Opportunity to kickstart your career in People and Capability at Hydro Tasmania, while gaining a qualification.
- Support and learn the Recruitment and Learning & Development functions at Hydro Tasmania
- Opportunity to contribute to Australia’s renewable energy future
- Work with supportive and fun team and gain a qualification at the same time!
Base salary from $47,134 Plus Super
With the help of over 30,000 people over 100 years, we have built, maintained, and refurbished hydropower infrastructure across Tasmania. We’re fuelling the future of energy with the power of the past, and we need skilled and reliable people to join us to provide timely day-to-day administrative support to employees and managers regarding candidate experience
We support applications from all members of our community for equitable access to our employment opportunities. We are open to discussing workplace flexibility in all our vacancies, to ensure we can attract the best candidates and accommodate individual needs, differences, disabilities and working arrangements, even in ways we have not thought of. Our merit-based recruitment practices are founded on building diversity by fostering an inclusive, flexible and equitable workplace. For more information about Hydro Tasmania please visit our website www.hydro.com.au/careers
Who are you?
You are an eager learner who is ready to start their career in HR/People & Capability! Your warm and outgoing character coupled with your exceptional customer service skills will see you succeed in this role. In addition, you will bring;
- Strong interest in Recruitment, Learning & Development and People & Capability
- Organisational skills with abilities to manage multiple priorities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Completion of Year 12 TCE or equivalent
Even if you don’t meet these criteria 100%, we still want to hear form you!
About the role:
To put it simply, this is an exciting opportunity for you to start your career working at Australia’s largest renewable energy generator while achieving a certificate in Business Administration through MAS.
In this role, you’ll showcase your exceptional customer service skills to internal and external customers as guided by the Employee Experience Manager. You will have the opportunity to provide a range of administrative support services within the Employee Experience and Organisational Learning & Development teams such as managing the training and recruitment inboxes and ensuring the quality and compliance of all information documentation (with support and guidance).
As a Business Admin Trainee at Hydro Tasmania, you will:
✓ Coordinate the management of both the training and recruitment inboxes
✓ Provide support to other team members as required, particularly during peak work periods
✓ In consultation with the Recruitment Partner and Hiring Leads, schedule introductory chats and interviews
✓ Using the Learning Management system to book training, record training, answer general queries in the training inbox and book inductions
This role is a fixed-term contract with the capacity to become permanent at the end of the traineeship. Further information can be found in the attached Position Description: 
Position Description_Business Administration Trainee_July2025 (1).pdf
Haven’t convinced you yet?
In addition to a competitive remuneration package, this role offers the unique advantage of being directly involved in contributing to key customer-focussed support for Hydro Tasmania. We value flexibility and understand this means different things to different people, so we are open to discussing what this looks like for you. We offer a range of employee perks and often have something for everyone, including generous parental leave, electricity discounts and un-debited sick leave. At Hydro Tasmania we also strongly support career development opportunities, and while this can look different for everyone as well, we will work with you to support the pathways at Hydro Tasmania you want to explore!
As an endorsed employer for women, we have benefits and policies on our Work180 page – check it out here: www.work180.com/en-au/for-women/employer/hydro-tasmania
Let’s get applying!
Attach your resume and a cover letter before 9am Wednesday 2nd July 2025.
Looking for some guidance on what to include in your resume and cover letter?
- Highlight your key experiences and skill set related to the role in your resume
- Your cover letter should highlight your skills and experiences and what motivates you, in line with the above ‘who are you’ section and outline the how, not just the what within these criterion
- Help us get to know you in your cover letter; tell us a bit about who you are and what drives you! For example, what’s your favourite hobby? How do you spend time outside of work?
- Get creative! If you want to communicate your skills through a presentation or another medium, such as a video, go for it! You’re not assessed on creativity so if this isn’t up your alley, there is no need to. We just want you to communicate in the way that best suits you to sell yourself.
We will consider all applications but help yourself stand out and for us to get to know you, by including a cover letter and resume tailored to the role as above.
Recruitment agencies: we respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.
