People & Culture Specialist

Working for Cricket Australia means that you become a part of Australia’s proud history and help us look toward the future. Our players and teams are successful, inspiring and reflect the values and aspirations of the community they represent. As an organisation, we are seeking to drive bold, transformative change in digital experiences, junior participation, culturally diverse inclusion, gender equality and sustainability, whilst also reimagining the W/BBL, building player connection through storytelling and playing our part in developing the game globally.

Our purpose is clear; to unite and inspire everyone to love and play cricket. Cricket is so much more than just a game; it brings people together and binds us all through our shared experiences.

This is your opportunity to join a purpose led organisation that truly makes a difference to Australians.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**

We are looking for a People & Culture superstar to join Cricket Australia on a **12-month fixed-term contract.** In this role you will be responsible for delivering a range of generalist P&C functions with a strong focus on recruitment, onboarding and offboarding, learning and development, and providing support to the P&C Business Partners. We are looking for someone who is curious, has great stakeholder management skills and is passionate about ensuring a brilliant employee experience.

Reporting to the Head of People, Culture & inclusion, other key responsibilities will include:
**Workday implementation**: Play a key role in embedding the Workday implementation and supporting leaders to leverage the system to support the employee lifecycle.

**Recruitment**: Proactively managing end-to-end recruitment for CA supporting and empowering hiring managers to lead the recruitment process within their teams.

**Ensure data integrity across all P&C systems**: Maintenance and upkeep of all P&C documentation, data and systems to ensure accuracy and consistency for P&C strategic items and to allow for meaningful reporting and analysis of key people metrics.

**Onboarding and offboarding**:Manage these processes in consultation with the People Leader to ensure positive employee experiences. This includes facilitating New Starter sessions.

**Stakeholder relationships**: Manage relationships with external stakeholders and proactively collaborative with AC P&C teams to align policies, practices and processes.

**Contribute to P&C projects**: Including performance review process, remuneration review process, organisational change initiatives.

**Support the Head of People, Culture & Inclusion and P&C Business Partners**:This includes, but is not limited to, being the first point of contact for any employee queries relating to P&C and assisting in the management of the P&C budget.

**WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR**

As the successful People & Culture Specialist you will have the ability to adapt to changing environments and be able to balance multiple priorities while remaining clear and focused. You will also have:

- Tertiary qualification/s (Bachelor or Master’s degree) in Business or HR related discipline.
- Clear thinker whilst managing disparate and diverse business requirements, including the ability to manage tensions and trade-offs.
- Outstanding stakeholder relationship skills and a desire to drive brilliant experiences.
- Experience as a HR professional in a fast-paced environment.
- Proven ability to develop and implement contemporary HR practices.
- Knowledge of National Employment Standards and relevant Fair Work Legislation.
- Demonstrated collaboration and creative thinking skills as well as excellent analytical, verbal and written communication skills.
- Credibility and influencing skills.

**WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?**

Our employees at Cricket are gifted an additional week of leave at the end of the season As a CA employee, you will also have other benefits including:

- Tickets to the Cricket for you to take your friends and family and experience Australia’s favourite game
- A flexible working environment, meaning we strike the balance of what you need and what works for the business (this isn’t limited to working remotely)
- Discounts from our partners such as ASICS and salary packaging options
- A multitude of leave types including paid parental leave and volunteer leave

**OUR CULTURE**

Cricket is a sport for all Australians and our workplace reflects that. We recognise our differences are our strength and a diverse and inclusive workforce is fundamental to our success. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of colour, gender, LGBTIQ+ people, people with diverse religious beliefs and people with a disability to apply. Our culture is founded on our values:

- Aspire
- Respect
- Lead together

Australian Cricket, including Cricket Australia, is committed to being a child safe organisation and requires all team members to hold a valid Workin