Employment Coordinator

About the role

Silver Fern Farms Takapau is looking for an Employment Coordinator to join its busy and experienced team. This is a varied, fast-moving position focused on supporting strong employment practices across the site and coordinating people-related projects and activities, including recruitment, selection, and onboarding.

The right person will be trusted by others, stay calm as priorities change, and provide high-quality support to managers, applicants, and employees while helping improve service delivery over time.

What you will do

• Coordinate and support recruitment, selection, and onboarding activities.
• Help implement and maintain effective employment practices on site.
• Deliver people-focused initiatives and related site activities.
• Work closely with managers, employees, and applicants to provide responsive support.
• Identify opportunities to improve service, systems, and processes.
• Assist with promoting the site and presenting to groups where needed.

About you

Silver Fern Farms is seeking someone with prior experience in HR or recruitment who brings energy, commitment, and a strong service mindset. You should be comfortable working across changing priorities, building relationships, and using systems and social media as part of the role.

• Proven ability to influence others and help drive a culture aligned with the company’s values: Unstoppable Together, Improving Tomorrow, and Always Caring.
• Comfortable using technology, systems, processes, and social media.
• Strong organisational and planning ability.
• Good relationship-building skills.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Problem-solving ability with sound, timely decision-making.
• Working knowledge of New Zealand employment and HR law.
• Confident presenting to groups when promoting the site.
• Able to work collaboratively across all levels of the business and help streamline processes that support skills and technical development based on business needs.

Why join Silver Fern Farms

The company describes its purpose as creating goodness from the farms the world needs, with a focus on people, farming expertise, customers, animal welfare, communities, and the environment.

Benefits

• Discounted staff meat purchases.
• Paid sick leave from the first day of employment, with no need to wait six months.
• Subsidised health insurance.
• Confidential employee support covering career planning, financial advice, and counselling.
• Free on-site parking.

Additional information

Applications are reviewed as they come in, so early submission is encouraged. The advertised closing date is 14 July 2026. The employer states that it welcomes people from all backgrounds and is committed to diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunity for all team members and applicants.