People & Culture Coordinator

The Company

Starpharma is an ASX-listed innovative Australian biotechnology company located in inner Melbourne. Our mission is to help patients with significant illnesses, such as cancer, achieve improved health outcomes and quality of life through the application of our unique dendrimer technology and two decades of experience advancing dendrimer technology from the lab to the patient.

Through our innovative R&D and strategic partnerships with leading pharmaceutical companies, we are developing therapies that have the potential to profoundly improve patient health worldwide.

This new P&C Coordinator role has been created due to our strategic focus on high-performance culture, enabling us to expand the range of P&C activities under our strategic plan while ensuring we deliver the critical P&C services in a professional and efficient way. Joining the team at Starpharma will provide you with the reward of clear purpose and contribution to our strategy, and give you exciting professional challenges and opportunities for growth.

At Starpharma, you will work closely with other talented and committed professionals who share a common focus. We take pride in offering a great culture, professional working environment, attractive remuneration and the opportunity to develop your career as part of a small team in the dynamic biotech industry.

Starpharma has achieved Great Place to Work certification for three consecutive years. This validates that we care about our employees' experience and are committed to building and maintaining a high-trust company culture. Great Place to Work's insights enable dynamic, ever-evolving businesses like Starpharma to reflect on their results and continue enhancing their workplace culture. Certification recognises our positive workplace and company culture, and our celebration of inclusivity and diversity in our workplace.

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive, organised and detail-driven People & Culture Coordinator to join our team. Reporting to the Director People & Culture, this newly created role will play a key part in managing some P&C programs (health and wellbeing, internships), contributing to research and review of programs and keeping our people systems up to date and accurate. You'll get a great mix of responsibilities and be a key part of delivering high-quality People & Culture programs.

As it's a new role we have initially scoped it as a casual role for 2 days per week with potential to convert to permanent part-time in the year ahead. Hours can be mutually agreed, and the role will be suitable for hybrid working under our Working From Home policy.

Key Responsibilities

• Internship program management: Support planning and coordination of internship placements.
• Health & Wellbeing program management: Consult with leadership and staff on priorities and preferences; manage overall planning of wellbeing program; ensure delivery of specific initiatives in partnership with Exec Admin Coordinator.
• Employment Hero (EH) Platform Administration: Maintain accurate records for new joiners and existing employees including remuneration updates, role changes, hours adjustments, and reporting line updates. Also set up and monitor completion of induction training through EH/Go1. Stay abreast of and evaluate EH platform enhancements so we're benefitting from useful functionality as the platform evolves.
• Research and data analysis for continuous improvement: Complete research and analyse data to support program design and review, P&C-related policy development and review and continuous improvement of P&C processes, as required.
• Remuneration benchmarking support: Compile detailed remuneration data for remuneration benchmarking.
• Policy and compliance training: Coordinate policy and compliance training; consult with stakeholders on key requirements, review and recommend appropriate training to suit priority areas, track completion, and follow up as needed.
• Certification maintenance: Collaborate with Lab & Facilities team to implement and maintain Certification details within Employment Hero (eg, CPR, First Aid).
• All-Staff meeting support: Coordinate presentation development for quarterly meetings.
• Annual health monitoring: Arrange health checks for lab-based staff and manage follow-ups.

Candidate Profile

Applications must explicitly address the following key selection criteria:

1. Applicants must have the right to live and work in Australia
2. Diploma or degree in Human Resources, Psychology or related behavioural science field and/or ~2 years' prior HR/P&C experience
3. A work style characterized by diligence, integrity and a strong work ethic
4. Personal attributes of flexibility, responsiveness and being able to work with and get along well with others
5. Strong teamwork, communication and interpersonal skills
6. Basic understanding of Australian employment laws and workplace compliance requirements and a strong interest in staying up to date with HR-related topics and issues, to contribute to our program development/review, continuous improvement and compliance
7. Strong organisational skills including the ability to keep accurate records
8. Ability to analyse HR data and compile reports for benchmarking and continuous improvement purposes
9. Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel for data analysis and reporting

More generally Starpharma's values and valued behaviours focus on the following:

1. Teamwork
2. Superior performance
3. Innovation
4. Integrity
5. Accountability

Benefits

• Highly respected employer – Great Place to Work certified
• Small, committed team of approximately 40 company employees overall
• Professional, collegial environment
• Competitive remuneration - rate will depend on prior experience
• Fantastic health and wellbeing program with a wide range of activities for social, physical & mental wellbeing, plus EAP
• Support for professional development with access to high quality online learning resources

Want to apply for this job?

If applying for this role, please include a cover letter that outlines why this role is of interest to you, why you are looking for a change from your current job and how you line up against the key selection criteria in the Candidate Profile.