Be part of a supportive and fast-paced team where your work makes a real difference.

As a Human Resource Services Officer, you'll build valuable, hands-on experience across recruitment administration, criminal history checks and job advertising, while working closely with hiring managers across Corporate, Classified Teaching and School support recruitment.

If you're detail-focused, enjoy working with people and take pride in providing clear, practical advice, this role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your HR skills and grow your career.

Job details

About the Department of Education

Working for the Queensland Department of Education means joining an organisation that values its people and promotes leadership and innovation. Be part of an environment that respects professionalism and diversity, offers training and development opportunities and embraces flexible careers and work-life balance. Find out more about working with us.

About the Team

The Recruitment Services Unit supports the Department of Education's Corporate Classified teaching and School Support cohorts by delivering reliable and high-quality recruitment services. We're a specialist team within the Human Resources Branch, working closely with hiring managers to help them attract and appoint the right people.

Our work is fast-paced, collaborative and service-focused. We partner with hiring managers, school leaders and internal stakeholders to provide clear advice, support compliant processes and positive recruitment experiences. As a team, we value professionalism, accountability, attention to detail and genuine customer service. We take pride in building trust and confidence with hiring managers and HR business partners and supporting them through the end to end recruitment process.

About the Role

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Process criminal history checks accurately and in line with legislative and departmental requirements
• Create engaging, high-quality job advertisements (like this one!) for the SmartJobs website
• Support hiring managers throughout the recruitment process with clear, timely advice
• Provide efficient HR and administrative support across recruitment activities
• Maintain records, databases and filing systems to support compliance and data integrity
• Respond to general HR enquiries and provide routine advice on policies and procedures
• Contribute to continuous improvement in recruitment processes and service delivery

About You

You'll do well in this role if you:

• Have strong attention to detail and take pride in producing accurate work
• Communicate clearly and confidently, both written and verbal
• Are organised, reliable and proactive in your approach
• Are comfortable working with systems, data and administrative processes
• Can manage competing priorities in a busy, high-volume environment
• Enjoy supporting stakeholders in a professional and respectful way
• Work well in a team and are happy to support shared priorities

A positive attitude, reliability and commitment to delivering quality service will help you be successful in this role.

Interested? To Apply:

• Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
• Respond to the below question via the online questionnaire (the questionnaire will open after you have clicked apply and entered your personal details):
• What interests you about this role and how do you think your skillset matches the role described?

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For a full list of the position responsibilities and mandatory requirements, please ensure you download the attached Role Description and Applicant Information Package and follow the instructions.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CO679064_26P - Role Description (PDF, 198KB)
  Role Description
  
  Applicant Information Package (PDF, 232KB)
  Information Package for Applicants