About the Role

Reporting to the Manager, People Experience, the successful candidate will be a seasoned HR generalist acting as an independent operator in a fast-paced environment. This role provides Tier 1 and Tier 2 HR advice, manages employee movement data, and supports the transition of new employees into the agency.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruitment & Selection: Manage the placement of vacancy advertising and support hiring managers with position description reviews, conducting job evaluations, and submitting for panel consideration.
• Onboarding & Compliance: Coordinate onboarding procedures, including all payroll-related information collation, compliance screening validation, and offer processes.
• Systems & Movements: Process employment movements, manage secondments, and handle internal reassignments to ensure the internal HR system (SuccessFactors) accurately reflects workforce deployment.
• Advisory Services: Provide high-level professional advisory responses to shared mailbox enquiries and deliver consistent, expert policy advice to leaders based on industrial instruments and legislation.
• Data & Reporting: Responsible for understanding P&C reporting requirements (internal and external) and analysing, organising, and presenting data and dashboards to assist with business decisions and the establishment governance process.
• Employee Relations Support: Support grievance processes and provide tools to leaders to reduce unnecessary conflict and enhance leader self-efficacy.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and sustain enduring relationships across People & Culture functions to enable the collaborative delivery of outcomes.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and escalate trends to leadership to improve the employee experience and implement opportunities for better teamwork practices.

Skills & Experience Required

• Essential: Significant experience within the Victorian Public Service (VPS).
• Technical: Strong proficiency in SuccessFactors or similar HCM platforms (Oracle, etc.) is highly desirable.
• Expertise: Deep knowledge of workplace relations legislation, industrial instruments (EA), and VPS policies.
• Operational Style: A generalist and independent operator who can run processes with minimal teaching in a busy environment.
• Soft Skills: High level of maturity and a team-player attitude; remaining professional, polite, and respectful at all times.

Why Contract Through Randstad?

• Flexible hybrid working arrangements

• Weekly pay cycle
• Access to Randstad’s contractor benefits, including retail and wellbeing discounts
• Ongoing support from a dedicated Randstad consultant)

Screening Requirements

Successful applicants will be required to undergo the following pre-employment checks:

• National Police Records Check
• Pre-employment misconduct screening declaration
• Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa.

Interested? What Next?

Submit your CV and Cover Letter via the Apply button to express interest in this opportunity.

Please note: This is a quick turnaround role with applications closing as soon as possible due to an immediate requirement for a February start. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds.