• Human Resources Manager
• Four/Five days per week
• Three-year initial contract

Do you want to bring your skills and experience as a senior HR generalist to join our professional Corporate Services team and make a difference to women and children?

• As a stand-alone role provide a full spectrum HR service to leaders and people managers to enable McAuley to manage its workforce in an ethical, fair and legally compliant way.
• Ensure McAuley’s people practices are contemporary and reflect what McAuley needs to best run its operations and achieve its vision.

About us

McAuley Community Services for Women, a ministry of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua New Guinea, is committed to creating a world that enables women and children to participate in society on their own terms through innovative services, advocacy and a caring community… so violence and homelessness can be eradicated.

Our Vision is women and children are safe, supported and empowered to achieve their highest potential: all home safely.

McAuley Community Services for Women is an essential service provider and has remained open for business during Victoria’s COVID-19 state of emergency.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Corporate Services and based at our central office in Footscray, this is an autonomous, hands on role supporting strong relationships across the business and delivering all aspects of the Human Resources function.

The role’s primary focus and responsibility is to support McAuley Community Services for Women to have an engaged and capable workforce in order to achieve our strategic goals by supporting leaders and people managers to become more confident and capable in managing people; developing excellent organisational people management practices and furthering the use of and investment in technology and self service.

About You

You will have:

• 7+ years as an experienced HR generalist including 2 years at senior business partner or manager level
• Sector expertise (preferably the community and family violence sector)
• Hands-on experience of delivering and improving a full spectrum HR service in a not for profit organisation
• Experience of working as the sole HR practitioner in an organisation, solving problems and making things happen!
• Results-oriented with a commitment to delivering excellence; supporting strong relationships; achieving agreed goals and leading others well

Qualifications and experience:

• Degree qualified in a relevant field
• Experience developing and delivering contemporary HR practices covering: Industrial Relations and legal compliance; HR policies and practices; employee relations; HR advice and support; recruitment and employment, HR administration including specifying HR workflows and using online HR applications such ELMO; employee engagement and listening; growth and development; HR reporting and OH&S
• Experience advising senior management and people managers with confidence and a proactive approach
• Experience developing and implementing HR initiatives and programs
• High productivity and output: excellent organisation, planning and time management skills and comfort juggling multiple competing priorities
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Please refer to position description for a full list of Key Selection Criteria.

We offer

• A competitive salary in accordance with the SCHADS Award Level 8 (pay point negotiable dependent on experience and qualifications)
• Flexible working arrangements
• The option to purchase leave and accrued days off
• A supportive environment and EAP access

How to Apply

All applications must come through McAuley’s online careers portal. Please click Apply Now to apply and to access a copy of the Position Description and Key Selection Criteria.

Note:Applications must address the Key Selection Criteria to be considered (three pages maximum).

A Working with Children Check (Employee Version) and a current driver’s license are mandatory. Successful appointment to the position will be subject to a National Police Check (and international if applicable).

For any queries please call Seymour Gillot, Director Corporate Services 0457 027 028.

HOSPITALITY COMPASSION JUSTICE COMMUNITY

McAuley Community Services for Women values diversity and encourages applications from all backgrounds. A commitment to child safe standards is mandatory.