HR Professionals – Payroll/HR Systems and HR Business Partner (Canberra)

HR Professionals – Payroll/HR Systems and HR Business Partner (Canberra)

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About the AIHW

With more than 38 years’ experience, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) is Australia’s authoritative source of health and welfare data and analysis. As an independent national information and statistics agency within the Commonwealth’s Health, Disability and Ageing portfolio, the AIHW publishes more than 400 data products each year, maintains and administers specialised national data standards and classifications, and supports high quality research.

The AIHW’s vision of ‘stronger evidence, better decisions, improved health and welfare for all Australians’ signifies our organisation’s commitment to providing high quality, national data and analysis across the health, housing and community services sectors. This covers a wide range of areas, from health and welfare expenditure, hospital services, disease and injury, disability and mental health, to ageing, disadvantaged and vulnerable populations, homelessness, and First Nations health and wellbeing.

Building on its strong reputation and successful track record, the AIHW has recently refreshed its strategic direction and has embarked on a process of modernisation and enhancement of its processes, technology, communications and stakeholder engagement to better meet the changing needs of its diverse stakeholders and the wider community. This is an exciting opportunity to join and shape the future of our high performing organisation with its focus on embracing innovation, introducing new technologies and deepening its partnerships across health and welfare systems at national and jurisdictional levels.

The AIHW Difference

The AIHW’s APS employee census results attest to our positive and supportive workplace culture. We are an inclusive, flexible, and productive workplace where people are treated with respect and courtesy, and diverse and unique attributes are recognised and valued. Our results also show that we achieved top ten rankings in staff engagement, communication, wellbeing and SES manager scales out of 107 APS agencies.

We offer a range of benefits including:

· access to flexible working arrangements to support your work/life balance

· attractive remuneration packages including generous superannuation and leave provisions

· challenging and fulfilling work where you can use your skills and expertise

· opportunities for career development.

We are committed to creating genuine opportunities for everyone and we welcome applications from First Nations people, people with disability, LGBTIQA+, neurodiverse people and people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

For more information, visit the Benefits of working for the AIHW page of our website.

Position Summary

A bit about us

The HR Services and Facilities Unit provides a range of corporate services and support for recruitment, employee initiatives, payroll, HR system administration, reception and facilities. We are a relatively newly established team following the expansion of the institute’s enabling functions to reflect our growing workforce.

Why you want to work with us

In short, we are a great team! We are inclusive and vibrant, and we thrive on collaboration and fun. We work together to get the job done through sharing our knowledge, encouraging new ideas, and celebrating

successes.



We provide a supportive setting where you can be yourself while working on rewarding challenges and making a meaningful impact at the institute.

About you

We are seeking HR professionals who are experienced in either payroll, HR systems administration or HR business partnering. You will have excellent communication skills, experience in providing HR services and advice, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team. You will be proactive and solution-focused with excellent attention to detail and the demonstrated confidence to manage relationships with key stakeholders.

Duties of the roles

EL1 – Payroll and HR Systems Manager

· Oversee and manage all aspects of the AIHW’s payroll function

· Oversee the administration of the AIHW’s HR system (iChris)

· Lead the enhancement of the HR system including implementation of new modules

· Provide strategic and innovative advice to help the team improve business processing and achieve efficiencies

· Provide advice on complex payroll and HR system matters

· Quality assure data for reporting, reviews and surveys

· Contribute to project work including workforce planning initiatives such as position establishments

· Provide leadership and guidance to the payroll and HR system team

· Contribute to the broader leadership, strategy and operations of the HR units.

APS 6 – HR System Administrator

· Maintain and perform system administration of the AIHW’s HR system (iChris)

· Manage the testing of system upgrades and fixes

· Identify and implement system enhancements including the implementation of new modules

· Provide strategic and innovative advice to help the team improve business processing and achieve efficiencies

· Perform ongoing and targeted data interrogation and cleansing

· Develop and implement enhanced HR system reporting

· Set up access and train staff in using the HR system

· Develop and maintain HR system guidance materials

· Provide accurate and timely advice to staff and managers to assist in resolving queries

· Contribute to project work including workforce planning initiatives such as position establishments.

EL1 - HR Business Partner

· Act as the primary conduit between AIHW business areas and HR units including meeting regularly with managers and staff.

· Provide strategic and operational HR advice and support services, with a focus on enabling managers and business areas to meet their workforce needs. This will include supporting workforce planning, strategic recruitment and performance management.

· In conjunction with the relevant HR teams, assist managers across the institute with building their people management capability. This will include coaching and guiding managers on workforce and people matters (including support for issues requiring local management action), and where appropriate, triaging complex people issues to broader HR teams.

· Identify workforce trends,



issues and opportunities through observations and engagement with stakeholders and feed insights into broader strategy and initiative development.

· Support the development and implementation of workforce planning initiatives such as job family mapping, position descriptions and position establishments.

· Contribute to the broader leadership, strategy and operations of the HR units.

Selection Criteria

Our ideal candidate will have most or all of the following skills and knowledge:

· Well-developed working knowledge of the APS HR landscape including legislation, systems and processes.

· Practical project management and highly organised work-style including the ability to multi-task, and prioritise delivery of outcomes in a fast-paced and changing setting.

· Ability to exercise good judgement in line with legislation, best practice principles, policies, and procedures when providing advice and making decisions and recommendations on HR matters.

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to actively foster productive working relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders (in particular staff, managers and service providers).

Additionally for the Payroll and HR Systems roles:

· Demonstrated experience in payroll and HR system administration, iChris experience will be highly regarded.

Additionally for the EL1 roles:

· Well-developed leadership, people management and coaching skills.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for these vacancies , you must:

• be an Australian citizen

• undergo any required pre-employment checks, including a police records check

• obtain and maintain a valid security clearance if required by the institute.

• a probationary period of six (6) months will apply to any recent engagement to the APS.

How to apply

Please submit your application online via the AIHW e-Recruit system. When applying online for the first time, you will need to register and provide a valid email address.

On the application form, you will be asked to indicate which role you are most interested in and you should tailor your application accordingly.

Your application must include:

1. A summary of your relevant skills and experience and explain why you would be the best person for the role. Your response should align with the position summary and selection criteria information above, and must be no more than 750 words.

2. Your current CV and the names of two referees.

Reasonable Adjustment

The AIHW is committed to providing accessible, inclusive and equitable recruitment processes for all candidates. If you require a reasonable adjustment (at any stage of the recruitment process), you can note this in your application and provide details of any adjustments required. All efforts will be made to meet your requirements.

Reasonable adjustments may include but are not limited to additional interview time, being interviewed at a particular time of day, interview material printed in large font, making allowances for varying communication styles.

RecruitAbility

The AIHW is committed to supporting the employment and career development of people with

disability. Our participation in APS RecruitAbility means we will progress an applicant who declares that they have disability to a further stage in the recruitment process, where they opt into RecruitAbility on the application form and meet the minimum requirements for the role.

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📌 HR Professionals – Payroll/HR Systems and HR Business Partner (Canberra)
🏢 Australian Institute of Health & Welfare
📍 Canberra