• Permanent Full Time

About the Organisation

Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better. If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 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.  Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

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

This is a permanent full-time role, based in either Melbourne, Hobart or Adelaide with flexibility to also work from home. You will partner with our client services teams, supporting a diverse range of programs by providing generalist HR advice, support and coaching.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with regional and local management 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, investigations and performance issues
• Maintain productive working relationships with key stakeholders.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources or equivalent
• 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 state
• Demonstrated ability to develop business partnerships with all levels and in geographically dispersed locations
• Solution focused with strong influencing skills
• Experience working in a fluid and changing environment within a growing organisation.

Benefits

• Join a dedicated team of People & Culture professionals
• Excellent salary packaging benefits and monthly RDO’s
• Join one of Australia’s largest and leading social-purpose organisations

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 Now’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Debra Neil at [email protected] using the subject line: Senior People & Culture Advisor - Melbourne / Hobart / Adelaide enquiry via EthicalJobs.

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption certificate.  You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.

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.