Assisted the Human Resources Manager & HR Team to develop & implement best practice HR protocols & procedures to support all the departments of the City of Joondalup.
Coordinated the City’s Study Assistance scheme by which employees can apply for financial assistance from the city to cover their academic fees. Processing initial applications, eligibility checkups, procuring management approvals, maintaining reimbursement claims, coordinating with payroll to process the refunds.
Coordinated Worker’s Compensation between the City’s employees & LGIS (Local Government Insurance) – preparing documentation of initial claims, calculating lost time & coordinating with payroll, LGIS & the appointed medical team to process claims.
Responsible for Minute Taking the City’s OSH meetings on a monthly basis, preparing agenda, coordinating participation at every dept level & maintaining records.
Coordinated the City’s Work Experience Program by which University students gain work experience with the City. Processing initial applications, eligibility checks, liaising with the relevant departments to right-fit candidates, organizing work timetables & schedules, maintaining official correspondence, liaising with the educational institution for insurance currency etc.
Gained considerable experience in the local government common software package – Finance One, Responsible for placing purchase orders, processing invoices, amending & adjusting invoices, ordering stationery requirements etc. on behalf of Human Resources department.
Undertaken official correspondence on behalf of the City ( in accordance with the writing protocols of the City of Joondalup) with regards to appointments, acceptance of resignation, change of work hours, study assistance, work experience & work from home schemes.
Worked with Aurion, the City’s database program by which HR inputs, stores & retrieves data & reports for all its employees. Proficient in its many aspects such as employee details, currency of training & certificates, Visa Status of workers who are not permanent residents of Australia, Pay roll details, Employment details, Occupational Health & Safety & Workers Compensation details, Inductions, Training & Qualifications data etc.
Responsible for compiling monthly training statistics for Internal, Corporate, External training, as well as Seminars & Conferences. Responsible for processing training authorization requests from departments ensuring budget sufficiency, monitoring Individual Training Plans for regularity of training & managerial authorization, liaising with external trainers to facilitate training, compiling post training feedback to optimize value.
Generating monthy reports for Salary Increments in Aurion to ensure eligible employees get their increase according to their award levels, checking for performance issues or other impediments, liaising with payroll to ensure pay increase, Notifying supervisors & employees via written correspondence & updating individual records.
Generating monthly reports for Service Recognition h in Aurion to ensure eligible employees get their service recognition certificates according to the duration of service at the City, ruling for impediments like extended leave without pay, performance issues etc., Notifying CEO, supervisors & employees via written correspondence & updating individual records.
Creating reports in Aurion for Employee documentation (Driver’s License & Working with Children’s check) so as to ensure every employee has current & valid documents, if not current, organizing online validity checks for them.
Responsible for inducting new employees into the City – Taking employee photos for Identity cards, organizing their list of inductions, organizing name badges and other such credentials.
General upkeep of the Human Resources department – ensuring stationery requirements are met, safe clearance of shredder bin according to protocols, collating incoming & outgoing mail & dispatching them to the right recipients, coordinating room bookings for meetings, taking minutes of staff meetings, publish news articles & announcements on the intranet, organizing catering for trainings & meetings.
Responsible for record keeping in accordance with HPRM Records Management procedures of the City. – all the documents from recruitment to resignation of employees, along with payroll documents, certificates etc.