Role:  HR Coordinator - Taronga Zoo

• Located at Sydney’s Iconic - Taronga Zoo
• Full-time 2 Year opportunity
• TCSA Salaried Employees Award, Clerk Grade 3/4, annual package from $92,747 (includes base salary $82,193 + plus superannuation & leave loading)

Taronga Zoo Sydney is looking for an experienced and motivated HR Coordinator to join our People Operations team!

Be Part of Taronga Zoo – Support Our People and Operations

Join Taronga Zoo’s dynamic People Operations team as a Human Resources Coordinator and play a key role in enhancing organisational capability and employee experience. This full-time, two-year opportunity offers you the chance to provide end-to-end HR support across recruitment, onboarding, development, and employee relations. If you’re passionate about HR, love working in a collaborative environment, and want to contribute to a workplace that supports both people and wildlife, this is the role for you!

About the role…

The HR Coordinator is responsible for supporting a variety of projects within the People Operations team to enhance organisational capability and employee experience. The role provides end-to-end generalist support across the employee lifecycle while ensuring compliance with legislative and industrial relations requirements.

Key Accountabilities…

• Coordinate HR and Payroll system administrative tasks to maintain efficient operations, ensuring all processes adhere to legal and organisational requirements.
• Ensure all HR policies, procedures, and compliance materials are up-to-date and accurately documented. Regularly review and update these materials to reflect legislative changes and internal updates.
• Gather and maintain HR data to support the development of reports on key HR metrics. Assist in the preparation of reports for monthly leadership meetings.
• Assist in coordinating performance review processes by distributing relevant materials to managers and employees, and tracking completion.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure effective HR support and communication.
• Support the HR team in addressing employee relations issues by helping coordinate meetings, taking minutes, and following up on action items. Ensure confidential handling of sensitive employee matters.
• Provide Generalist HR support across recruitment, onboarding, development and offboarding processed to ensure efficient operations and compliance with legislative requirements.

About You…

We are looking for candidates that have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources or equivalent experience in a similar role

• Obtain and maintain a current volunteer NSW Working with Children Check at own expense

Benefits…

Our employees enjoy generous employment conditions including some of the following:

• Flexible Hybrid work model - Taronga supports a blend of in-office, remote, and on-the-go workers!
• Complimentary family and friends passes across both Taronga’s Sydney & Dubbo Zoo’s
• Free onsite car parking, outside of peak periods
• A wide range of discounts on our award winning accommodation across both sites
• Discounted food and beverage purchases across the sites
• Discounted Fitness Passport
• We’re a social team - there’s always lots going on around the zoo that we get involved with!
• + more!

We Value Diversity…

Taronga is an equal opportunity employer, where we recognise the diversity of our workforce and community – be it on the basis of gender, age, culture, religion, language or personal circumstances.

Taronga is also committed to building on the perspectives, experience, knowledge and skills that this diversity brings to our organisation.

About Applying…

Please submit your resume and a cover letter of one page. You are also required to complete the two target questions as part of your application.

1. Describe a time when you successfully managed a high-volume workload with competing deadlines. How did you prioritise your tasks, and what was the outcome?
    
2. Tell us about a time when you supported a team through a period of significant change. What strategies did you use to ensure smooth communication and team morale

Applications Close: 11:59pm Sunday 16 March 2025