Careers

About the Organisation

Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.

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

Efficiently roster our frontline disability workforce’s rosters across various regions in NSW using advanced rostering and scheduling systems while ensuring client needs and preferences are met and fostering a sustainable workforce.  This is a 12 month maximum term full time position, with weekday rotating shifts between 6am to 6pm. This position can be based anywhere in Australia with flexibility to work from home or one of our offices.

Key responsibilities

• Respond to ad-hoc roster change requests, ensuring amendments are recorded are clearly communicated to stakeholders
• Maintain staffing rosters in accordance with client needs, service agreements, budgets and award requirements
• Ensure staff availability patterns are recorded and kept up to date
• Escalate rostering and staff skill gaps, and work with line managers to identify solutions
• Build positive relationships through engagement with stakeholders
• Comply with all Life Without Barriers policy, code of conduct, procedures and practices, external funding body requirements and legislation.

Skills & Experience  

• Previous experience in rostering
• Thrive in a fast paced, reactive environment
• Ability to prioritise with a high volume workload and meet deadlines
• Understanding of workforce management principles, HSE and relevant industrial award conditions
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work cohesively within a team environment and with autonomy both remotely and in person

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check (paid by us).

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

Benefits

• Flexible work location, including from your home
• Up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free
• Monthly rostered days off

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 recruitment@lwb.org.au

Application close at midnight on 19 November.