General Manager People, Culture and Communications

• Lead Alder Group's communications, people strategy, and leadership
• Build upon HR systems, governance, IR/ER foundations, and performance frameworks
• Helensvale head office location

OnTalent has been retained to partner with Alder Group to engage a values-led, commercially astute General Manager, People, Culture & Communication (GM PCC). Reporting to the Executive General Manager - Corporate Services, this is a newly created senior leadership opportunity to shape workforce capability, organisational culture and contemporary communication strategies across the Alder Group, navigating significant evolution and growth.

The Organisation
Alder Group’s vision is “Building a better tomorrow for our communities”, and its culture is grounded in clear, everyday behaviours that bring its DNA to life-Teamwork, Integrity, Partnerships and Pride.

With an enterprise-wide focus on sustainability, quality, continuous improvement and wellbeing, Alder is strengthening its group operating model and governance foundations for growth, creating a timely opportunity for an experienced leader to build scalable people systems and engagement approaches that support performance, branding and growth.

The Opportunity
This is a high-impact, team leadership role where you’ll help shape the people, culture and capability agenda of a growing organisation while integrating the communication and marketing function to actively position Alder Group’s evolving story internally and externally. You’ll work closely with the executive team to build strong foundations while leading transformation that enables performance, safety and long-term sustainability.

What you’ll deliver

Shape the people strategy and future workforce

• Lead and embed an enterprise-wide people strategy that lifts performance, engagement and capability.
• Partner with senior leaders to develop and maintain a rolling 1/3/9-year workforce plan aligned to business strategy.
• Design and deliver leadership and capability programs that build future-ready teams and strong people leadership.

Build strong systems, governance and IR/ER foundations

• Lead the end-to-end implementation of a new HRIS with integrated LMS, including business case development, procurement and change management.
• Deliver critical IR/ER priorities such as leading the negotiation and ongoing development of Alder Group’s Enterprise Agreement, ensuring compliant, practical and fit-for-purpose outcomes.
• Ensure policies and procedures are current, compliant, embedded and aligned to Alder’s Code of Conduct and expected behaviours.

Champion wellbeing, safety and respectful workplaces

• Embed psychosocial risk assessment and sexual harassment prevention frameworks, supported by clear controls and annual training.
• Lead sensitive and complex investigations with fairness, discretion and best-practice governance.

Elevate remuneration, performance and talent

• Introduce a structured annual remuneration review process aligned to market data and performance outcomes.
• Simplify and strengthen performance and development processes to drive clarity, accountability and reward alignment.
• Implement structured succession planning to protect critical capability and support future leadership continuity.

Strengthen communication, culture, and engagement

• Oversee external publications and reporting, including data releases where required.
• Lead internal and external communications and engagement across brand, media, outreach, social channels and employee communications.

About you
You are a confident, contemporary People leader who can operate at both strategic and operational levels. You build trust quickly, bring sound judgement to complex matters and know how to turn strategy into action.

You’ll likely bring:

• Around 10+ years’ progressive HR experience, including 5+ years in senior leadership, with exposure to Communications/Marketing in complex, fast-paced environments.
• A strong track record in developing and executing people strategies that enable organisational performance and change.
• Hands-on experience implementing a new HRIS (with LMS), including leading adoption and change.
• Highly developed stakeholder management, influencing skills and judgement across sensitive IR/ER and people matters.
• Proven leadership experience building engaged, high-performing teams across diverse workforces and locations.
• Experience in the construction industry is welcomed, but not essential.

What Alder values in its leaders
Alder leaders are expected to work collaboratively, lead with integrity, adapt to change, and own outcomes. You will be comfortable setting a high bar for performance while creating a safe and respectful environment where people can do their best work.

How to apply
For a confidential discussion and to request a copy of the candidate brief, please contact OnTalent, quoting GM People, Culture & Communication. David Brock can be contacted on (07) 3305 5817 and Jessica Dixon-Banfield on (07) 3305 5838.

More information can be found at https://www.ontalent.com.au/aldergroup/