HR Advisor

Mercy Community has an opportunity for a Human Resources Advisor to work alongside our HR Business Partner in supporting the Aged Care team with human resource matters. This includes the provision of administration and maintenance of HR Systems and process across the employment lifecycle. This role is offered on a 6 Month Fixed-Term contract.

The Role

Reporting to the HR Business Partner, your key responsibilities will include:

• Assisting with maintaining HR systems including HRIS and CRM.
• Providing assistance with HR record maintenance, development of contract and contract changes, orientation processes, cessations, and visa management.
• Assisting with recruitment activities to the service stream in consultation with Talent Acquisition, HR Officer and HRBP.
• Supporting and guiding managers to undertake consistent performance management processes to promote a high-performance culture and manage underperformance.
• Supporting management and employees in the interpretation of and adherence to applicable industrial instruments, policies, procedures and processes, and best practice.

About You

To be successful in the role you will hold tertiary qualification in Human Resources or a related field, with previous experience in a generalist HR role. You will have strong HR administrative skills in preparing contracts and reviewing HR documentation. Your generalist experience includes interpretation of legislation, regulations, awards, industrial agreements together with policies and procedures. This role will suit someone who can develop trusted and influential relationships with managers and employees.

You will have strong communication, interpersonal, and consultation skills to provide sound advice to leaders and employees. Your ability to deal with competing priorities, and work autonomously will be key to your success.

Why choose to work at Mercy Community?

Mercy Community appreciates the important work that each person contributes to the success of our programs and services. Being part of the Mercy team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as we:

• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need - saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional, and confidential counselling services. This includes specialised First Nations counsellors.
• Provide the opportunity to increase your take home pay through the use of salary sacrificing and other packaging benefits -up to $18,550 per annum is available to take advantage of!
• Provide access to novated leases for a vehicle to help reduce your taxable income.

About Us

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit known for its leadership in practice and its embodiment of Catherine McAuley’s mission to respond compassionately to unmet need within the Aged Care, Disability and Families and Young People sector. Our dedication to service fosters creative thinking, problem solving and contributes to positive outcomes for the people we support.

We don't turn our back on anyone, and work on many levels—from providing the most immediate and practical assistance to chipping away at systemic injustices and building stronger foundations for communities. We embrace inclusion as an expression of our core values and are committed to Reconciliation with a deep respect for our team members who are of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. We are proud of our workforce diversity, our flexible working arrangements, our focus on wellbeing and our collaborative culture.

• Mercy Community is committed to Safeguarding - taking actions to promote and ensure the welfare of children and adults at risk, protect them from abuse or neglect and supporting an awareness of whole community responsibility to help and protect all in need._