HR Officer

Business Enabling Services Group / Corporate Services Division / Human Resources Branch
- APS 4 ($71,856 - $82,012) / APS 5 ($80,131 - $89,912) | Ongoing & Non-ongoing | Full-time
- Canberra, ACT

**ABOUT THE BRANCH AND TEAM**

The Human Resources (HR) Branch is responsible for strategic and operational human resource management activities including:

- Drafting, consulting, implementing and reviewing HR policies and procedures
- Employment-conditions advice and services
- Case management advice and support
- Work, health and safety, rehabilitation and workers compensation matters
- Recruitment, mobility and resource management
- Entry Level Programs
- SES Unit
- Workforce reporting and planning
- Enhancing organisational culture
- Diversity initiatives
- Capability development
- Performance management.

The Recruitment and Entry Level Programs team is responsible for the management and delivery of:

- The Department’s Operational Recruitment services, including advertising of vacancies and onboarding of APS employees and providing a range of recruitment advice and support
- Targeted project based recruiting, including stream (bulk) Recruitment
- Administration of the whole of Australian Government recruitment processes for the Australian Government Graduate Program (AGGP) Generalist and Accounting & Financial Management streams and Career Starter Program
- The Finance Graduate Program, including cohort pastoral care and the development program.
- SES Support.

These key deliverables are currently being managed across three sub-teams within the section, with cross-collaboration and all teams working closely to deliver our shared goals.

The sub-teams are:

- Recruitment Team (including operational, stream and Entry Level Program recruitment and SES Support)
- Entry Level Programs Management Team.

**ABOUT THE**
**OPPORTUNITIES**

It is an exciting time to be in the Recruitment and Entry Level Programs team and we are seeking to fill various opportunities across the team.

As an APS4/5 HR Officer, key responsibilities include, but not limited to:

- Assist with the administration of Finance’s entry level program activities including scheduling of learning and development opportunities, induction program, completion ceremony and regular meetings
- Assist Recruitment Team Leader with leading the day-to day operations of the team, including managing the inbox, hotline and allocation of requests
- Support advertising and onboarding and liaise with clients and hiring managers
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including through the timely and accurate provision of Recruitment and/or entry level program advice
- Support learning and development needs of entry level program participants including assisting with procurement for external training providers
- Update and manage policies, procedures and strategies to support our Recruitment processes and entry level programs
- Monitor own workload and manage competing priorities
- Supervision of staff
- Contribute to team projects, planning, and suggestions for process improvements
- Participate in strategic recruitment conversations with hiring managers and panels to prepare them for successful recruiting
- Be agile with moving between tasks and monitor the Recruitment and Entry Level Program team’s phone lines and inboxes
- Tracking and analysing data and preparing and producing reports
- Quality assurance of offers and advertising, including reviewing and editing job descriptions.
- Assist with coordinating bulk/Stream recruitment and Surge activities.

**DETAILED VACANCY INFORMATION**

For detailed information about these roles, including the job specific capabilities, please refer to the downloadable vacancy pack, which can be accessed by clicking the hyperlink at the bottom of this page.

**ELIGIBILITY ADVICE & CANDIDATE NOTES**
- Under section 22(8) of the _Public Service Act 1999_, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS) unless the Agency Head has agreed otherwise, in writing.
- Successful applicants will be required to undergo the process to obtain and maintain, or continue to hold the required security clearance level for the role as indicated in the downloadable job pack. All Finance staff are required to have a minimum baseline security clearance prior to commencement.

**CONTACT INFORMATION**
- For specific questions relating to this job vacancy, please refer to the details on the contact officer located in the downloadable job pack.

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