HR Officer - Department of Family and Community Services - HRCareer

First listed on: 13 November 2018

   HR Officer

About us

Disability Services provides supported accommodation for people who have an intellectual disability at various locations, including three supported accommodation sites at Stockton Centre, Kanangra Centre and Tomaree Lodge.

The Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) directly supports approximately 800,000 people every year and reaches a further million people through local community-based programs.

Our vision is to empower all people to live fulfilling lives and achieve their potential in inclusive communities. We collaborate with government, non-government and community partners to work with children, adults, families and communities to improve lives and realise potential, with a focus on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage.

About the role / About the Opportunity

The HR Officer role is to deliver high quality HR services, advice, projects and initiatives to help build and sustain workforce capabilities, culture and leadership enabling FACS to deliver on strategic priorities and reform.

We are recruiting to fill temporary full time roles from this advertisement and plan to create a recruitment pool from which vacancies will be filled over the next (12) months, in accordance with the Government Sector Employment Act 2013.

The implementation of the NDIS is a generational change to the provision of disability services. It is changing the way that disability supports are provided and the NSW Government is transferring services to the non-government sector. If you are successful in obtaining a role that either directly provides or is indirectly related to the provision of disability services, your employment may be impacted by the transfer of services to the non-government sector.

What we can offer you/Benefits

  • Location: Stockton, Newcastle & Hunter Valley region
  • FACS Clerk Grade 7/8
  • Salary range $94,783 pa - $104,918 pa plus employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
  • 4 weeks annual leave per year of service
  • Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits
  • Flexible work practices
  • Opportunities for learning and development and Internal career progression
How to apply

To apply candidates must submit a covering letter (2 pages maximum) which clearly details their skills and experience as relevant to this role and an up to date resume.

Part of the assessment process may include additional online capability testing, skills testing or work samples in accordance with the new Government Sector Employment Act 2013; therefore you may be contacted to participate. You may also be asked to complete a Health Declaration Form in later stages of the assessment process.

Find out more

Click here to view the role description.

For more information on how to apply for a role in the NSW Public Sector please click here

For more information on the NSW Public Sector Human Resources Professionals Capability please click here

Please submit your application online including the information outlined above.

If you experience technical difficulties when submitting your application, please contact ‘I Work for NSW’ on P: 1800 562 679.

Closing date: Wednesday, 28th November 2018 

For enquiriesplease contact Oriana Groves on P: (02) 4925 0044 
E: Oriana.groves@facs.nsw.gov.au

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

FACS is committed to building a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion. We actively promote the employment of people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTI and other diversity groups.

FACS encourages applications from people with disability and will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment processes and in the workplace.

If you need an adjustment in the recruitment process, please call or email the contact person listed below, and also advise us of your preferred method of communication.

FACS is also the first NSW government agency to become a White Ribbon accredited workplace, for taking active steps to prevent and respond to violence against women.


Thank you for your interest in this position. We look forward to receiving your application.