Hr Consultant

Position Details

The Department of Education is excited to offer an opportunity to join our HR Consulting team in providing high quality and efficient HR advice and services. This is a time of growth for the HR team. The need for our recruitment and payroll services is increasing across the department and multiple positions are available for both ongoing and fixed term.

The HR Consultant role sits within the People Services branch, which is going through some exciting changes to the way we operate and deliver quality HR services and advice to our clients. This is a detail focussed role where you support a designated client group.

An exciting opportunity awaits to join a dynamic and experienced supportive team. If you have good attention to detail, customer focussed and have great organisational ability with excellent written and verbal communication skills, then we want to hear from you.

Multiple positions available

About the Role

Working within a team of HR Consultants, the positions provide operational support for either recruitment or payroll across the Department’s Corporate and Regional client groups in a fast-paced environment.

Reporting to the Assistant Manager, you will liaise with and support internal clients for recruitment services from advertising a position vacant to onboarding the successful candidate. Or, payroll services throughout the employee lifecycle. You will consult with clients on their general HR needs supported by policy.

About You

Demonstrated work experience in a recruitment operational service delivery environment.

Understanding of HR functions and best practice and a desire to learn is essential.

Ability to be responsive and enjoy working in a high volume team environment.

Strong customer service and communication focused on positive outcomes.

Pro-active and take responsibility in identifying and proposing workable solutions to issues.

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description.

The Department values diversity and inclusion in all forms – gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the , and our 

The Department of Education and Training (the Department) is committed to, so far as is reasonably practicable, providing and maintaining a working environment for its employees that is safe and without risks to health and that other persons are not exposed to health and safety risks arising from the Department’s activities. The Department (Policy) requires its employees to be fully vaccinated against coronavirus (COVID-19).

The Department’s Policy outlines the requirements for all employees, prospective employees who (or may need to) work outside of their ordinary place of residence and attend a workplace of the Department or workplace of another Employer on behalf of the Department and its portfolio agencies. Subject to exceptions, only employees, and prospective employees with up-to-date vaccination status (see definitions section of the policy) against COVID-19 and who provide evidence of their Vaccination Status are permitted to work for the department outside their ordinary place of residence.

For this role, you are required to submit proof of full vaccination as part of the recruitment process and prior to commencement employment. Please refer to the above link for more information. This role requires onsite attendance at one or more Department work locations.

Applications close  27 March . 

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