People and Culture Generalist

Beaumont People; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Purpose-driven organisation

Shape HRIS implementation

Collaborative People & Culture team

Community impact

Job summary

St John Ambulance NSW is seeking a proactive People & Culture Generalist to provide advice to managers and staff and to lead the administration of a new HRIS at our Macquarie Park offices. You will partner with leaders to strengthen engagement, ensure compliant people processes, and maintain data integrity across the organisation.

The role focuses on HRIS Super User responsibilities, system optimisation, and staff training while supporting recruitment, leave management, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a generalist HR role
• Experience with HRIS implementation or system administration
• Understanding of the Australian employment legislation
• High attention to detail and data integrity
• Strong written communication and reporting skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate and timely people and culture advice to managers and staff
• Prepare staff documentation including staff movements and remuneration changes
• Coordinate maternity, parental and extended leave processes
• Prepare statutory documentation (e.g., jury duty, leave confirmations)
• Support policy review cycles, consultation and communication
• Maintain up-to-date employment templates and People & Culture intranet content
• Support HRIS implementation including system testing, data migration and staff training
• Act as HRIS Super User and system administrator
• Maintain staff master data (new starters, promotions, remuneration updates, terminations)
• Configure workflows, approval hierarchies and system permissions
• Maintain document templates within the HRIS
• Liaise with system vendors and manage updates
• Provide ongoing HRIS training and support
• Track policy acknowledgements and regulatory compliance (e.g., AHPRA, visa compliance, probation periods)
• Support onboarding and induction system navigation
• Generate People & Culture dashboards and board-level reports
• Produce monthly workforce metrics (headcount, turnover, vacancies, absenteeism, diversity metrics)
• Complete annual WGEA reporting
• Provide backup support within the People & Culture Team
• Review and improve processes to enhance efficiency
• Contribute to organisational People & Culture initiatives

Skills

Generalist HR experience

HRIS implementation

Australian employment law

Data integrity

Workforce analytics

Prioritisation

Tools

HRIS system

Job description

• Collaborative and supportive People & Culture team
• Purpose-driven organisation whose meaningful work impacts communities across NSW

People and Culture Generalist

• Full-time, permanent position | Macquarie Park, 2113 | 1 day WFH
• Collaborative and supportive People & Culture team
• Purpose-driven organisation whose meaningful work impacts communities across NSW

About the Role

St John Ambulance NSW (St John NSW) are looking for a People and Culture Generalist to join our team at our Macquarie Park offices. In this role, you will be largely providing advice and support to Managers and staff members on areas of people and culture. This role is to ensure accurate, compliant and timely people processes while partnering with managers and staff to strengthen engagement and capability.

A focus of this position is supporting the implementation and ongoing administration of a new HRIS. You will act as the HRIS Super User, ensuring data integrity, system optimisation, and effective user support across all staff members.

You should be able to work seamlessly with all staff at all levels of St John NSW. This is a great opportunity for a motivated, proactive and professional individual to join our Team and meaningfully contribute to our purpose of providing a safer and healthier community where everyone is ready to respond to a healthcare crisis.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide accurate and timely people and culture advice to managers and staff
• Prepare staff documentation including staff movements and remuneration changes
• Coordinate maternity, parental and extended leave processes
• Prepare statutory documentation (e.g., jury duty, leave confirmations)
• Support policy review cycles, consultation and communication
• Maintain up-to-date employment templates and People & Culture intranet content

HRIS Implementation & Administration

• Support HRIS implementation including system testing, data migration and staff training
• Act as HRIS Super User and system administrator
• Maintain staff master data (new starters, promotions, remuneration updates, terminations)
• Configure workflows, approval hierarchies and system permissions
• Maintain document templates within the HRIS
• Liaise with system vendors and manage updates
• Provide ongoing HRIS training and support

Compliance & Reporting

• Track policy acknowledgements and regulatory compliance (e.g., AHPRA, visa compliance, probation periods)
• Support onboarding and induction system navigation
• Generate People & Culture dashboards and board-level reports
• Produce monthly workforce metrics (headcount, turnover, vacancies, absenteeism, diversity metrics)
• Complete annual WGEA reporting

Project & Team Support

• Provide backup support within the People & Culture Team
• Review and improve processes to enhance efficiency
• Contribute to organisational People & Culture initiatives

About You

You're a proactive, high energy HR professional who loves diving into the detail while driving exciting improvement initiatives that make a real impact.

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Experience in a generalist HR role
• Experience with HRIS implementation or system administration
• Understanding of the Australian employment legislation
• High attention to detail and data integrity
• Strong written communication skills, and experience producing workforce reports and analytics
• Ability to manage competing priorities

Why Join Us?

• Purpose-driven organisation focused on saving lives
• Opportunity to shape HRIS implementation
• Collaborative and supportive People & Culture team
• Meaningful work that impacts communities across NSW

We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from CALD backgrounds and people with disabilities. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital or parental status. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to be made for your application to be assessed we would be more than happy to discuss how that can be arranged.