Join the Heartbeat of SuniTAFE – The People & Culture Team is hiring!
Are you dynamic, innovative, and enthusiastic about making a real impact? Do you thrive in a high-performing, collaborative, professional and supportive environment where no two days are the same?
People & Culture is looking for passionate individuals to help drive our bold vision forward. We’re delivering on the P&C; Strategy, the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Plan, and the Wellbeing Management Plan –all aligned to the SuniTAFE Strategic Plan. Together, we’re shaping a workplace where employees feel engaged, valued and have career pathways.
🔹 What You’ll Be Part Of:
A team that values people and celebrates diverse perspectives and potential opportunities to step up, lead, and grow
Expressions of Interest are invited from candidates with backgrounds and interest in:
- HR Management – lead the HR operations and team
- People & Culture Advisory – support leaders and employees with expert advice that drives performance and engagement.
- HR Reporting & Analytics – help us turn data into insights that shape our people strategy.
- Process Improvement & Automation – streamlining processes, automating workflows, and enhancing the employee experience to help us work smarter and deliver better outcomes
- Payroll – bring your precision and people-focus to ensure our team is paid accurately and on time
- Administration – if you’ve got a sharp eye for detail and love keeping things running smoothly
- Customer Service - isn’t just about fixing problems—it’s about making employees feel heard, valued, and supported
The Opportunity
Are you looking for flexible working arrangements? We will consider full-time, part-time and/or casual, at various levels, from trainee/entry level through to senior manager and there is the option to work at either our Mildura or Swan Hill Campus.
About you:
To be successful, the following skills, knowledge and background will be highly valued:
- Experience in People and Culture, HR, IR/ER, payroll, reporting, administration and/or customer service
- Relevant qualifications and/or a commitment to complete a relevant qualification
- Great communication skills and a high level of emotional intelligence, including experience with sensitive and confidential information.
- Ability to provide advice and support, meet new people, and communicate with empathy to a broad range of people
- Apply critical and systems thinking to address procedural and/or complex problems
- Being proactive and able to contribute/lead activities with (limited) supervision, and apply a logical approach to identifying potential risks that may need escalation.
- An ability to adapt to continuous change, be flexible, and be an agent of change for organisation objectives
- Sound IT skills using a broad range of programs such as excel, word, visio, and web publishing
- Ability to work across multiple technical platforms with patience and adaptability
- Willingness to learn new systems, challenge the norm and seek improvement
- Ability to seek and take on feedback as part of a continuous improvement culture
SuniTAFE employee benefits that Make a Difference
At SuniTAFE, we believe in supporting our team both professionally and personally. You’ll enjoy:
- Competitive remuneration
- Flexible Working Arrangements to help you support your daily commitments, including option to work from home and up to 4 weeks additional purchased leave.
- Option to have a novated lease vehicle.
- TAFE Kids Childcare Centre on Mildura campus Priority access and discount for SuniTAFE employees’ children.
- Attractive leave entitlements including paid parental leave
- Free on-site car parking
- Library and bookshop services
- Discounted beauty services at our Mildura Campus
- Onsite Nexus Cafe to keep you fuelled with tasty and healthy meals throughout the day.
- Professional Development and Career pathway opportunities, including access to LinkedIn Learning
- Influenza vaccinations
- Inclusion focused workplace to foster a culturally varied working environment.
- Comprehensive and confidential employee mental health and wellbeing program
How to apply
We invite you to submit an Expression of Interest, which will include:
- your CV / Résumé and
- a one-page covering letter, telling us what attracts / excites about this opportunity and how your background, skills, knowledge and/or perspective will complement our team.
We strongly encourage applications from First Nations peoples and individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Expressions of Interest (EoI) will remain open until 3 October 2025, applications will be considered as they are received.
For further information please contact Angela Gransden, Head of People and Culture 0438 895 961.
Sunraysia Institute of TAFE (SuniTAFE) is a child safe organisation that is committed to the safety of children and young people. Please read SuniTAFE's Commitment to Child Safety.
The successful candidate will be required to provide:
• A successful criminal record check which is less than 6 months old; and
• A working with children check.