• Experience working within a complex, geographically dispersed organisation required
• Competitive remuneration package including NFP salary packaging benefits
• Flexible arrangements, combination of working from home and either Newcastle or Hurstville

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.

We are passionate about partnering with people to change lives for the better.

About the Role 

Reporting to the National Manager for People Safety and Culture Business Partnering, you will be instrumental in leading the NSW team to coach Leaders to model and strive toward an optimal work environment, culture, systems and processes that allow the business to deliver the best service possible.

You will play a pivotal role as a visible leader across the business to guide your team to partner with the business to develop a culture that encourages accountability and collaboration. Requires both the development of strategy and execution in the here and now. You will be hands on in your approach with a deep technical knowledge of best practice HR business partnering, in an evolving and often tactical environment.

Collaborating with a group of SME’s across the People, Safety and Culture function you will work closely with Leaders to represent PSC and develop / implement HR initiatives and solutions that are customer centric and align to the PSC strategy. You will partner with the State Director for Children, Youth & Family and their Leadership team as major stakeholders, to provide the highest calibre of support to these services.

This is a newly created role due to growth and you will have the opportunity to work flexibly from home, and our office in Hurstville or Newcastle.

Responsibilities include

• Develop and support the PSC strategy within the NSW Children, Youth & Family directorate
• Implement, model and support national PSC service delivery standards
• Provide operational and strategic leadership and advice on a range of HR and IR matters
• Implement and advise on processes, policies and procedures that relate to operational PSC service delivery and advice provision
• Manage a team of PSC Advisors
• Ensure a high level of quality in customer service, and provision of effective and efficient delivery of PSC services
• Coordinate and manage PSC / IR projects

Skills & Experience

You are an experienced HR leader, with deep generalist expertise and time in a leadership role. You have worked within a best practice HR Business Partnering model and bring significant experience in a large, complex and geographically dispersed organisation and be able to engage at all levels of the business, from presenting to the Executive through to frontline employees.

You will work at pace, be a self-starter with a high attention to detail and will build a strong reputation through delivery. You will lead the development and execution of full end to end solutions that the people, safety and culture function can provide to support and provide innovative and commercially focussed outcomes for the business. Importantly you will be an engaging, authentic and present leader to your team.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• Opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
• Excellent salary packaging benefits and monthly rostered days off
• Work with a national People, Safety and Culture team of 90+

How to Apply

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For any enquiries including persons with disability as well as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples that require adjustments or support through the application or recruitment process, contact [email protected], using the subject line: People, Safety and Culture Business Partner - Hurstville / Newcastle enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We work with clients from diverse cultural and social backgrounds with varied life experiences, physical abilities and interests and we seek to employ people who reflect the great diversity of our clients. We know that your difference can be what makes the difference and we strive for an inclusive culture where you can be your whole self every day at work.

To be the best we can be, we actively seek people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, the LGBTQI community and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to join us to partner with people to change lives for the better.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA).