People & Planning Advisor

Dreamworld is Australia’s favourite theme park, with rides, slides and wildlife all in one place on the Gold Coast - Australia's playground. SkyPoint is perched on level 77 of the Q1 Building, a sheer 230m above Surfers Paradise. SkyPoint is Australia’s only beach side observation deck offering views from Brisbane to Byron Bay. We host around one million visitors each year, with around 1000 team members including ride operators, lifeguards, climb leaders, engineers, entertainers, animal carers and many more all focused on one mission – creating happy memories that last a lifetime!

The Opportunity

Reporting to the General Manager - People & Culture, this role works across the People & Culture and Workforce Planning teams to support the business with scheduling and workforce planning activities and processes, including development and adjustment of schedules, pay and timesheet approvals, compliance reconciliations and reporting. In addition to this, you will be a trusted resource for a range of people processes, including recruitment & selection activities and reward & recognition initiatives. You will also have opportunity to collaborate on and drive a range of ‘value add’ initiatives, activities, and projects in the People & Culture space.

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the development of operational schedules in conjunction with department leaders, ensuring our practices are in compliance with relevant Industrial instruments
• Support the review and monitoring of resourcing to ensure adequate operational coverage, and make recommendations to department managers in support of recruitment activities
• Minimise organisational risk and liability through monitoring and reporting of employee attrition, operational changes and excessive leave patterns
• Ensure the administration of the time and attendance system is compliant with the enterprise agreement within defined deadlines, and act as a custodian of the time and attendance system
• Assist in maintaining accurate workforce records such as absence reviews, file notes, IFA’s, and other documentation as relevant
• Support the People and Culture team with HR policy and process interpretation and advice, providing first level operational support/guidance to managers and individual employees where appropriate

About you

You’re a detail-oriented and solutions focused professional, looking to grow and develop your skills. Your working knowledge of Australian employment and HR best practice, data analysis skills and strong technical literacy, combined with the ability to communicate and build relationships with different stakeholders will see you succeed in this role. Your experience will contain a minimum of 1-2 years experience working in a similar role, with exposure to working within a high volume rostering/planning environment and supporting human resources activities. Tertiary qualifications in Business, Human Resources or a related discipline will be well regarded as will strong technical/systems based skills and proficiency.

What’s on offer

This full-time role offers the incumbent a diverse range of people-based processes and a supportive team environment. This role also provides room and opportunity for growth and further diversification for the right candidate. 

In addition to a fantastic range of in-park and in-venue benefits (free entries, discounts on purchases, free parking and more), we’ve partnered with Perkbox to give our team members access to hundreds of dollars of direct savings each year on their everyday purchases from some of Australia’s biggest retailers (everything from fashion, to tech, and even your weekly grocery shop!) in addition to a really exciting work environment where no two days are the same.

Sound like your ideal role?

If you are looking for the challenge and adventure of working in our nation’s biggest Playground, apply online now! Your application should include your current CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.