People & Culture Manager - Hotel Portfolio

People & Culture Manager – Hotel PortfolioWe're looking for a People & Culture leader who is passionate about developing exceptional leaders, building high-performing hotel teams and helping shape the future of one of Australia's fastest-growing hotel management companies.

This is a true portfolio role, offering the perfect blend of strategic influence and hands-on operational support. Reporting to the Head of Operations, you'll partner closely with leaders across our hotel portfolio, becoming a trusted advisor on all things people, culture and leadership.

This isn't just another People & Culture Manager role, it's an opportunity to influence the culture, leadership and performance of a growing hotel portfolio while helping shape the future of La Vie Hotels & Resorts.

What you'll be doing

Your responsibilities will include

• Partner with hotel leaders to develop and implement people strategies that drive engagement, improve performance and support operational success.
• Lead complex employee relations matters, including investigations, performance management, disciplinary processes and workplace conflict, providing sound advice that balances commercial outcomes with compliance.
• Coach and developing leaders to build confidence in people management, performance conversations, employee development and creating high-performing teams.
• Play a key role in organisational growth through hotel openings, acquisitions, workforce planning, restructures and business transformation projects.
• Support the recruitment across the portfolio, helping attract outstanding hospitality talent while developing succession plans and future leadership pipelines.
• Drive learning and development initiatives, ensuring effective onboarding, leadership capability programs and the successful adoption of HR systems and learning platforms.
• Build an engaging workplace culture by leading recognition programs, employee engagement initiatives and portfolio-wide action plans.
• Provide expert advice on employment legislation, ensuring compliance with the Fair Work Act, Awards, company policies and best practice across multiple properties.
• Use people data and workforce insights to identify trends, improve workforce performance and help hotel leaders make informed business decisions.
• Work collaboratively across Operations, Finance and Commercial teams, contributing to company-wide People & Culture initiatives and helping shape the future of La Vie Hotels & Resorts.

About You

-You'll love this role if you:

• Enjoy partnering with leaders rather than sitting behind a desk
• Love solving complex people challenges
• Are comfortable travelling between hotels
• Have a pragmatic, commercially focused approach to P&CEnjoy building capability rather than simply enforcing policy
• You'll bring:5+ years' experience in a People & Culture leadership role.

Experience supporting multiple sites or hotel operations (highly regarded).

Strong knowledge of the Fair Work Act, HIGA and employment legislation.

Confidence managing complex employee relations and organisational change.

Why Join La Vie?

This is a rare opportunity to influence the people strategy of one of the fastest-growing hotel management companies in the Asia-Pacific region.

From luxury island resorts and internationally branded hotels to exciting new openings and acquisitions, you'll help shape the culture, capability and leadership of a rapidly expanding portfolio while working alongside passionate hotel professionals who genuinely love what they do.

If you're looking for a role where you can influence culture, develop leaders and make a genuine difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now and help shape the future of hospitality with La Vie Hotels & Resorts.