Position Type: Temporary - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 43131
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
An Employee Lifecycle Specialist at McCain serves as the first point of contact for all employees, addressing a broad spectrum of HR topics and providing quick, accurate resolutions to questions and transactional concerns. The role is vital in processing employee and data transactions, handling core HR processes such as onboarding new employees into HR systems, managing employee movements, maintaining the Organisation structure in the HR system, reviewing and responding to requests for changes in employee or work-related data and offboarding employees from HR systems. The role is imperative to ensuring seamless HR operations and exceptional service delivery across the organisation.
This role can be based in either our Ballarat or Melbourne office and is offered as a 12-month fixed-term contract.
About You .
What you'll be doing.
- Act as a point of contact for employees and managers with general HR inquiries via various intake channels (e.g., phone, chat and cases)
- Manage the day-to-day transactions of job-related or employee-related data changes
- Ensure a delightful customer experience by working efficiently to streamline service delivery, identify next steps, promote the usage of self-service as appropriate and build strong customer relationships with HR colleagues globally
- Process and update organization and position data, including the creation and maintenance of jobs, positions, and overall organization structures.
- Ensure compliance with corporate data administration, security standards, and HR policies and procedures.
- Participate in project initiatives to improve and implement HR processes and take part in additional projects as needed.
What you'll need to be successful.
- Proven experience in HR or HR shared services (1-3 years preferred)
- Working knowledge of HR systems is beneficial, particularly SAP and SuccessFactors
- High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Experience with transaction processing and data management
- Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- A customer-focused mindset with a commitment to delivering high-quality customer service
- Multilingual capability (e.g. English plus additional languages) is advantageous
About the team .
You will be part of the Employee Experience Centre, working closely with global HR teams, Centres of Expertise and functional stakeholders to deliver consistent, high-quality lifecycle services.
About McCain .
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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
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Job Family: Human Resources
Location(s): AU - Australia : Victoria : Ballarat
Company: McCain Foods (Aust) Pty.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in HR or HR shared services (1-3 years preferred)
- Working knowledge of HR systems (particularly SAP and SuccessFactors)
- High attention to detail with ability to manage multiple priorities
- Experience with transaction processing and data management
- Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills
- Customer-focused mindset with commitment to high-quality service delivery
- Multilingual capability (English plus additional languages)
McCain Foods Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Core coverage includes medical, dental, vision, mental‑health resources, and an Employee Assistance Program, with wellness programs and some onsite resources such as gyms and meditation spaces highlighted. These elements indicate robust health and wellbeing support across many roles, especially office-based positions.
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Retirement Support — U.S. materials indicate a 401(k) with company match, alongside life and disability insurance and role‑dependent bonus eligibility. Together these components point to solid long‑term financial support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid holidays, PTO, bereavement leave, and a paid volunteer day are promoted, with additional parental, adoption, and fertility-related leave offerings. This breadth of time off and leave types suggests a well‑rounded package for many U.S. roles.
McCain Foods Insights
What We Do
The power it has to uplift and bring people, Guided by our purpose - Celebrating real connections through delicious, planet-friendly food - we believe that working together with our teams, business and community partners will bring sustainable growth and positive change - today, tomorrow and for generations to come. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in over 160 countries and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. Our product quality, people and customer dedication help us achieve global sales in excess of CDN $10 billion. Through our investment and innovation, we continue to be a global leader in prepared potato products, including our famous French Fries and appetizers. We are passionate about supporting and developing our people-providing opportunities to grow and learn in their roles, as well as building careers for the long term.
Why Work With Us
We are working to bring digital tools and data into our processes to drive efficiency, automation and data-driven insights. From connecting our business, enabling our supply chain, supporting our customers, to reinventing agriculture. So if you are a tech expert looking to join a company transforming technology, think of McCain.
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