Talent Acquisition Advisor

Garvan’s 2030: Discoveries to Impact Strategy is designed to galvanise Garvan’s researchers, professional staff, partners, donors and community around our vision of _Global leadership in discoveries to impact_, and to enable us as an Institute to deliver on that vision - such that Garvan becomes an institute where research discoveries are taken through to patient impact (new treatments, tests and prevention approaches), on a global scale.

The People & Culture team, to realise Garvan’s ambitious vision for Garvan 2030, strives to make it easy to do great science through a continuous improvement agenda, enabling leaders to recruit and invest in our world-class people and foster a diverse and inclusive culture that supports Garvan’s values.

The Opportunity

If you are a coordinator looking for your next step look no further The Talent Acquisition Advisor will manage a variety of HR and systems administration activities, primarily aligned to Talent Management / Recruitment, as well as support HR operational activity for a client group. The Talent Acquisition Advisor will also drive the planning and delivery of Garvan wide People & Culture initiatives, aligned to Garvan’s People & Culture strategy.

This will include annual People & Culture Calendar Events as well as individual initiatives and projects across the employee lifecycle. They will work closely with the Talent Lead to enable the end-to-end recruitment process and provide advice and guidance to people managers and employees on People policies and processes.

Key Responsibilities
- Building and managing relationships with external recruitment agencies
- Complete the hire process / employment contract generation for new starters
- Running staff inductions
- Lead processing of workday job change requests, where relevant checking validity with P&C Science Partner
- Complete the hire process for new starters and manage the employee separation process for staff leaving the organisation
- Serve as a primary payroll conduit from the P&C team, escalating within the P&C team where relevant and prioritising requests from payroll amongst other workload and especially during pay runs
- Complete monthly payroll cut-off checks - such as contract end dates, separations etc
- Perform employment verifications where staff require (e.g. real estate or bank requests)

Snap shot of benefits
- This is a 7 month term (possibility to extend) with a salary of up to $75,000 + 10.5% super + salary packaging
- Generous salary packaging ($15,900 for general household expenses and $2,650 for meal/entertainment expenses)
- Flexible work arrangements
- 18 weeks paid parental leave
- Additional day’s leave as Garvan Day
- Discounted Health Insurance
- Lifestyle discounts with our community partners

About You
- A relevant degree in Human Resources or related discipline or TAFE diploma in Human Resources or equivalent
- Minimum 6-12 months recruitment experience (internal or external recruitment)
- Demonstrated experience in managing HR information systems including data management and reporting (Workday experience desirable)
- Experience in HR and office administration for a medium to large organisation
- Demonstrated ability - attention to detail, results orientated, whilst managing multiple priorities
- Solid understanding and experience in general HR policies and processes
- Demonstrated ability to advise managers on HR practices
- Ability to work collaboratively with managers and employees at all levels
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Good time management skills and ability to prioritise tasks and handle competing deadlines
- Flexible, mature attitude with the ability to work as part of a small team

How to Apply

**Salary**: Up to $75,000.00 per year