Recruitment Advisor

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• Make an impact by supporting our internal hiring manager network
• Fixed term, part time opportunity – 2 days per week until Feb 2026 (Monday and other day flexible)
• Flexible, hybrid working arrangements – from our office at the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital and from home

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Recruitment Operations Department

Our Recruitment Operations Team provides expertise and operational support to the extended internal hiring manager network to ensure that Austin Health is well positioned to attract key talent. Spanning talent acquisition activities as well as first level HR support, the team is an important interface to ensure positive candidate engagement and high-level service delivery.

The team plays a pivotal role in delivering support services to managers in a range of activities in the recruitment and employment lifecycle, primarily as it relates to creation of job requisitions, job advertising, application of the Recruitment Policy & Guidelines, visa and immigration requirements, employment contract generation and new hire onboarding.

About the role

A regular day will see you:

• Supporting and guide hiring managers in relation to Recruitment Requisitions and the use of the HRIS
• Provide expert advice on job advertising best practice - both ad copy and advertising channels
• Accurately generate and check employment contracts that are consistent with the relevant Enterprise Agreement classification structure
• Provide expertise, insights and improvement ideas to support decentralised recruitment activities and initiatives
• Monitoring of relevant HR compliance issues and undertake checks/audits on a periodic basis

About you

You will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work, and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Well-developed organisational and administrative skills, including strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated continuous improvement focus
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A commitment to team work

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
• Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
• Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Stacey Kelly, Recruitment Operations Manager at Stacey.Kelly@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Tuesday 27 May 2025