HR Officer

Bristow Group; Darwin; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel discounts

Health insurance

Gym memberships

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Airnorth is looking for a Human Resources Generalist to support recruitment, onboarding and payroll in our Darwin office. The role reports to the General Manager, Corporate Services and is a 12-month fixed-term maternity leave coverage.

You will develop and implement recruitment, onboarding and retention strategies, work with managers across departments, and help ensure compliant HR practices while delivering a positive candidate and new-hire experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years in HR administration or recruitment with knowledge of contemporary HR practices.
• Experience writing job advertisements, posting to SEEK and job boards, and conducting reference checks.
• Ability to build and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Experience creating candidate sourcing strategies and talent pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Recruitment - manage full cycle from brief to contract negotiations and screening.
• Onboarding - coordinate onboarding and induction activities for new hires.
• Retention - contribute to retention strategies and analyse exit data.
• Payroll - provide assistance with payroll processes.

Skills

Recruitment

Onboarding

Employee relations

Payroll support

HR administration

Stakeholder management

Education

Certificate/Diploma in HR

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

HRIS

Job description

About the Role:

An opportunity for a Human Resources Generalist based in our Darwin Office, located at the Darwin Internaional Airport. Reporting to the General Manager, Corporate Services, you will be responsible for developing and implementing Airnorth’s recruitment, retention, and onboarding strategy. Conduct recruitment and onboarding functions. Provide advice, service and support to best align candidates’ capabilities with a positive recruitment and onboarding experience. This is a 12‑month fixed‑term role to provide maternity leave coverage.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruitment - Partner with management to manage the full recruitment cycle from agreeing the brief with managers, placing adverts, candidate screening and administration, reference and background checks, salary, and contract negotiations. Proactively headhunt with the ability to identify key strategic recruitment activities to achieve business outcomes. Build relationships and coach managers on recruitment principles and compliance requirements. Ensure all candidates have the right skills, experience, and attitude. Provide timely reports to hiring managers regarding status relating to all positions. Ability to work cross-functionally, perform under tight deadlines, problem-solve, and adapt in a fast‑paced environment. Undertake recruitment‑related administrative tasks. Liaising with other departments on matters relating to candidates. Execute an effective student work experience program, fostering talent pipeline development.
• Onboarding - Partner with management to implement an effective onboarding experience for all new hires, working with hiring managers to ensure they receive support. Coordinate onboarding and induction activities. Follow up with new hires post-start and analyse survey data.
• Retention - Implement retention strategy in conjunction with GMCS. Gather retention data by conducting and analysing exit interviews. Build employee networks to drive engagement. Participate in projects directed by GMCS.
• Payroll - Provide assistance to the Payroll and HR Advisor in administering payroll.

Essential Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience in a Human Resources administration or recruitment role (minimum of 2 years) with a sound knowledge of contemporary HR practices.
• Demonstrated experience in writing and creating job advertisements, uploading to SEEK, websites, and job boards, and conducting reference checks.
• Ability to build and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships.
• Creating candidate sourcing strategies and developing talent pipelines.
• An understanding of and complete commitment to confidentiality.
• High initiative and attention to detail, work independently and accurately, and meet deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated practical experience using the Microsoft Suite of products, including Excel and Word.

Desired Requirements:

• A certificate, diploma, or tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Business Management, or a related business discipline.
• Previous experience in payroll.

Why Join Airnorth?

At Airnorth, we value innovation, safety, and continuous improvement. You'll be part of a team that prides itself on maintaining high standards. Airnorth also offers a range of employee benefits including discounts on domestic and international travel, health insurance, gym memberships and an employee assistance program.

To apply for this position, you must have the legal right to live and work in Australia without restrictions. As shortlisting will commence immediately, we reserve the right to close this position earlier than stated.

The Airnorth Family

More than just a business, Airnorth are a part of the social and economic fabric of northern Australia, and vital to many of our clients. The symbiotic relationship between our people, our clients and the communities makes us truly different. This year Airnorth celebrates mastering Australia’s northern skies for over 45 years. Whilst we remain true to our Territory roots and continue to maintain our headquarters in Darwin employing over 225 staff across administration and operational capacities, we recently opened a new office base in the heart of metropolitan Perth, Western Australia.

Business Divisions

• CAMO
• Commercial
• Corporate Services
• Engineering
• Finance
• Flight Operations
• Ground Operations
• Human Resources
• Safety and Compliance

We’re proud of everything we’ve achieved as a regional airline. It’s our people who make us who we are, and as we continue to evolve as a business, it’s the passion, knowledge and pioneering vision of our team that inspires and motivates us to deliver on our promise: to provide our customers with the best in class regional air services, specialising in connecting people to unique and often difficult to reach destinations.