Job Description

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- Full Time /9 Day Fortnight /36 hours
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- Salary: From $94,439 plus Superannuation
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About the role

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Join the City of Gold Coast as a HR Officer and help shape a workplace where people thrive. In this impactful role, you will collaborate with front line leaders, employees, and Chief People Office cross-functional teams to create an inclusive, engaging, and high-performing work environment.

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This key role for the Chief People Officer undertakes a broad range of HR generalist support activities across the full employee life cycle.

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If you are passionate about creating positive workforce experiences across the employee lifecycle and want to help position the City of Gold Coast as an employer of choice - the city that leads, a career that creates, we want to hear from you !

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Duties for the role will include (but not limited to)

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- Provide timely day-to-day accurate HR generalist guidance and support to front line leaders and employees across the full employee lifecycle in collaboration with CPO cross-functional teams
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- Collaborate with hiring managers and Talent Acquisition Partners to support throughout the City's recruitment lifecycle
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- Assist the business with local level workforce planning in relation to position and people management
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- Work collaboratively with the Compliance Training Business Partners to identify compliance requirements and support the business with scheduled training to effectively monitor, assess and maintain compliance
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- Acts as a conduit between CPO processes, projects, policies and procedures, to support allocated business areas to apply operationally
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- Remedy any disconnect between design to operational function and/or implementation
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- Assist CPO cross-functional teams and the business in the collation of relevant data or information pertinent to various people and position management and people related reporting activities
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- Promote a positive workplace culture and drive high-performance principles by championing and providing on the ground support for CPO initiatives.
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We're looking for people who have:

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- A Diploma of Human Resource Management and/or relevant knowledge and experience.
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- Proven capability providing accurate, timely advice across the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance, workforce planning, and employee relations
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- Experience partnering with front line leaders, employees, and cross-functional HR teams to deliver consistent, high-quality people support
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- The ability to support position management, analyse workforce needs, and contribute to local-level planning activities
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- Experience in interpreting HR policies, processes, and projects, and applying them effectively within operational environments; ability to identify and resolve gaps between design and implementation
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- Experience collating, analysing, and presenting people-related data; strong attention to detail and proficiency with HR information systems and reporting tools
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- Demonstrated commitment to promoting positive workplace culture, supporting high-performance behaviours, and championing organisational people initiatives.
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Be part of shaping the Gold Coast's future

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The Gold Coast is inspired by lifestyle and driven by opportunity. We are the second largest Council in Australia.

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We care about being the most flexible government organisation in Australia. We have a range of benefits to help you create the right balance:

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- 9-day fortnight
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- Flexible work arrangements to suit your lifestyle, including hybrid/work from home options, flexible working hours and locations
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- Personal and professional development courses
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- Access to 350+ fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
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- 4 free confidential counselling sessions a year for you or an immediate family member
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- 1 free nutritionist and financial advice session per year
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We pride ourselves on our shared mission of being a high-performing, customer-focused organisation which delivers value-for-money services to the community.

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Closing Date Thursday 16 July 2026 @11:59 pm

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Our selection process may include a one-way video interview via Criteria, a face-to-face or virtual interview via Microsoft Teams, reference checks via Xref and additional checks including police checks, employment history checks, qualification checks, pre-employment medical reviews and drug and alcohol testing.

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We're committed to creating a diverse workplace and inclusive culture.

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We take pride in people who align with our high-performance principles.

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We believe that the diverse makeup of our workforce reflects the community we serve.

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We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and identities, and encourage candidates to discuss any support or adjustments they may need throughout the recruitment process.

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