Your new company Our client is a rapidly scaling, purpose-led organisation with a commitment to supporting vulnerable communities across Australia. Having undergone significant transformation over the last 12 months, the organisation is now executing an ambitious national growth strategy that includes new service offerings, strategic acquisitions and major investments in technology, systems and workforce capability. With plans for substantial growth over the coming years, the business is building the infrastructure, leadership capability and people frameworks required to support its next phase of expansion.

Your new role

As People & Culture Manager, you will be at the centre of an exciting growth and transformation journey. Reporting to a senior executive leader, you will lead the People & Culture function and will be responsible for building the systems, processes, and frameworks required to support sustainable growth.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading people strategy across a multi-state workforce.
- Supporting business growth, integration, and change initiatives.
- Driving HR systems, automation, and process improvement initiatives.
- Building scalable people frameworks to support growth.
- Leading workforce planning, talent acquisition, onboarding, and retention.
- Managing employee relations, investigations, performance, and industrial relations matters.
- Ensuring compliance across the SCHADS Award, Fair Work, WHS, and legislative requirements.
- Partnering with executive leaders to strengthen culture, capability, and performance.





Success in this role will come from your ability to deliver outcomes, create scalable solutions, and support long-term organisational growth.

What you’ll need to succeed

- 10+ years' experience in senior HR leadership roles.
- Experience leading HR systems and transformation initiatives.
- Strong Employee Relations, Industrial Relations, and investigation capability.
- Proven success building high-performing teams and developing leaders.
- Solid knowledge of Australian employment legislation, Fair Work, NES, and ideally the SCHADS Award (desirable).
- The ability to influence and partner with executive stakeholders.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and change management skills.
- Experience in community services, disability, healthcare, aged care, NFP, or another regulated environment is highly desirable.
- A track record of success in fast-paced, high-growth organisations.

Most importantly, you're a go-getter who embraces ambiguity, adapts quickly, and takes ownership for delivering results.

What you’ll get in return

- Genuine influence over executive decision-making.
- Exposure to large-scale growth, transformation, and integration projects.
- Flexible hybrid working arrangements and a highly autonomous leadership role.
- Significant career progression opportunities.
- The opportunity to lead meaningful transformation across people, systems, and culture.
- A platform to build scalable systems, frameworks, and high-performing teams.
- The chance to make a real impact within an organisation supporting vulnerable communities across Australia.

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📌 People and Culture Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Rashi Joshi
📍 Melbourne