Maintains and updates personnel records such as information on transfers and promotions, employee leave taken and accumulated, salaries, superannuation and taxation, qualifications and training.

Updates information on leave taken and accumulated, employment history, salaries, superannuation and taxation, qualifications and training; creates records for newly appointed workers and checks records for completeness; processes applications for employment and promotions and advises applicants of results; receives and answers inquiries about employment entitlements and conditions; sends out announcements of job openings and job examinations; issues job application forms; compiles data from personnel records and prepares reports; stores and retrieves personnel records and files on request.

• Works indoors in an office environment which may range from large corporate-type head offices down to a smaller business.
• Works predominantly at office desks, frequently at a computer workstation.
• Office areas are likely to be adequately heated and ventilated spaces.

• This is a sedentary role.
• Employees frequently sit at an office desk or workstation and carry out a variety of both manual and computerised data entry, word-processing and clerical tasks.
• Employees will need to operate printers, copiers and a range of other office equipment and refill paper trays and ink supplies.
• Employees occasionally stand and walk about the office to carry out interviews and meet with members of staff.
• Stretching, twisting, climbing is not a significant feature of the job.
• Lifting or carrying is not a significant feature of the job.
• Bending, squatting or crouching is not a significant feature of the job.
• Repetitive arm hand and finger movements are required when operating a computer.
• Use of office hand held objects such as pens, calculators and staplers, as well as telephones will also be an occasional to frequent requirement.
• Mental skills necessary include a sound level of keyboarding, recording, organisation, problem-solving and communication skill.

A New Zealand Register Level 2 or 3 qualification or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4). In some instances particular experience and/or on-the-job training may be required. For entry-level positions on-the-job training is sufficient.

There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.