**Job no**: 495222
**Work type**: Fixed Term Contract - Full time
**Location**: Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney
**Categories**: Corporate Services
**About Allens**
As a leading law firm with a respected and established brand, our Corporate Services teams have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology, workplace culture, process improvement, business strategy and growth. With Allens, you'll have the opportunity to identify and set new standards of excellence for the profession, and play a vital role in delivering services to our clients that are responsive, innovative and focused on their needs. You'll be empowered to find operational efficiencies and drive changes that make a real impact on our clients, people and communities. With a heritage spanning 200 years, shaping the future is in our DNA and our alliance with Linklaters connects our clients and teams with an international network of legal leaders that spans 41 offices in 26 countries.
We value personal growth and career progression equally. Through our in-depth career coaching, focus on innovation, and international secondment program, we aim to create future leaders in the legal industry.
**Your role**
The best lawyers need the best business partners. At Allens, our business teams are also specialists in their field, using their unique knowledge and expertise to solve critical client and business challenges.
You'll be a part of our People & Development team, working as an integral member of our HR Operations team. The 'Ops' team works collaboratively with our HR Business Partners, Talent & Engagement and Resourcing teams to deliver an exceptional employee experience to our people.
You will be responsible for:
- Administrating all stages of the employment life cycle (including drafting employment letters, commencement, induction, staff movements, departures etc.);
- Updating information in the Human Resources Information System;
- Providing reporting on staff movements and other ad-hoc reporting and analysis as required by the business;
- Providing administrative support to HR projects;
- Answering employee queries and responding to requests for information from the HR team;
- Managing the HR Ops support hub (including coding cases as they come in and triaging to the relevant Ops team member);
- Providing general administration support to the team including coding invoices / expenses and travel bookings.
This is a 12-month fixed term opportunity in our Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane office. We also support a hybrid working model, where working from home, and the office, is part of our norm.
**About you**
You will have:
- At least 2 years in an HR/recruitment administration role (or similar);
- Intermediate excel skills including experience with VLOOKUP formulas;
- Excellent time management and organisational skills with an ability to prioritise and multi-task;
- Ability to maintain the highest level of confidentiality at all times;
- Can-do attitude with an enthusiasm to learn new things;
- Good written communication skills with excellent attention to detail; and
- A desire to learn, grow, network, and mentor others.
**Your development**
In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.
Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.
**Our perks**
Our benefits include:
- **Financial**: market competitive fixed remuneration; salary continuance insurance, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
- **Health and wellbeing**: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, emergency childcare, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.
- **Flexibility**: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
- **Leave**: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible parental leave policy - 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high quality executive coaching to support the transition.
- **Recognition**: team based recognition including social activities and contribution based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the in