People and Culture Project Officer

**POSITION DESCRIPTION
**Position **People and Culture Project Officer

**Position Number **3514A01 **Level/Classification **HEW0707

**Reports to **Program Lead - Remediation

**Unit **Strategy, Planning & Operations

**Directorate **People and Culture

**Positions Supervised **Nil

**Position Purpose**

This position takes responsibility as part of a small team for managing data capture, analysis
and presentation to deliver insights that support project decision making. You will use your
HR experience and technical skills to provide informed data insights and then use this as the
basis for supporting a broader project team with implementation of solutions.

**About Murdoch University
**Murdoch University helps people discover how to make a difference, through education and
research endeavour, and remains one of the most inclusive universities in the country,
providing students with quality education and recognised academic standing within an
engaging and caring environment. We are a university for all, irrespective of background and
social standing with a focus on social equity, self-direction and freedom of thought and belief.

With strong links to government, business and the community, Murdoch University helps
people discover how to make a difference. We are a young, innovative and enterprising
university with more than 23,000 students and 1,700 staff across Perth, Singapore and Dubai.
We are committed to high quality education, innovative research, and strong community
engagement both locally and internationally.

Our Strategic Plan and Future Horizon 2017-2027 outlines an ambitious blueprint for
development and growth, with a focus on one purpose: to be a creative force for current and
future generations.

We are clear about our two core goals: to educate free thinkers who thrive in society and are
sought after by employers; and, to provide life changing solutions for the world’s big
challenges through our outstanding translational research and innovative practice.

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**About the Work Area**

The People and Culture team is an integral part of the business strategy and decision-making
process focusing their efforts on strategic and operational programs and services that supports
staff and organisational objectives. We develop partnerships based on trust and integrity to
foster excellence, engagement and fairness, as we work to strengthen the University’s ability
to recruit and retain high quality staff and develop a culture that encourages and supports
academics and professional staff to reach their full potential.

Staff within the People and Culture Office will actively demonstrate:

- close working relationships with the Schools and Offices to identify needs and assist in

servicing them;- being client focused and operating as a business partner;
- prompt and efficient service;
- be respectful and courteous at all times;
- confidentiality and integrity in all matters;
- have a positive approach to achieve the best possible outcomes.

**Reporting Relationships
**Associate Director
Strategy, Planning & Operations

Payroll Manager

P&C Workforce Program Lead - Manager HR
Planning Analyst Remediation Systems

**People and**
**Culture Project**
**Officer
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**Key Responsibilities/Duties
1. Responsible for project analysis and the presentation of findings across large scale
datasets and support implementation of project solutions.

2. Ensure milestones and deliverables for assigned tasks are completed on time, within
budget and as planned.

3. Identify risks and suggest mitigations throughout the project.
4. Collaboratively work with the Program Management Team and a functional working group

to lead and implement change management strategies.
5. Manage the creation of process flows and data files to enable complex queries across

multiple datasets.
6. Build and manage relationships internally with key functional stakeholders to ensure a

cohesive team approach that can challenge existing ways of working and deliver future
focused solutions.

7. Assist with Project status reporting and maintain accurate records of progress to support
the Program Management Team.

8. Support and promote compliance with relevant legislation and University policies and
procedures, including equity and health & safety and exhibit good practice in relation to
same.

9. Carry out, and assist with, miscellaneous project related activities as requested.

**Selection Criteria**

**Essential**

1. Completion of a degree with considerable relevant experience; or an equivalent
combination of relevant experience and/or education/training.

2. Considerable experience in, and advanced knowledge of, data collection processes and
the manipulation and analysis of information.

3. Highly developed skills and experience in using relational database systems and query
tools for data interrogation, extraction and