• Work as part of a collaborative and passionate Human Resources team providing support to managers within one of Australia’s largest mental health providers.
• Full-time opportunity until 30 June 2024
• Hybrid – Mind corporate office in Burnley & WFH

Mind Australia is one of the country’s leading community-managed specialist mental health service providers with a range of residential, mobile outreach, centre based and online services. We have been supporting people living with the day-to-day impacts of mental illness, as well as their families, friends and carers for over 40 years.

We provide practical and motivational support that helps people to develop the skills they need to move on, thrive and improve the quality of their lives. It’s an approach to mental health and wellbeing that looks at the whole person in the context of their daily life. Mind is committed to diversity and social inclusion.

About the role

The Human Resources Business Unit provides core support services in workforce management and development, payroll and remuneration and workplace health, safety and wellbeing. The Business Unit provides strategies, business processes and systems to enable efficient and effective management of these core support services to ensure Mind is financially sustainable, safe and technologically enabled.

The focus of the Human Resources Business Unit is to develop and support a flexible, sustainable and equitable workforce management model which is underpinned by the provision of appropriate, consistent and timely services, process and information to managers and employees. 

We are seeking a passionate and motivated HR Advisor who can provide exceptional customer service and is looking to further build on their existing generalist HR skills for a fixed term full time opportunity until 30 June 2024 in the Burnley area.  In this role, will you work alongside a high achieving team of HR Advisors and HR Partners to provide end to end recruitment and support the implementation of HR activities and projects.

Key responsibilities

• Provide end to end recruitment services to managers and offer advice on best practise and selection strategies to get the best candidate for a role.
• Partner with Line Managers on the recruitment process including, raising the request, advertising, shortlisting, screening and selection processes, candidate management, compliance checks, references and contracts.
• Respond to general enquiries received to the HR inbox through the provision of advice relative to a range of Mind processes and systems and escalating relevant issues to HR Business Partners as required.
• In consultation with the HR Business Partner support a range of projects and initiatives including change management, restructures, lunch and learns and other activities based on the HR Operating Plan.

What you’ll bring

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources or Administration (desirable) and/or significant experience in the provision of HR administrative support in Health, Medical, Community Services field.

• Previous experience working as an HR Generalist, HR Advisor, HR Administrator or Coordinator role
• Experience in end to end recruitment and selection of employees.
• A strong customer focused mindset and ability to be responsive to the needs of the team and stakeholders and maintain positive relationships.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to positively contribute to the team and organisation culture.
• Proven time management, organisational skills and the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines under pressure. 

Benefits

• A Salary packaging up to $15,899 p.a. allows you to allocate a portion of your pre-tax income to cover living expenses (e.g. rent, mortgage, child care, car leasing expenses etc.)
• Access to Meal and Entertainment allowance up to $2,650 p.a. via Salary Packaging.
• Generous leave entitlements including 8 weeks paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, and Monthly Accumulated Day off (Full time employees).
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), provided by Converge International, for you and your immediate family members.

Interested?

To obtain a position description and apply online click Apply Now to visit Mind Careers - reference number 494223.  Please contact the person below for more information.

Louise Coutts - HR Manager

Email: [email protected] 

Mind strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people with a lived experience of mental ill health and recovery, and applicants from all cultures, genders, sexualities, bodies, abilities, spiritualities, ages and backgrounds. The successful applicant is required to complete comprehensive reference and background checking prior to employment, including a Working with Children Check, NDIS Workers Screening Check and the ability to obtain vaccinations against COVID-19.