HR Lead (Novaterra / Terra)

Leading seamless HR operations, ensuring payroll accuracy, developing compensation insights, managing recruitment end-to-end, and creating a workplace where employees feel valued, engaged, and empowered.

The HR Lead will play a central role in ensuring the smooth and efficient delivery of HR operations across our entities. This position focuses on payroll review, compensation insights, recruitment management, seamless HR processes, and employee experience support.

The role is highly operational and people-focused, ensuring consistency, compliance, and quality in all HR touchpoints.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee day-to-day HR operations to ensure efficient, consistent, and compliant processes.
• Maintain and update HR records, systems, and documentation.
• Provide guidance to managers and employees on HR procedures, policies, and operational matters.
• Review monthly payroll inputs and outputs to ensure accuracy, compliance, and timely submission.
• Strengthen payroll controls by coordinating closely with Payroll and Finance teams.
• Provide compensation-related analysis and benchmarking insights to support informed decision-making.
• Manage recruitment for assigned roles, including job scoping, job descriptions, advertising, screening, and interviewing.
• Contribute to HR projects and strategic initiatives across our different entities, providing insights and operational expertise to support organisational goals.
• Support initiatives that enhance employee engagement, well-being, and workplace culture.
• Ensure compliance with labour laws, internal policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Prepare HR reports and dashboards covering recruitment, payroll insights, HR operations, and employee metrics.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology or relevant HR certification (e.g., SHRM, CIPD).

• 5 years of experience in HR operations, payroll coordination, or generalist roles.

• Strong knowledge of HR processes, payroll fundamentals, and applicable labour legislation.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organisational skills.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality, accuracy, and a strong sense of accountability.

• Comfortable working collaboratively across all levels of the organisation.