people who make it possible.

Joining our 30-strong People & Safety team spread across the country, you’ll be based in the mighty Waikato and partner with around 40 front-line leaders in our Rural Supplies business and their 200 team members spread across the North Island, from Kaitaia to Martinborough.

What You'll Do 

• Provide boots-on-the-ground support to grow great workplaces and a successful commercial business
• Be the trusted advisor for all things HR and ER, offering hands-on day-to-day support with recruitment and onboarding, performance management, remuneration processes and HR-related business cases and policies
• Collaborate across the People & Safety Team, peer-reviewing and sharing idea

About You

• You’re a strong generalist HR practitioner who is confident to independently manage performance management and employment relations situations, influence others and find practical, legal, and commercial solutions with professionalism and care
• You enjoy connecting with frontline managers and their teams
• You thrive in a hands-on environment, juggling priorities and challenges with initiative, composure, and a sense of humour

What You'll Bring:

• 5+ years in a generalist HR or ER advisory role
• Strong knowledge of NZ employment law and independent management of performance management, investigation, and disciplinary processes – you know what to do when someone raises a complaint or isn’t quite making the grade, and you’re not afraid to negotiate with lawyers or advocates
• Hands on management of recruitment, remuneration and the interpretation and application of HR policies and systems (we use MYOB Pay Global, Snaphire recruitment & Saba/Cornerstone learning but these are easy to pick up)
• Excellent relationship-building and communication skills with all types – you’ll be working with store managers, technical field reps and customer service reps, delivering presentations to small groups of people with opinions and questions, and preparing written business cases to go to a GM and the CEO
• A positive, can-do attitude and a genuine passion for creating great workplaces
• Tertiary qualification in HR or equivalent experience
• An affinity with the New Zealand rural sector
• Ability to work independently and travel across the North Island as required (approximately one overnight / two-day trip per fortnight)
• Please note your manager is based in Christchurch, so you must be comfortable working autonomously and reaching out when support is required

Step into a role that’s hands-on with a great bunch of managers and team members, full of variety – where no two seasons are the same - and with the freedom to make things happen. While you’ll be based from the Hamilton office, you’ll travel regionally and be well connected to supportive HR and Rural Supplies management teams who truly have your back.

This role is all about autonomy, initiative, and making a real difference for our people, our business, and the agricultural sector of New Zealand.

Applications closes 11:00pm 8 February 2026.

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