• 7-month contract, location is flexible

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

As part of a national Strategy and Engagement team, this position is responsible for cascading the strategy into business plans to ensure alignment with Life Without Barriers’ overall strategic goals. The position will help manage the maintenance of an effective and aligned business planning process which includes the development of relevant measures to effectively monitor organisation-wide performance against this strategy. This is a seven-month parental leave contract located in either Sydney, Melbourne, Newcastle or Brisbane.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide high-level coordination of the strategic and annual business planning process to ensure effective implementation
• Lead strategic projects across the organisation to support the delivery of the strategy
• Manage a small team
• Monitor and evaluate the implementation of strategic & business plans, identifying where there may be deviations or risks and recommend appropriate corrective actions
• Develop programmatic strategic directions statements and work with Business Development and Service Delivery teams to implement across jurisdictions
• Assist in implementing relevant measures that will monitor and measure organisation-wide performance against LWB’s Vision and Strategic Direction Statements
• Prepare reports on the strategic and business planning process
• Monitor and proactively analyse internal and external trends that may impact the organisation to meet its strategic objectives or business plans and engage with organisational leaders to develop appropriate responses to these trends
• Research and maintain contemporary knowledge of industry changes and developments to inform strategic directions and plans.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in Business, Management or other relevant field
• Demonstrated experience in developing and coordinating strategic and/or business planning processes in a large, diverse and complex organisation
• Experience in offering strategic insight and leading research into industry, client and competitor trends
• Ability to influence and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders
• Advanced and proven ability to think laterally and strategically
• Excellent written communication skills and demonstrated experience in preparing reports, correspondence and other written material.

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 at [email protected] using the subject line: Strategy & Planning Lead - Flexible location enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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