• Permanent Full Time

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless, refugees and asylum seekers.   

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

Permanent full time opportunity based in our Newcastle or Sydney office with flexibility to work from home, where you will provide HR administrative support to our Client Services employees in NSW and ACT. Fantastic opportunity to join an experienced team of HR professionals in a large, national organisation that truly makes a difference in your community. You will be working in a fast paced, dynamic environment where initiative and agility will be key.

Key responsibilities

• Create variation letters for internal employees
• Respond to award and pay enquiries from employees
• Conduct exit surveys
• Assist in the provision of HR reports
• Various HR administrative tasks as required

Skills and Experience

• Qualification in Human Resources and experience in an Administration role
• Passion and interest in a career within Human Resources
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, identify issues and create solutions
• Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment where efficiency is key
• High level ability to develop good working relationships
• Possess excellent written skills for the creation of reports, correspondence and other material.
• Commitment to maintaining a high degree of confidentiality

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check.

Benefits

• Excellent salary packaging tax benefits
• Monthly rostered days off
• Flexible work environment
• Join a values-based organisation
• Laptop included

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Mikaella Latimore at [email protected], using the subject line: Human Resources Officer - Sydney / Newcastle enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview. 

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA