Administrative Officer - People and Culture

Full job description
We are seeking an experienced Administrative Officer to join our high performing, engaged and supportive People and Culture (PC) team.

This challenging and rewarding role encompasses a range of functions across PC processes and systems, providing essential administrative and customer service support. Success in this position requires a high level of attention to detail, flexibility, and effective time management skills, all of which are vital for delivering client services within the team.

The successful candidate will foster a cohesive team environment by proactively sharing information and assisting colleagues to meet goals and deadlines. You will liaise with various units across the Council and address ad hoc inquiries. This role offers a variety of tasks, from fundamental administrative duties to supporting project delivery.

About the role:
Pivotal role in supporting PC operations with a focus on administering our end-to-end recruitment at Council.
Requires flexibility to work across multiple functions within the team: recruitment, operations, learning and development and WHS
Provides support to committee meetings by generating agendas and minutes
What's on offer:
A base salary ranging from $34.00 per hour with competency-based increments up to $38.+5 per hour, plus 12% super
70 hour, + day fortnight
A maximum-term contract 6 months, with the possibility of extension or permanency subject to performance, funding and operational need
Flexibility in hours available
full time - 70 hour, + day fortnight; or
part time 31 hours (4 days per week)
Training and development opportunities
Flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
Generous employment conditions
We are seeking:
Accuracy, attention to detail and the ability to maintain confidentiality
Comprehensive Microsoft skills and the ability to pick up new systems with ease
The ability to meet deadlines on a daily basis
The ability to apply your generalist people and culture knowledge
Someone who enjoys teamwork and providing administrative support
Someone who can use their initiative to problem solve and contribute to continuous improvements
About us:
Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles. We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options.
Join an employer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.
Where it's located:
This position is based in Murwillumbah and can be directed to work from any Council work site.

Position closes:
Friday 27 June 2025 at 12 noon sharp (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.


Pre-Employment Screening:
Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process.

Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:

Pre-employment medical – some roles require a functional (physical) assessment, and all positions are subject to drug and alcohol screening (a positive test result means the recruitment process ends and your application will not be considered).
Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct.
Reference Checks are undertaken by the panel. Your 2 referees should ideally be your current and most recent supervisors. Your referees are not contacted unless you’ve been interviewed and are a preferred candidate.

How To Apply:
You must use your own email address, and not one used previously by another person that has applied for a position with council.

Once you start your online application, you cannot save and return to it later.

Have your Resume document ready to go.

If you'd like to COPY and PASTE selection criteria fields into a separate Word document to work on over time, please find them listed below:

Why are you interested in working at Tweed Shire Council, and what excites you most about this particular opportunity?
Please describe your experience working in a generalist People Culture (HR) environment, using electronic record management and human resources information systems.
Describe your organisational and time management skills with the ability to establish priorities, manage workloads and identify when to reschedule and reorganise work to reflect changes in priority.
Please detail your high-level competence with Microsoft 365 applications and the capacity to learn corporate applications.
Describe your ability to use initiative, research HR related issues and apply sound judgement to contribute to decision making and continuous improvements in the People Culture team.
Desirable:

Do you hold any certification in HR, business administration, work health and safety, training and assessment, or other relevant qualification?

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Unit
Human Resources

Job Grade
4

Industry
Human Resources

Employment Type
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