HR Coordinator - Recruitment

Manage end-to-end recruitment workflows, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and efficiency in hiring procedures.
Full Time salary $92k - $96k plus superannuation (salary based on experience)

About Ravenhall Correctional Centre

Ravenhall Correctional Centre is part of The GEO Group Australia, based west of Melbourne and is Victoria's largest prison for adult sentenced and unsentenced males. It's contemporary campus-style design provides a safe and humane environment that enables and nurtures GEO's Continuum of Care operating philosophy. 

Ravenhall also has a dedicated Forensic Mental Health Unit, a specialised Closed Supervision Unit for prisoners with significant challenging behaviours, and a small Mission Based Unit for prisoners who have never been in custody before. In recognition of the importance of Continuum of Care, Ravenhall extends its presence into the community by providing ex-prisoners with access to post-release support at GEO’s Community Reintegration Centre

About the Opportunity

The HR Coordinator- Recruitment plays a key role in driving recruitment initiatives and supporting talent acquisition processes. As an integral part of the Human Resources team, this role ensures seamless coordination of the end-to-end recruitment process in a fast-paced environment. This includes recruitment of internal positions supporting development opportunities and employment changes. This role also offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to workforce planning, engage with candidates, build strong and trustworthy relationships with stakeholders and contribute to a high-performing team. 

This position requires a hands-on approach with an eye for detail and excellent people skills.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage and oversee the end-to-end recruitment of internal and external hiring, which including bulk recruitment, promotions and transfers
• Liaise with the GEO Leadership Team and Hiring managers to understand the staffing needs in the department to ensure effective placement
• Manage the onboarding and offboarding of employees
• Proactively assess future workforce needs collaborate with stakeholders to develop workforce plans
• Conduct regular audits to ensure compliance with HR best practices and align with company policies and legislative requirements
• Update and maintain accurate documentation and filing (physical and electronic)
• Support and assist the broader HR team across various HR functions as needed
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring effective and professional communication to deliver a seamless experience for candidates and hiring managers

Skills and Experience:

• Tertiary qualification in HR and/or experience across HR functions with a recruitment focus
• Experience handling conflicting priorities and meeting strict deadlines, whilst managing expectations of stakeholders (internal and external)
• Solution-focused with a high level of self-drive and proactive decision-making
• Ability to interpret and adhere to Industrial Relations (IR) instruments, and workplace policies and procedures
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a strong ability to build and maintain relationships across the business
• Strong verbal and written communication, with the ability to effectively communicate with a diverse workforce
• Commitment to HR best practices with the ability to remain objective in decision making
• Strong attention to detail and ability to show accuracy in documentation
• Previous recruitment experience in a complex and dynamic organisation.

About the Benefits

Joining GEO is your chance to make a real and lasting difference in the lives of prisoners, their families and the community. Benefits of working for GEO, include but are not limited to:

• Professional development opportunities (including further education sponsorship)
• Competitive salary
• Free parking
• Employee Assistance Program
• Staff gym
• Subsidised meals
• Fitness Passport to promote wellbeing. Discounted gym and pool access for members and their families to over 1500 fitness facilities across Australia.
• Discounted Private Health Insurance (Medibank Private)
• VCEA (Victorian Correctional Employees Association)  

How to Apply

To initiate the application process, click on the "Apply" button and proceed through the application questionnaire located beneath the job advertisement.

The application process has several stages, and should your application advance, you will be expected to engage in the following steps:

• In-Person (preferred) or Virtual Interview Attendance
• Reference checks will be conducted following the interview
• Fit2Work and National Police Certificate Authority Clearance which will be covered by our organisation
• Pre-Employment Medical and Fitness Assessment, which will be covered by our organisation

Important: Please note that Pre-Employment clearance can take approximately 6-8 weeks. 

To be considered for this role, applicants must submit a cover letter and a current resume.

For any enquiries, or to discuss these positions in more detail please contact Senior Human Resources Coordinator, Kate Fortuna at kfortuna@geogroup.com.au 

Applications close at 11:59pm Sunday, 22 June 2025.

 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply 

We are always looking for people to join or company who share the values that we stand for:  

INTEGRITY          RESPECT         ACCOUNTABLE       AGILE         INNOVATIVE