HR Consultant

About the Role

This role offers an excellent opportunity to advance your HR career by joining a dedicated team of HR consultants within the Schools Recruitment Unit, part of the People Division at the Department of Education. You will play a key role in delivering high quality recruitment and HR advisory services to school administrators, staff, and members of the public seeking employment within Victorian Government Schools. We are looking for a self-motivated, client-focused team player with strong influencing and decision-making capabilities, and the ability to build and maintain effective working relationships. Success in this role requires a proactive approach, a commitment to delivering outcomes in a fast paced and complex environment, strong attention to detail, a professional phone manner, and proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Key skills:

• Provide administrative advice and support on a range of recruitment initiatives
• Provide technical advice and/or support
• Provide advice on the appropriate interpretation of department HR policy and or HR processes relating to recruitment and staffing in a school setting
• Work with relational databases; including the creation of customised stand alone excel and access databases, extraction and manipulation of data.

Work type

Ongoing - Full Time

Attributes

The ideal candidate is flexible and adaptable, open to new ideas, and willing to develop new skills. They work collaboratively by sharing information, recognising others contributions, and supporting colleagues to achieve team goals. With a strong future focus, they understand how their work aligns with broader departmental priorities and actively engage with new technologies. They use sound critical thinking and problem-solving skills, drawing on policy and process guidance and seeking input when needed to support effective outcomes. They build strong stakeholder relationships by responding promptly, keeping others informed, and taking responsibility for resolving issues. A strong customer focus guides their approach, enabling them to understand client needs and deliver high-impact, customer centred services.

Desirable Qualifications and Experience

Relevant tertiary qualification in Human resource management

How to Apply

Applicants are required to submit a CV and cover letter (max. 2 pages for cover letter) which summarises their skills, relevant experience and suitability to the role.

About the Department

The department provides a wide range of learning and development support and services. The department provides policy leadership, plans for the future of education in Victoria and leads key cross-sector collaboration. The department plays an important system steward role by providing support, guidance, oversight and assurance across early childhood and school education systems, as well as directly providing school education and 50 new early learning centres

About the Division

People and Workplace Relations (Schools) Division is responsible for providing quality employee services and human resources to support school-based and regional staff in best practice and delivering on workforce strategies and initiatives to support the attraction and retention of teachers and school workforce staff in Victorian government schools.

• Provides support and advice on payroll and recruitment, school workforce performance and development, HR data analysis and reporting
• Implements and manages a range of workforce supply initiatives to increase supply and distribution of teachers across Victoria, providing targeted support to schools experiencing workforce challenges
• Manages the industrial environment for the schools workforce and employee relations matters and the appointment processes for the Merit Protection Boards and the Victorian Institute of Teaching.

Further Information

For more details regarding this position please see attached position description for the capabilities to address in application.

The department values diversity and inclusion in all forms - gender, religion, ethnicity, LGBTIQ+, disability and neurodiversity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. For more information about our work, working for the Department, diversity and inclusion, and our employment conditions visit the Department website and our Diversity and Inclusion page

Applicants requiring adjustments can contact the nominated contact person.

Information about the Department of Education's operations and employment conditions can be located at

For further information pertaining to the role, please contact Anthony Baranyay Manager, Schools Recruitment via email

Preferred applicants may be required to complete a police check and may be subject to other pre-employment checks. Information provided to the Department of Education will be treated in the strictest confidence.

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Applications close 11:59pm on 1/12/2025.