Senior Human Resources Consultant

Service and Invest

Position No: Pool Ref VCID03303

Salary/Level: Level 6, $120,457 - $132,753 pa, PSCSAA 2024

• Full-Time or Part-Time, Fixed Term/Permanent position/s available

Come join the team at the new Department of Housing and Works.

The Department of Housing and Works delivers and maintains essential social housing and critical infrastructure across Western Australia—including schools, hospitals and police facilities.

We manage tenancy services, support housing provision in remote Aboriginal communities, and oversee government employee accommodation.

Through office accommodation solutions, State Fleet management, procurement, planning and asset policy, we empower other government agencies to deliver their best.

We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, youth, people of diverse sexualities and genders, and culturally and linguistically diverse people.

We are committed to ensuring our hiring processes are inclusive. If you are an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person, young person or person with disability seeking assistance with your application, please contact Jobs and Skills WA on If you are a person living with disability and require any adjustments or accommodations, please contact Kristie Kent on or via email at You can also reach us through the National Relay Service.

When you join us, you can enjoy a variety of benefits, including:

• flexible work options, including working from home up to 2 days per week.
• professional development, training, and on-the-job learningto advance your career.
• generous leave entitlements, which include 4 weeks annual leave, 3 public service holidays each year, accrued long service leave every 7 years and an option to purchase additional leave each year. Access to cultural leave for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
• modern workspaces, where you choose your workspace that assists you to do your best work.
• access to activity-based work hubs in the CBD, Fremantle and Joondalup for ad hoc flexible work.
• corporate discounts with selected health insurance providers and access to wellness programs.
• Opportunity to support our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), Disability Access and Inclusion Plan, Indigenous Network, Gender Equity Champions Group, and Youth Working Group.

About The Role:

Our Senior Human Resources Consultants support the Manager and Assistant Director Workforce Services in developing and implementing values-based HR practices to deliver contemporary HR services to the business.

In addition to delivering outcomes focussing on recruitment and establishment, and employee and industrial relations, you will utilise your growth mindset to coach and mentor other team members and help build capability across the Workforce Services team. Your people skills will enable you to build and leverage business relationships across the Department, role modelling our values and culture. Experience in navigating change, complex HR issues, and an understanding of diversity and inclusion issues, is vital in these roles.

About You:

We are on the lookout for enthusiastic and committed HR professionals to join our team. If you have a broad range of skills and HR experience, we want to hear from you

In particular, we are looking for candidates who have:

• Skills and experience in a variety of HR functions, enabling you to demonstrate an HR generalist approach to the role.
• Conceptual, analytical and problem-solving skills, enabling you to develop and implement values-based solutions that align with public sector frameworks and meet business needs.
• Well-developed communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills, enabling you to liaise with a range of stakeholders and deliver a customer-centric service.

The position operates in Personal Leadership context. This means that you are required to demonstrate personal accountability for delivering excellence and support your team and agency in delivering strategic goals. You will be expected to build and nurture relationships and be willing to seek feedback and learn.

How to Apply:

If you think you have what it takes to be a part of our dynamic and forward-thinking team, please click the "APPLY FOR THIS JOB" button and you will be redirected to WA Government Jobs and follow the advertising instructions. If not directed straight to the position, please key the position number into the web search box.

Please ensure you apply before the closing deadline as we won't accept late and incomplete applications.

Further Job-Related Information:

For further information about the position please contact Kristie Kent on not to be contacted for Applicant Information Packs or assistance with lodging your application).

We have one permanent vacancy available from February 2026. We are also seeking to establish a recruitment pool to fill vacancies that may arise within the next twelve (12) months. Suitable applicants will be placed in the pool which may be used to fill full-time, part-time, permanent or fixed-term vacancies with the possibility of further extension(s) and/or permanency.  Please note that being placed in the pool does not guarantee your placement in a position.

Closing Date: Tuesday, 27 January 2026 at 11:00am (AWST)