Human Resources Officer

Commencement Date: TBA May 2025

Employment Type: Full Time Permanant

Salary Range: CES Office Salary Scale $92,570 to $104,607 Gross per annum

Closing Date for Applications: TBA May 2025

Catholic Education Services, Cairns

Catholic Education Services in the Diocese of Cairns is a dynamic and growing organisation that is actively inviting schools to co-create with us, schools that are places of rich learning for now and into the 22nd Century.

Our vision is to offer every student in every school a world class education enriched by their lived encounter with the Catholic Faith.

Catholic Education Services is committed to this vision through Co-Leadership with schools to build communities of learning that provide a safe, nurturing and academically challenging environment. Our schools are places where we create opportunities for every student and every staff member so that they are inspired to contribute to our society, innovate, explore possibilities, and achieve excellence.

Cairns offers many lifestyle opportunities that can be found in few other places and is surrounded by World Heritage listed areas including the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest, all within an hour’s journey from the growing City of Cairns. It is the gateway to our Asian neighbours with direct flights to China, Japan and Singapore as well as having direct flights to all the east coast capital cities, Darwin, and Queensland’s Sunshine and Gold Coasts.

About the Role

The primary purpose of this role is to provide comprehensive administrative support across a wide range of Human Resource (HR) functions, ensuring the effective implementation of HR processes and policies. This includes managing recruitment and selection, overseeing probation, induction, and appraisal processes for CES and School Leadership employees, and supporting payroll processing activities. The role also involves collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to contribute to the organisation's strategic goals. The Human Resource Officer reports to the Human Resources Manager and works closely with the entire HR team to achieve these objectives.

Work Requirements

• Hold a current Working with Children Blue Card
• Be fully supportive of the ethos of Catholic Education
• Ability to maintain an appropriate level of confidentiality
• Ability to communicate in English both verbally and in writing to meet necessary standards with respect to clarity, accuracy and professionalism appropriate to the position
• Ability to locate appropriate and relevant information from multiple sources and convey, integrate and implement knowledge in practice
• Ability to prioritise workloads and manage multiple tasks with competing timelines
• Ability to accept responsibility for own work
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft applications necessary to demonstrate the required range of skills and tasks

What we offer

• Annual Leave with 17.5% leave loading
• Access to salary packaging options to maximise your salary
• Access to additional Employer Superannuation Contributions
• Access to long service leave after 7 years of continuous service (portability of Long Service Leave may also be applicable)
• 14 Weeks’ paid parental leave
• Access to Employee Assistance Program

For further information about the role, please download the Position Description HR Officer Position Description.docx

Intending applicants must be fully committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation.

Catholic Education is an equal opportunity employer.

Position Description: HR Officer Position Description.docx