Epworth HealthCare is Victoria’s largest not-for-profit private health care group, renowned for excellence in diagnosis, treatment, care and rehabilitation. Epworth is an innovator in Australia’s health system, embracing the latest in evidence-based medicine to pioneer treatments and services for our patients. 

Our values and purpose define Epworth's approach and delivery. We pride ourselves on communicating and delivering them in a real and meaningful way. Every Patient Matters.

In this Full time ongoing role, based in Richmond, you will join the P&C Assist team providing Tier 1 HR support to our managers and employees. You are the first point of contact for all employment queries and will be part of the group-wide People & Culture Business Partnering team, ensuring you have opportunity to learn and grow your HR skills. This opportunity is well suited to an early-career individual or recent HR Graduate who is ready to build on their career in HR in a supportive and hardworking team.

You will make an impact by:

• Partnering with P&C Assist colleagues to resolve enquiries in a professional, timely, sensitive, customer-focused manner.
• Responding to Tier 1 enquiries from employees and people leaders. 
• Empowering employees and people leaders to access Tier 0 self-services.
• Coordinating and processing employee variations and ad hoc P&C projects 

To be successful in this role…

You will be comfortable taking on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks and be a high energy individual with a growth mindset. Most importantly, you will be a problem solver and have the ability to learn new systems and processes quickly.

You will:

• be proactive and able to self-manage your time
• have an inquiring mind and enjoy a fast-paced and varied role
• be tech-savvy and comfortable using different technology/systems (iChris, Freshservice, SmartRecruiters, and Cognology desirable)
• actively seek to learn more about the HR function and be motivated to build your HR career
• hold or be significantly advanced in gaining Human Resources (or business) qualifications and previous experience in Human Resources (HR Shared Services experience is desirable)

You will have:

• a good understanding of and ability to interpret Enterprise Agreements and employment legislation
• excellent communication and organisational skills
• the ability to work as part of a lean, hard-working, and close-knit team
• a strong commitment to continuous improvement
• experience working in healthcare (desirable)

Position Description      Inherent Requirements

We will review applications as we receive them.

At Epworth, it’s a community. It’s the sense of belonging and being part of an organisation that puts the patient in the centre of all that is done. In addition to this, you will have access to:

• Epworth’s enhanced Not for Profit status (and not available in the public sector) provides the opportunity for employees to salary package up to $15,900 pre-tax annually, leading to greater take home pay
• The largest educational scholarship program of its kind in Australia
• Ability to purchase up to four additional weeks of leave
• Reduced cost of health services for you and your family at Epworth

At Epworth, we care.

We care about our patients and we care about our people.  We care about keeping everyone safe.  We care about valuing and empowering our people, and growing careers.  And we care about giving our people support and flexibility to thrive, and contribute to our communities.

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It is a condition of employment with Epworth HealthCare, subject to reasonable exemptions, that you have had COVID-19 and / or Influenza vaccinations, including where this is recommended or required by public health authorities, and including booster vaccinations doses.

As a child safe organisation, all successful applicants are required to satisfactorily clear a National Police Check (conducted by Epworth) and hold a valid employee Working with Children Check (provided by you).

At Epworth, we believe inclusion and diversity are essential to our culture and values. We focus on fairness and opportunity for all – across race, ability, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, cultures and beliefs – that reflect the communities we work in. At Epworth, we care.