Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Department/ School: Chief Information Officer Group
Salary: UOM 7 $111,275 - $120,453 p.a. plus 17% super
Key Workday Talent specialist role / shape (Performance and Goals) experience for all staff / collaborate across HR and IT.
Apply now to leverage your Workday expertise and elevate performance, goals and talent management University wide.
Investing in you – 17% superannuation, benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.
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You will play a central role in configuring and supporting Workday Talent (Performance and Goals) across the University. You will translate HR and business needs into robust, compliant configurations that improve user experience and workforce insight. You will collaborate with HR, IT and vendors, growing your Workday expertise in a complex, enterprise environment.
What you will deliver:
Configure and optimise Workday Talent and HCM Core processes, workflows, security roles and business rules.
Lead requirements workshops with HR stakeholders, translating business needs into functional specifications and technical documentation.
Coordinate testing activities, including regression and user acceptance testing, ensuring effective issue triage and solution validation.
Provide Tier 1–2 support for Workday HCM modules, resolving complex issues and maintaining data integrity and compliance.
Develop user guides, training materials and sessions to uplift Workday capability and adoption across the University.
You may be a great fit if you:
Hold Workday Core HCM certification and appropriate tertiary qualifications or equivalent relevant experience.
Demonstrate strong hands-on experience configuring Workday Talent & Performance and HCM Core modules.
Deliver end-to-end HR system lifecycles, covering requirements, design, configuration, testing, deployment and ongoing enhancements.
Configure Workday business processes, workflows, security roles and integrations within complex enterprise environments.
Investigate and resolve complex production issues using strong analytical, problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities.
Communicate clearly with diverse stakeholders, balancing independent work with collaborative team-based delivery.
For further information, please refer to the attached PD's at the bottom of the advert.
What we offer you!
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfilment, including:
Build future financial security with 17% superannuation.
Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being.
Career development opportunities, including access to a range of tailored programs, such as Academic Women in Leadership, and learning platforms including LinkedIn Learning.
Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance and well-being, including leading parental leave, gender affirmation leave and cultural leave.
Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance, and access to unique cultural and recreational benefits such as discounts for the Melbourne Theatre Company.
Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program.
For more information check out our benefits page!
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