HR Advisor

Youth Justice and Victim Support; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Youth Justice and Victim Support in Wacol, QLD, is seeking an HR Advisor to provide policy guidance, payroll oversight, and workforce planning support within a centre environment.

The role involves coordinating HR processes, rostering, and records, ensuring compliance with laws and departmental policies, and liaising with management on payroll and staffing matters. Attention to cultural capability and inclusion is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience advising on HR policy and procedures.
• Knowledge of payroll processes and rostering.
• Ability to coordinate recruitment and workforce planning.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate cultural capability and support an inclusive culture.
• Provide advice on HR policy and procedural matters.
• Coordinate and monitor HR processes and records; support Manager HR.
• Collaborate with centre management on recruitment and records.
• Ensure compliance with legislative requirements and departmental policies.
• Oversee rostering and payroll processes to meet staffing needs.
• Maintain records contributing to establishment management.
• Monitor overtime and workforce arrangements; provide feedback.
• Liaise with management on workforce planning and payroll administration.

Skills

HR policy knowledge

Payroll coordination

Workforce planning

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources

HR certification

Tools

HRIS system

Job description

Youth Justice and Victim Support – Wacol QLD

The department is committed to keeping Queensland communities safe. Everyone deserves a life free from violence and fear. We are actively tackling the complex causes of youth crime and addressing serious repeat offenders and ensuring our systems and services not only meet but anticipate the needs of victims. We do this by providing:

• early intervention, statutory Youth Justice, and detention services to ensure that young people are held accountable for their offending behaviour.
• support to young people to become responsible members of the community through programs and community partnerships, which foster the achievement of positive life outcomes.
• trauma-informed support and resources to victims to ensure they can recover and heal, whilst ensuring the voices and experiences of victims are heard and respected.

As Human Resources Advisor, you will specifically:

• Demonstrate cultural capability and/or a commitment to developing cultural capability to ensure an inclusive culture that aligns with the Human Rights Act 2019 and supports departmental programs and community partnerships aimed at preserving cultural connections for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• Provide advice on human resources policy and procedural matters and enquiries.
• Coordinate and monitor human resource processes and records and provide advice and support to the Manager Human Resources.
• Collaborate with the Youth Detention Centre's management team to support centre's recruitment and selection processes and records.
• Contribute to ensuring that legislative requirements and Departmental policies and procedures are implemented and adhered to within the centre.
• Oversee the centre's rostering and payroll processes and systems in order to meet operational requirements consistent with the approved staff establishment and monitor the centre's use of staff compared to establishment levels and approved leave management arrangements.
• Provide input and maintain records contributing to the centre's establishment management processes and records.
• Monitor fortnightly schedules of overtime, higher duties and other workforce arrangements and provide feedback and advice to the management team.
• Liaise and consult with the management team on workforce planning issues and liaise as required with operational workgroups on matters of payroll and human resource administrative functions.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.