The City of Tea Tree Gully is a progressive and evolving Council focused on building organisational capability and delivering positive outcomes for its community. With continued growth across the organisation, this is an exciting time to join a People, Culture and Wellbeing team committed to strong customer service, collaboration and contemporary people practices.
The City of Tea Tree Gully is seeking an organised and customer-focused People Support Officer
to provide recruitment, employee lifecycle and systems support across the organisation.
Reporting to a People Advisor, you will support an allocated portfolio and act as a key contact for hiring managers and candidates. You will coordinate recruitment administration, pre-employment requirements, onboarding, offboarding and employee movements, while maintaining accurate records and data integrity, across Council’s People systems.
Work collaboratively across the People, Culture and Wellbeing team being a significant contributor to achieve innovative solutions and adapting to the growth and organisational needs of our Council.
This is a highly transactional role offering broad exposure to People and Culture processes and a strong foundation for future progression into advisory opportunities.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Coordinating recruitment administration, advertisements and candidate communication.
- Supporting pre-employment checks, medical assessments and onboarding activities.
- Manage contracts of employment, appointments, variations, higher duties, secondments and separations.
- Maintaining accurate employee records, documentation and system information.
- Acting as a responsive point of contact for hiring managers and candidates.
- Supporting employee reimbursements, invoices and standard reporting.
- Maintaining templates, forms and People and Culture process documentation.
- Working collaboratively with the wider team to improve service delivery.
About you:
You are an organised and dependable administrator who takes pride in delivering accurate work and responsive customer service.
You enjoy coordinating multiple processes, working with systems and supporting people through important stages of the employee lifecycle. You are comfortable following established procedures, handling confidential information and escalating non-routine matters when required.
This opportunity will suit someone looking to develop their Human Resources career within a supportive team that encourages learning, knowledge sharing and internal progression.
You will also have:
- Experience in an administration, coordination or support role.
- Exposure to Human Resources, recruitment or corporate services activities.
- Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
- Experience maintaining records, databases and transactional documentation.
- Effective communication and customer service skills.
- Confidence using corporate systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- The ability to manage confidential information professionally.
- A flexible approach and willingness to adapt to changing priorities.
- A Certificate in Human Resources or equivalent experience.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a National Police Check.
- Level 3 remuneration of $87,101.55 to $93,466.35 plus superannuation.
- Flexible start and finish times.
- The opportunity to work across the Civic Centre and Golden Grove Service Centre.
- Significant investment in professional development and internal training.
- Exposure to all employee lifecycle processes.
- Support from experienced People and Culture professionals.
- A positive, collaborative and highly supportive team environment.
- Genuine opportunities to develop towards future People Advisor roles.
- Broader internal development and career progression opportunities.
- Free income protection and journey insurance.
- Free onsite parking
If you get energised by providing a high level of support to leaders managing the end-to-end recruitment and employee lifecycle, we want to hear from you.
Application Information:
To apply, click the ‘Apply’ button and follow the prompts, include a cover letter & current resume.
Applications close:
9am, 27 July 2026.
For further enquiries about this opportunity, please contact Ariel Winters via email at ariel.winters@harrisonmcmillan.com.au
