Recruitment Officer

flinders; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

17% Superannuation + salary packaging

Flexible working arrangements

Thriving@Flinders wellbeing program

Staff development opportunities

On-campus health care, gym & childcare

Job summary

Flinders University seeks a Recruitment Officer to support hiring managers, administer recruitment processes and enhance candidate experience. The role focuses on equitable hiring, onboarding efficiency, and timely stakeholder communications.

Ideal candidates bring customer service experience, strong attention to detail, and familiarity with HRIS/Recruitment platforms, such as Workday. This fixed-term position offers career development within People and Culture.

Qualifications

• Proven administrative experience with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple and competing tasks at once and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrable success in a fast‑moving environment, responding promptly to stakeholders.
• A commitment to confidentiality and professional conduct.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely support to hiring managers and administer recruitment processes.
• Promote equitable and inclusive hiring practices and a positive candidate experience.
• Ensure smooth onboarding and timely communications across stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with HR/CRM systems, including Workday.

Skills

Administrative experience

Customer service

Attention to detail

Prioritising deadlines

Confidentiality

Communication

Tools

Workday

Job description

Position Details

Full-Time | Fixed Term (6 months)

Higher Education Officer Level 5 | $84,599 - $93,366

Location: Bedford Park / Kaurna Country

About the Role

Following an internal promotion, we have an opportunity for someone who is passionate about customer service and thrives in a dynamic, people-focused environment.

The Recruitment Officer contributes to Flinders University's Agenda 2035 vision by ensuring the University can attract, recruit and onboard talented and diverse employees who are essential to delivering outstanding education, impactful research, and meaningful community partnerships.

Through the efficient administration of recruitment processes, providing timely support to hiring managers, promoting equitable and inclusive hiring practices, and creating a positive candidate experience, the role helps build a high-performing workforce that enables Flinders to achieve its strategic priorities of putting students first, being the university for industry and enterprise, and delivering research that matters.

Every successful appointment strengthens the University's capacity to create positive outcomes for students, staff, industry partners and the broader community, directly supporting the goal of changing 10 million lives for the better by 2035.

This role is ideal for someone transitioning from a fast-paced customer-facing or administrative background (e.g. retail, hospitality, reception) into a People and Culture environment, and could be your next career move!

Please note: This role is offered on a fixed-term basis, however, there may be an opportunity to transition to a continuing position, subject to organisational requirements.

About You

You are a team player, forward thinker and always looking for ways to improve. Collaboration and communication will be key to your success along with a commitment to the delivery of excellent customer service and the ability to problem solve and work through new ways of doing things.

Ideally, you will have previous experience in a similar HR/Recruitment support or customer liaison role, work well with HR/CRM software, have good attention to detail and be able to prioritise multiple deadlines easily. Exposure to Workday or other HRIS/Recruitment platforms is desirable.

Critical to success in this role are:

• Proven administrative experience with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple and competing tasks at once and meet deadlines.
• Demonstratable success in a fast‑moving environment, responding promptly to stakeholders.
• A commitment to confidentiality and professional conduct

About the People and Culture team

Our People and Culture team provides strategic leadership and operational support across Flinders University. We're committed to building a positive, inclusive workplace that reflects our values of Integrity, Courage, Innovation, and Excellence.

Life at Flinders

They say know your place. We say you've found it right here.

Flinders University was founded on the belief that learning should open minds, celebrate individuality and give people the freedom to pursue their own point of view. That spirit lives on in our community of thinkers, doers and changemakers who challenge convention, and each other, to shape what comes next.

Rising to a challenge is nothing new for Flinders. During our first 60 years, we've navigated revolutionary changes in social and cultural norms, and have responded to transformative economic, environmental and technological developments. Through it all, we've continued to deliver for our students and community, innovating in learning and research to prepare graduates for the changing world they help create.

Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them.

So, why work at Flinders?

• 17% Superannuation + salary packaging options
• Flexible working arrangements
• Awarded the AHEIA Higher Education Award for Workplace Culture Excellence due to our commitment to wellbeing through our Thriving@Flinders staff wellbeing program
• Wide range of professional development activities and services, including exclusive staff study offers
• We embrace diversity and promote equity and inclusion for all students and staff, as shown through our three SAGE Cygnet Awards.
• Vibrant campus life and amenities including on campus health care services , gym and childcare centre (Bedford Park, South Australia).
• Recognised as a Veteran Employer of Choice

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment

Flinders University is proud to be an organisation that is committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy. Our vision is to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and we