Recruitment Officer

About Flinders

Our bold vision, captured in our Strategic Plan: making a Difference: The 2025 Agenda, is to be internationally recognised as a world leader in research, an innovator in contemporary education, and the source of Australia’s most enterprising graduates.

To realise this ambition, we recently made a significant organisation change to a six College structure with a professional staff and services alignment.

We recognise the key to our success is exceptional people and we’re seeking an outstanding individual to join the team of our transformed university.

Employment Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Position Summary

Availability
Fixed-Term until Oct 2023 | Full-Time
Compensation Grade
Higher Education Officer Level 5
Salary Range
$74,270 - $81,966 p.a.
Reporting to
Recruitment Lead
People & Culture
Under general direction and working as part of the Recruitment Team, the Recruitment Officer is responsible for providing administrative support to the University recruitment, working collaboratively with the Recruitment Advisor and Recruitment Lead within the Recruitment Team, the Employment Services Team as well as the wider People and Culture Teams.

Key Position Responsibilities

The Recruitment Officer is responsible for:

• Administering the advertising of positions on the relevant platforms.

• Collation and distribution of applications to Panel Members in a recruitment process.

• Providing support to the Recruitment Advisors and the preferred candidate with the relocation process.

• Undertaking relevant administrative tasks in the HR system in relation to employment and recruitment.

• Providing administrative support to the Vacancy Management Review Group process.

• Triaging and responding to queries received from Hiring Managers as appropriate.

• Supporting the Recruitment Officers and Recruitment Lead as required.

• Providing assistance to the Employee Services Team as required.

• Any other responsibilities in line with the level of the role as assigned by the Supervisor and / or the University.

Key Position Capabilities

• Relevant tertiary qualification, or equivalent combination of experience and/or education and/or training. Experience in Human Resources (HR) divisions and or similar position and / or a recruitment firm.

• Exposure to or a demonstrated understanding of P&C administrative and recruitment processes. Experience working with automated HR processes and software.

• Effective to well-developed interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to liaise effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.

• Effective to well-developed written and oral communication skills with good attention to detail.

• Effective to well-developed organisational skills with demonstrated ability to prioritise work, meet deadlines and use initiative.

• Demonstrated understanding of, and a commitment to, the requirements of confidentiality within a professional work team.

• Experience in the Higher Education Sector (desirable) .

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

• Flinders University has introduced a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy  that requires all new staff members to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, subject to medical exemptions and limited exemptions.

How to Apply

In addition to your Resume, please also upload a Cover Letter/Statement elaborating on your previous experiences in a similar role.

For further information regarding this position, please contact Megan Kelly .

Click here to view the Position Description.

Information for Applicants:

A valid National Police Certificate which is satisfactory to the University will also be required before the successful applicant can commence in this position.

We are seeking to increase the diversity to improve equal opportunity outcomes for employees, and therefore we encourage female applicants, people with a disability and/or from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders descent to apply.

Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

Applications Close 11:59pm:

25 Sep 2022