Kearney Human Resources Administrator 2025

Job Description

Who We Are

Kearney is a global consulting firm with a presence in over 40 countries. We pride ourselves on being a people-centric business, where diverse passions and strengths drive our success. Our strategic operations heritage ensures that our plans lead to tangible outcomes. Together, we transform big ideas into practical realities, delivering value, results, and impact.

Purpose of the Job

The HR Administrator provides comprehensive support across the entire HR lifecycle, reporting to the HR Manager. This versatile role is responsible for delivering high-quality support for all people & culture initiatives, including onboarding, offboarding, recruitment, performance management, training, and culture events. As a foundational position that touches all aspects of HR, this role offers an excellent pathway to develop a rewarding career in human resources.

This role offers significant opportunities to specialize in areas aligned with your strengths and interests. Whether you're passionate about recruitment, employee engagement, training and development, or HR analytics, you'll have the flexibility to shape aspects of the role around your professional interests while building core HR competencies.

Key Responsibilities

General HR Support

• Provide administrative support and project assistance for all HR-related initiatives
• Maintain accurate employee data in HRIS (PeopleSoft), including processing new hires, terminations, and transfers
• Administer compensation and benefits matters with attention to detail and confidentiality
• Support strategic HR projects including engagement surveys, culture events, recruitment days, and benefit reviews

Performance Management

• Monitor and track performance management milestones to ensure timely completion
• Support the full performance review cycle through report generation, scheduling, data preparation, system updates, and salary letter drafting

Recruitment & Onboarding

• Coordinate university recruiting activities, including events, presentations, application processing, interview scheduling, and candidate communication
• Assist with candidate assessment, screening, and tracking during peak hiring periods
• Conduct employment reference checks and background verifications for new hires
• Facilitate smooth onboarding and offboarding processes for all employees

Learning & Development

• Coordinate local training initiatives and support professional development programs
• Support logistical arrangements for regional and global training sessions
• Assist with training materials preparation and participant coordination
• Track training completion and maintain development records

Key Requirements

• Strong verbal and written communication skills as well as interpersonal skills
• Good administrative and organizational skills with strong attention to detail
• Ability to work efficiently as a team member and manage many competing priorities
• Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality and discretion
• Experience or good foundational abilities to navigate systems, including being able to input, extract, and analyse data.
• Sound knowledge and interest in contemporary HR practices, concepts and relevant legislation
• Effective problem-solving skills, self-driven and results-oriented
• University Diploma, preferably university degree in HR, Psychology or a related field
• Relevant HR experience in a related industry is beneficial 

What we can offer you

Every day, our people work to be the difference for our clients, our communities, and our colleagues. Helping them make an impact, they are sustained by a competitive remuneration package plus comprehensive benefits and perks, including but not limited to:

• Comprehensive Medical Insurance: Enjoy peace of mind with top-tier medical coverage for you and your family.
• Gym Access and Membership Discounts: Stay fit and healthy with access to gyms and exclusive membership discounts.
• Parental Leave: We support your family journey with generous parental leave policies.
• Flexible Working Arrangements: Balance your work and personal life with our flexible working options.
• Learning and Development Opportunities: Grow your skills with structured and on-the-job training programs.
• Personalized Career Paths: Chart your unique career journey with talent mobility and flexible work programs tailored to your personal and professional goals.
• Additional Annual Leave: Recharge and unwind with 5 weeks of annual leave.

Read more about our benefits and how you can a make your mark, your way at Kearney.com/careers

Equal Employment Opportunity

Kearney prides itself on providing a culture where our employees belong and thrive equally, which means our people feel comfort, confidence, and joy as they do great things for our firm, our colleagues, and our clients. That’s why Kearney is committed to building a diverse workforce and inclusive environment. Kearney is an equal opportunity employer; we recruit, hire, train, promote, develop, and provide other conditions of employment without regard to a person’s gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other differences consistent with applicable laws. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. We encourage everyone to apply, including those who may not feel historically represented in consulting.

Language Requirements

English