This is not a standard HR role. You will have the trust, visibility and scope to build the people systems, learning culture and leadership practices that help Waratah thrive.

About Waratah

Waratah is a well-established not-for-profit organisation supporting people affected by family and domestic violence and sexual assault across the South West of Western Australia. Through therapeutic, preventative and advocacy-based services, we work towards a community where everyone can live free from violence and abuse.

Our people are at the heart of that work. Every strong policy, well-supported leader, meaningful supervision conversation and completed learning requirement helps our teams provide safer, more consistent and more responsive services.

The opportunity

Waratah is entering an exciting period of renewal and development. We are looking for an exceptional HR professional who wants more than a transactional portfolio and is ready to make a visible, organisation-wide contribution.

Reporting directly to the CEO, you will be Waratah's trusted lead for people, culture, learning and workforce capability. You will also contribute to governance, risk and workplace safety, with the opportunity to work directly with the CEO, leadership team and Board.

Part adviser, part builder and part culture leader, you will move between practical HR support, process improvement and longer-term capability work, with genuine room to improve how things work.

What you will lead

• Provide trusted, practical HR advice and support to the CEO and leaders across recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, performance, workforce planning and day-to-day people matters.

• Lead the redevelopment and implementation of clear, contemporary HR policies, procedures, tools and people processes that are useful in practice, not just compliant on paper.

• Own Waratah's training register and build a simple, reliable internal learning framework covering induction, mandatory training, refresher requirements, role-specific capability and ongoing professional development.





• Develop and coordinate engaging internal training and ensure learning is followed through, recorded and translated into everyday practice.

• Support leaders to embed consistent, high-quality supervision, regular development conversations and early, respectful responses to performance or workplace concerns.

• Lead continual positive culture change by strengthening clarity, trust, accountability, staff voice, recognition, psychological safety and connection across teams and locations.

• Strengthen workplace health and safety systems, including psychosocial safety, in partnership with leaders and external specialists. If WHS is an area you are still developing, we will support your formal learning and growth.

• Support organisational governance through policy and register oversight, risk and compliance reporting, Board and committee processes, and follow-up of agreed actions.

About you

You are values-driven, proactive and exceptionally trustworthy. You care about people, but you also understand that valuable culture needs clear expectations, reliable systems and leaders who are supported to lead. You notice what needs attention, exercise sound judgement and follow through.

You will bring:

• A tertiary qualification in Human Resources, employment relations or a closely related discipline.

• Strong generalist HR experience, including providing advice to leaders, coordinating recruitment and improving policies, procedures or workforce systems.

• The ability to design practical learning, training or capability processes and keep registers, deadlines and follow-up under control.

• Excellent relationship and communication skills, with the confidence to coach, influence,



give clear advice and handle sensitive matters with discretion.

Highly regarded, not essential: WHS qualifications or experience, governance exposure, and experience in community services, health, the not-for-profit sector or another values-led environment. We are prepared to invest in the right person's continued WHS and governance development.

Why join Waratah?

• A permanent 0.8 FTE position with flexibility and genuine space for life outside work.

• A rare opportunity to shape culture, learning and people systems across an entire organisation, with direct access to the CEO, leadership team and Board.

• Work with a committed, values-led team doing essential work across the South West.

• Five weeks annual leave, provided on a pro rata basis.

• Access to not-for-profit salary packaging through AccessPay, including benefits of up to $15,900 per annum, subject to eligibility.

• Supported professional development and the opportunity to deepen your capability in WHS, governance and organisational leadership.

• The satisfaction of knowing that better people systems directly strengthen services for clients and communities.

How to apply

Apply through SEEK with your current resume and a covering letter addressing the ‘about you’ criteria above. We would particularly like to hear about something you have built, improved or embedded, how you support leaders, and why Waratah's purpose matters to you.

Applications close: Friday 28 August 2026

Please note, applications will be assessed as they are submitted, and this role may close early should a suitable applicant be found – so you are encouraged to submit your application promptly.

The successful applicant will be required to meet Waratah's employment screening requirements.

Waratah welcomes the diversity of the communities we share. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, and people of diverse genders, sexualities and relationships.

📌 People, Culture & Governance Lead (Bunbury)
🏢 Waratah Support Service
📍 Bunbury