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People & Culture Officer / Administrator

14/08/2025
15/09/2025
Fixed Term Contract
Sydney CBD
HR & Recruitment

About the RACP 
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) connects, represents, and trains physicians and trainee physicians across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The RACP provides services to support the delivery of training, continuing professional development, and health policy and advocacy to medical health professionals. 

Our Values 
Accountable | Collaborate | Indigenise and Decolonise | Lead the way | Respect 

Why Join Us? 
As part of our team, you will be offered a competitive remuneration salary and access to some amazing benefits including a flexible hybrid work model, additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year, paid parental leave, free annual flu vaccinations, professional development opportunities, access to our Employee Assistance Program, special corporate discounts and more! To view all our benefits, visit www.racp.edu.au/about/careers-at-racp.

Our 3-2-1 Hybrid Working Model

  • 3 days from anywhere in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand per week,  
  • 2 days from an RACP office location per week,  
  • 1 of the two days per week in office spent with your team.  

Job Description

The Role

The People & Culture Administrator supports all College employees by offering guidance and contributing to the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of People & Culture (P&C) processes. This role assists the P&C team in delivering support across various functions, including employee and industrial relations (ER/IR), recruitment, work health and safety (WH&S), workers' compensation, and learning and development (L&D).

The position provides administrative support to the P&C team and collaborates with the College’s payroll department on P&C matters and management reporting.

This is a fixed term contract role starting in September and for a 12 month period.

Key duties:

  • Provide People & Culture (P&C) advice on employment conditions, entitlements, policies, procedures, legislation, NES, and modern awards.

  • Manage contracts, personnel files, HR records, and employee information.

  • Monitor and respond to queries in P&C and Recruitment inboxes, escalating complex matters as needed.

  • Support end-to-end recruitment (advertising, shortlisting, interview preparations, request references, record management and candidate communication).

  • Oversee onboarding and offboarding, including contracts, agreements, and correspondence.

  • Coordinate and deliver RACP induction programs.

  • Organise training (invites, venues, materials, catering, equipment).

  • Plan organisation-wide events for key dates (i.e. Reconciliation Action Week, NAIDOC).

  • Produce monthly employment statistics reports.

  • Maintain employee records in the HRIS (Elmo).

  • Collaborate with the P&C team to meet goals, deadlines, and project needs.

Desired Skills and Experience

The Successful Candidate

To be successful in the role you will have a qualification in Human Resources and proven experience in a similar role. You will also posses:

  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Demonstrated understanding of confidentiality issues related to Human Resource management
  • Approachability and strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to develop strong trusting relationships
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proven ability to prioritise work in a busy and dynamic environment
  • Commitment to process improvement
  • Passion to continually learn and develop

To apply, submit your CV and cover letter, addressing the criteria under "The Successful Candidate".
To view the position description, visit 
https://www.racp.edu.au/docs/default-source/about/careers/people-culture-officer-position-description.pdf?Status=Temp&sfvrsn=1a10a81a_4
For further information, email recruitment@racp.edu.au

We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible, as shortlisting is already underway and interviews will commence the week of Monday, 18 August.

(Please do not send your resume to the RACP email outlined we require all applicants to apply via the advertised link)