Fantastic opportunity to report to and be supported by a highly experienced and dedicated CEO who truly values building your HR professional expertise for the organisation’s success.

To deliver leading People and Culture functions, including support of the health and safety portfolio, both cornerstones to Hope Street as a leading organisation.

Opportunity to be part of a professional and engaged leadership team

Receive an attractive salary + NFP salary packaging + employment benefits such as wellbeing days.

About You

You have a relevant Human Resource Management degree.

You have worked as a HR Generalist in Australia for at least 5 years.

You are an experienced manager/leader.

You have experience working in the not-for-profit sector.

You have an excellent understanding of employment legislation, industry HR compliance and best practice.

You pride yourself on your dedication and motivation to developing and delivering quality HR services for the success of the organisation.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

About Us

Hope Street Youth and Family Services Limited ("Hope Street") is a secular community organisation that provides specialist crisis accommodation, short term housing and support services to young people and their children experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.

Hope Street’s vision is a society in which all young people and young families have a protected place to call home. If you would like to be a part in ending youth homelessness, join our team of 60 people across 6 sites in the Northern and Western metropolitan regions, who are passionate about making a difference in the lives of young people and young families.

About the Opportunity





Reporting to the CEO, you will lead Hope Street’s People and Culture Strategy to ensure our workforce is diverse, engaged and empowered. You will provide strategic advice on all areas of Human Resource Management and work in partnership with the leadership team to deliver on the People and Culture Strategy and all other people initiatives. Your direction and support to the People and Culture Administrator will ensure the smooth running of operational HR processes.

This full-time, ongoing role offers a fantastic opportunity to work closely with a highly experienced and dedicated CEO who is passionate about supporting your growth as an HR professional. You’ll be empowered to strengthen your expertise while contributing meaningfully to the organisation’s ongoing success.

Your day-to-day activities will include:

Work with the CEO and the executive leadership team to achieve the strategic direction of the organisation

Lead and pro-actively identify, develop and implement people management; development; a successful workplace culture; recruitment and retention strategies; and best practice

Lead the implementation, monitoring and review of Hope Street’s Workforce Capacity Development Strategy





Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to maintain industry leading HR and People and Culture systems, software, policies and procedures, and practices.

Lead continuedimprovement and embed a solution focused culture of quality improvement and responsiveness, with a ‘can do’ approach.

Please note the successful applicants are required to provide the following:

National Police Check

Working With Children Check

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We encourage applications from a diverse range of social, cultural, gender and disability backgrounds that reflect our community.

Enquiries

If you have any questions about this role, please contact our CEO, Donna Bennett on or email at @hopest.org using the subject line: People and Culture Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Additional Information

If you require workplace modifications, please advise so that we can discuss your needs and the modifications that can be made to the recruitment process and the position.

At Hope Street we have an inclusive culture where our employees' unique contributions are celebrated. We strive to reflect our community and strongly encourage candidates from a diverse range of racial, social, cultural, gender and disability backgrounds. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

Hope Street is a child safe organisation, and we are committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children. To ensure the highest standards of protection for children, employment at Hope Street is subject to a range of screening requirements which includes satisfactory Police Checks (National and International) and a Working with Children Check.

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📌 People & Culture Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Hope Street Youth and Family Services
📍 Melbourne