Careers

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 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

In this role, you will support teams across Western Australia (WA), South Australia (SA), and Northern Territory (NT). Reporting to the Head of People and Culture Business Partnering for Child, Youth & Families, you will focus on providing timely advice and coaching to Managers and Leaders. Your guidance will be based on a solid understanding of legislative requirements, a strong appreciation for fostering positive workplace culture, and knowledge of best practice HR approaches to address day-to-day operational challenges.

You will work in a fast-paced, agile environment where resilience and a coaching mindset will be key to your success. As part of this role, you will build strong partnerships with teams and offer generalist HR support while delivering strategic advice to achieve effective outcomes.

The position offers flexibility to work from your preferred location, whether from home or one of our LWB offices. While most of your work will be remote, occasional travel may be required, and there will be instances when you’ll need to work from the office.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with Client Services Managers 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
• Respond to general HR enquiries as required

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
• Experience working in a fluid and changing environment

Benefits

• Great opportunity to join a collaborative national People & Culture team
• Competitive remuneration package that includes excellent salary packaging benefits through Maxxia
• Monthly rostered day off  
• Join one of Australia’s largest and leading social-purpose organisations
• Flexible working arrangements

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 recruitment at recruitment@lwb.org.au
  
Applications close at midnight on Monday 27^th January 2025.