People & Culture Compliance Manager
People & Culture Compliance Manager
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Job Description
- A key role with strong senior leadership visibility offering the opportunity to influence real change and improve outcomes for staff across the University.
- Full-time (1.0 FTE) appointment on a fixed term basis for 1 year.
- This roles offers the option of true flexibility working on-site hybrid or fully remote.
- Base salary range: $129497$137029 p.a. plus 17% superannuation.
At UWA were shaping a high-performance People & Culture function and were looking for a sharp systems-minded compliance professional to help us build strong foundations that enable trust fairness and consistency across the employee lifecycle.
Whether youre a high-performing P&C Business Partner with a keen eye for process and policy or a Recruitment or Operations lead ready to step into a broader role this could be the perfect next move.
About the role
This is a high-visibility role with a wide remit: employment compliance across recruitment onboarding contracts classification and pre-employment checks. Youll work across teams to embed controls uplift policy and practice and make compliance practical proactive and valued.
You wont just audit and advise youll help shape smarter fairer systems that scale.
What youll do
- Implement audit recommendations by embedding practical controls across recruitment onboarding contracts and employment checks with clear ownership and sustainable design.
- Strengthen core processes by improving templates delegation pathways and approval practices to ensure consistency transparency and alignment with legislation.
- Collaborate across teams including Talent People Operations Payroll and Business Partnering to ensure our systems workflows and decisions support downstream accuracy and compliance.
- Monitor and uplift compliance by conducting reviews building dashboards and coaching leaders and P&C staff to close gaps and build capability.
What youll bring
- Strong understanding of employment compliance especially across recruitment contracts onboarding and pre-employment requirements with the ability to turn obligations into practical action.
- Experience leading process improvement in people teams including designing or redesigning workflows templates and audit response actions.
- Strong stakeholder skills with the ability to build trust navigate complexity and work effectively across P&C finance and leadership groups.
- Technical awareness of People systems with familiarity in platforms like PageUp ServiceNow and Ascender (aPay) considered a plus.
Special Requirements
- A National Police Clearance
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To learn more about this opportunity please contact Drew Williams at
How to apply
Please apply online via the Apply Now button. The content of your Resume and Cover Letter should demonstrate how you meet the selection criteria.
Closing date: 11:55 PM AWST on Thursday 3rd July 2025.
This position is only open to applicants with relevant rights to work in Australia.
About the University
The University of Western Australia (UWA) is ranked among the top 100 universities in the world and a member of the prestigious Australian Group of Eight research intensive universities. With a strong research track record vibrant campus and working environments there is no better time to join Western Australias top university.
Our commitment to inclusion and diversity
UWA is committed to a diverse workforce and an equitable and inclusive workplace. We are committed to fostering a safe environment for all including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people women those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds the LGBTIQA community and people living with disability.
If you require any reasonable adjustments we encourage you to advise us at the time of application. Alternatively you can contact us for assistance during the recruitment process.
If you have questions contact the person listed in the ad or email with the 6-digit job reference number.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
