About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,500 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 want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

12 month maximum term contract based in Darwin partnering with our Child, Youth & Family services in the Northern Territory to provide HR coaching, advice and generalist support. You will be joining a national HR team who are passionate what they do whilst working in a fast paced, agile environment.  If you are not a local to Darwin but you enjoy exploring and love the outdoors, this could be the great escape from the rat race you have been looking for!

Key responsibilities

• Partner with management teams to achieve their business and leadership objectives
• Provide advice, support and coaching to leaders on a range of complex and sensitive IR/ER or HR issues
• Respond to, and support, issues as they arise relating to complaints, grievances and performance issues
• Maintain productive working relationships with key stakeholders

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources
• Experience as an HR generalist and experience in IR/ER
• Understanding of the Australian Industrial Relations System and EEO practices and principles as they apply within the territory
• Demonstrated ability to develop business partnerships with all levels and in geographically dispersed locations
• Solution focused with strong influencing skills

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).

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Mikaella Latimore at [email protected], using the subject line: Senior HR Advisor - Darwin enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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 https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA.