Payroll & Recruitment Officer

At Joblink Plus, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Payroll & Recruitment Officer to join our Human Resources team.

This is a diverse and rewarding role that combines responsibility for end-to-end payroll processing with recruitment, onboarding and employee lifecycle administration.

We are looking for a professional who enjoys both the technical aspects of payroll and the people-focused aspects of recruitment, helping us attract, engage and support great employees across the organisation.

Reporting to the HR & Payroll Team Lead, you will play a key role in supporting the attraction, onboarding and ongoing success of employees while ensuring payroll is delivered accurately, confidentially and in accordance with legislative requirements.

Please note: This role requires demonstrated experience in both payroll and recruitment. Applicants must have experience conducting interviews, assessing candidates and managing recruitment activities in addition to payroll processing.

What You’ll Be Doing

Payroll

• Process end-to-end payroll accurately and within required timeframes.
• Maintain payroll records and employee data through Employment Hero.
• Ensure payroll activities comply with relevant legislation, awards and organisational requirements.
• Respond to payroll enquiries and support employees with payroll-related matters.
• Prepare payroll reports, reconciliations and associated administration.

Recruitment, Contracts & Onboarding

• Coordinate end-to-end recruitment activities across a broad range of roles.
• Develop engaging job advertisements and manage recruitment campaigns.
• Screen applications and shortlist candidates.
• Conduct structured, strengths-based interviews that explore capability, experience, values alignment and lived experience.
• Evaluate candidates against the key requirements of the role, organisational values and opportunities for success and growth.
• Champion inclusive, strengths-based and trauma-informed recruitment practices that support equitable opportunities for candidates from diverse backgrounds.
• Prepare candidate evaluation summaries and recommendations to support secondary interviews and hiring approval processes.
• Prepare and issue employment contracts, contract variations and employment documentation.
• Coordinate onboarding activities and support the implementation of our structured onboarding framework.
• Maintain recruitment, onboarding and employee records.

About You

You are an experienced payroll professional who also brings strong recruitment capability and enjoys working with people.

You understand that successful recruitment is more than filling vacancies. You know how to identify strengths, uncover capability, recognise transferable skills and assess values alignment.

You are committed to inclusive, person-centred recruitment practices. You create a safe and respectful interview environment that enables candidates to share their experience, demonstrate their capabilities and highlight their potential.

You recognise the value of diverse backgrounds, lived experience and non-traditional career pathways, and you approach candidate assessment with curiosity, fairness and professionalism.

You will have experience recruiting across a variety of positions and be comfortable adapting your interview approach to different role types, including:

• Employment Consultants
• Trainers and Assessors
• Administration Professionals
• Corporate and Support Roles
• Frontline Service Delivery Positions

You are highly organised, detail-oriented and capable of managing multiple priorities while maintaining professionalism, accuracy and confidentiality. You build positive relationships with candidates, employees and stakeholders and are committed to delivering an exceptional recruitment and onboarding experience.

What You’ll Bring

Essential

• Demonstrated experience in end-to-end payroll processing.
• Demonstrated experience managing recruitment activities from advertising through to onboarding.
• Proven experience conducting structured, strengths-based interviews and assessing candidate capability, potential and values alignment.
• Experience recruiting across multiple role types and levels.
• Experience preparing candidate evaluations and recruitment recommendations.
• Experience preparing employment contracts and employment-related documentation.
• Experience using HRIS and payroll systems, preferably Employment Hero.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• High level of professionalism, discretion and confidentiality.
• Current Driver Licence.

Desirable

• Certificate IV or higher in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Experience within employment services, training, education, community services or not-for-profit organisations.
• Experience using the Recruitment and Payroll modules within Employment Hero.

Why Join Joblink Plus?

• Join a purpose-driven organisation making a positive difference in communities.
• Be part of a collaborative and supportive Human Resources team.
• Work in a role that combines payroll, recruitment and employee experience.
• Play an important role in attracting and onboarding great people.
• Access a paid Health & Wellbeing Day.
• Access a paid Birthday Leave Day.
• Access Salary Packaging benefits.
• Access Novated Leasing options.
• Receive an additional 2% employer superannuation contribution.

Apply Now

If you are passionate about payroll, recruitment and creating positive employment experiences, we’d love to hear from you.

Whilst this is not an identified role, Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. At Joblink Plus we embrace diversity and encourage applications from candidates with varied backgrounds. Our people proudly reflect the local communities we work with. 

Further enquiries should be directed in writing to human.resources@joblinkplus.com.au