Human Resources Projects Coordinator
Job No:
GEO8697
Location:
Melbourne, VIC
Use your excellent communication skills to deliver collaborative projects
Work with a supportive team that values your ideas
Access opportunities to grow and develop your HR career
Competitive Salary of $134K (inclusive of Super) plus a bonus
About the Opportunity
Are you a self-driven HR Professional with a passion for culture, wellbeing, and continuous improvement? Do you love managing diverse projects, solving problems with a smile, and helping shape a workplace where people genuinely want to be?
As our new HR & Project Coordinator, you’ll be the heartbeat of our people and culture initiatives. You’ll work across the employee lifecycle to:
- Design, support and deliver programs that support inclusion, wellbeing, learning and development, and employee benefits.
- Champion a “can-do” attitude across our sites, helping leaders navigate HR challenges with empathy and flexibility.
- Support strategic projects like a new payroll and HR system, enterprise bargaining, and our Reconciliation Action Plan.
- Be the go-to expert for key platforms like Seek, LinkedIn, pre-employment medicals, Fitness Passport, psychometric testing, Employee Assistance Program, Safety Incident Reporting System, and our Learning Management System (Kineo).
- Coordinate recognition programs and study support, making sure our people feel valued and empowered.
- Keep us compliant with policies, procedures, and governance frameworks.
- Collaborate across services to bring HR magic to broader organisational projects.
Is this You? Your Essential Skills for Success
We are looking for a proactive and collaborative HR professional with strong analytical, project and stakeholder engagement skills, capable of supporting strategic initiatives, improving systems and processes and enhancing employee experience across the organisation. You will ideally bring:
- Proven experience in developing and delivering practical operational HR solutions.
- Proven recent HR Generalist experience in a fast paced and complex environment.
- Demonstrated personal qualities conducive to team-oriented work where initiative, flexibility and personal organisation are required.
- Ability to self-manage workload, priorities and deadlines.
- Proactive approach to identifying issues and implementing solutions
- High level of initiative in progressing tasks independently
- Expertise in the provision of timely, accurate advice with the ability to convey compliance of HR policies, systems, procedures and tools.
- Attention to detail with proven high level of written and oral communication and time management skills with the ability to work professionally and effectively.
- Ability to maintain discretion and integrity when dealing with confidential personnel and human resources matters.
- Minimum diploma level qualification in Human Resources Management or related.
Desirable but not essential
- Membership with AHRI or similar professional body
- Experience working with Registered Training Organisations
For full information in relation to this role, including more details regarding the key selection criteria, please review the Human Resources Projects Coordinator Position Description.
About GEO
As Australia’s largest provider of private correctional services, our focus is on rehabilitating prisoners and giving them the support and growth to become positive and productive contributors to our society.
Our staff and leadership team are focused upon implementation of best-practice services and continuous improvement activities in order to enhance outcomes for people in our care so they may have the safety, support and strategies to help them succeed when they re-enter the community.
When we focus on delivering ‘better corrections’ we will contribute to ‘safer communities’.
The Corporate Office includes the Executive Team and support staff who assist with the organisation’s operations. The Executive Management Team work closely with our operating locations, our Client and GEO's parent company GEO Group Inc. The team works closely with GEO's business units providing support, direction, leadership and having oversight and responsibility for Australian operations.
About the Benefits
Joining GEO presents an opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven organisation that is dedicated to making a difference. We offer a collaborative and supportive work environment where your contributions are valued and recognised.
- Comprehensive employee benefits.
- A chance to work with a passionate team committed to service excellence.
How to Apply
To initiate the application process, click on the "Apply" button and proceed through the application questionnaire attached to this job advertisement.
To be considered for this role, applicants must submit a covering letter and a current resume.
For any enquiries, please email Kirilly Short, Human Resources Coordinator at kirilly.short@geogroup.com.au
Applications close at 11:59pm Wednesday 10 June 2026
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
