Recruitment Officer

Your role at St John of God Health Care

We are looking for a detail oriented and customer focused

Recruitment Officer to join our centralised Talent Acquisition team.

This role is key to delivering a seamless, efficient, and compliant recruitment and onboarding experience. You will coordinate recruitment and onboarding activities, including candidate communications, background checks, and employment contract administration, while ensuring adherence to legislation, policies, and internal standards.

As a key point of contact for candidates, hiring managers, and new caregivers, you will play a vital role in creating a positive and professional experience at every stage of the recruitment journey.

Join a purpose-driven organisation where your work directly contributes to building a strong and compassionate healthcare workforce.

The Position

• Support the talent acquisition team and hiring managers with various recruitment administrative tasks to ensure efficient vacancy filling.
• Ensure all background checks (e.g., national police clearances, working with children checks, professional registrations, qualifications, reference checks) are completed thoroughly and in accordance with relevant legislation, policies and KPI/SLA’s.
• Utilise external compliance systems to conduct thorough background checks
• Prepare and issue accurate offer letters, employment contracts, and all necessary new hire documentation in a timely and accurate manner.
• Ensure all relevant payroll documentation and other onboarding tasks are completed in accordance with agreed schedules.
• Hire new caregivers on Workday and ensure integration into downstream systems.
• Manage the onboarding process for all new caregivers, ensuring a positive and efficient transition into the organisation.
• Follow up with new hires and managers during the initial employment period to ensure a smooth transition and address any immediate concerns.
• Ensure all recruitment and onboarding activities strictly adhere to Australian employment law, including but not limited to the Fair Work Act, Equal Opportunity legislation, and relevant industrial instruments (e.g., Modern Awards, Enterprise Agreements).
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of changes in legislation and internal policies that impact recruitment and onboarding.
• Assist hiring managers with all transactional aspects of recruitment and selection in accordance with SJGHC policies, procedures or guidelines and service level agreements.
• Maintain comprehensive and accurate digital and physical personnel files in compliance with privacy regulations.
• Review recruitment and employment contract documentation for completeness and accuracy
• Respond to internal and external enquiries related to recruitment and onboarding processes in a timely manner
• Actively seek to improve and enhance systems, processes and work practices in consultation with the team and key stakeholders
• Build and maintain positive relationships with candidates, new caregivers, hiring managers, and internal departments such as HR Services and Payroll.
• Liaise with external organisations (e.g., background check providers, pre-employment health providers) as required.

You will demonstrate experience in recruitment coordination or administration (healthcare experience highly regarded) and possess strong organisational skills with high attention to detail. In addition, you will demonstrate proficiency in using Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and Human

Resources Information Systems (HRIS).

To succeed in this role, you will have an ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and possess excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills. Strong understanding of Australian employment law and HR best practices, particularly regarding recruitment and onboarding compliance, will be essential to this position.

All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the above position requirements.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you

• Salary: $79,060 to $87,204 per annum, plus 12% superannuation
• Permanent full-time opportunity, working 38 hours per week
• Based in our Perth CBD Office
• Bike riding facilities and showers
• Central CBD location, close to bus and train stations
• 40% working from home arrangements in place
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
• Novated leasing
• work related expenses
• self-education and
• additional superannuation
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave, and well-being programs
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

For enquiries, please contact Julie Rossiter, Team Leader Recruitment, on 08 6116 0435.

If suitable candidates are identified the advertisement may close prior to the listed date.

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.