Position Details

• Fixed- term | Full-Time at 1.0FTE
• Higher Education Officer Level 5 | $80,405 - $88,737 p.a.
• Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country
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About the Role
This Entry Level Role will suit if you are looking for a lateral move into a People and Culture (P&C) environment, from an administrative customer service-based role.

Working within the P&C Team, the Recruitment Officer reports to a Recruitment Advisor and supports end-to-end recruitment campaigns and activities for Hiring Managers aligned to client groups.

Playing a key role in supporting the administrative aspects of the Recruitment team, the Recruitment Officer is responsible for ensuring that data is maintained and updated regularly. This includes the generation of employment agreements, tracking compliance documents, updating tracking spreadsheets and ensuing the CRM is up to date. Other duties include:

• Draft job ads and post them to internal and external platforms.
• Collate and distribute candidate applications to Hiring Managers.
• Triage and respond to general recruitment enquiries from Hiring Managers via phone and email.
• Collaborate with the Recruitment Team on recruitment projects and business improvement activities.

About You
To be successful in this role, you will be a team player and forward thinker - someone who is always looking for ways to improve process and service levels. Other keys to success will be your well-honed communication and collaboration skills, along with a dedication to deliver excellence in customer service on each and every occasion.

A true multi-tasker, you will thrive in a highly productive work environment, where you manage multiple tasks while delivering to specific timelines. Self motivation and commitment to confidentiality are also essential to qualities for this role.

Ideally, you will have previous experience in a similar recruitment support or customer liaison role, work well with HR/CRM software, have exemplary attention to detail and can prioritise multiple deadlines easily.

Exposure to Workday or other HRIS/Recruitment platforms is desirable.

About the People and Culture Division
People and Culture provide strategic leadership and operational advice to the University, focusing on building a positive work environment that reflects our values. Through the delivery of high-quality human resource policies, procedures, and systems, we provide advice and support to staff and managers on pay, leave, benefits, professional development, equity, diversity, recruitment, health, and safety. The P&C division is comprised of several teams, including the Recruitment Team.

Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services, gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.

• Please see here for our Reconciliation Action Plan
• Please see here for our Indigenous Workforce Strategy

Prescribed Conditions for Employment

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

How to Apply and Information

To apply online, please visit the Jobs@Flinders website via the job portal: JR0000013086 Recruitment Officer.

You are required to submit a Suitability Statement, addressing the three below points, which align with the Key Position Capabilities within the position description.

• Experience in similar position and / or a customer service environment, including but not limited to Reception, Retails, Hospitality.
• Exposure to a high volume environment requiring multitasking, varying communication channels and service timeline commitments
• Experience working with automated processes and software in an administration role/environment.

For more information regarding this position, please contact Andrea Genuth, Recruitment and Employment Services Manager

Applications to be submitted before 10:00 pm (ACDT) Tuesday, 1 April 2025.
Please note, late applications and applications sent via agencies will not be accepted.

At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.