About the Role

Crossway is a vibrant and growing church committed to helping people find and follow Jesus. We are seeking an experienced and values-driven leader to join our team as Manager, People and Culture .

The position is a senior role responsible for both strategic and operational people and culture functions across Crossway's campuses, movements, and entities. This position shapes and executes Crossway's people strategy in alignment with the church's mission, values, and strategic plan.

The position leads end-to-end HR service delivery across the employee lifecycle including:

- Recruitment and selection
- Onboarding
- Performance management
- Employee relations
- Workplace health and safety, and compliance.

It also provides strategic oversight on:

- Compensation
- Workforce planning and workforce cost management.

The role partners closely with the Finance Manager on payroll compliance and with campus pastors and ministry leaders on people matters across all sites.

About You

You are an experienced people leader with strong relationship building and communication capability, able to bring clarity, structure and excellence across the people and culture function.

You will ideally bring:

o Tertiary qualification in Human Resource Management, Business, Organisational Psychology or a related discipline.

o Minimum 5 years' generalist HR experience, including demonstrated experience across employee relations, recruitment, performance management, HR governance and compliance, and workplace health and safety.

o Demonstrated experience applying Australian employment legislation,



National Employment Standards and Modern Awards in a practical organisational setting.

o Experience using HRIS, payroll and workforce management systems, with solid digital literacy.

o Working knowledge of Australian employment legislation, including the Fair Work Act 2009, National Employment Standards and relevant Modern Awards.

o Working knowledge of Victorian occupational health and safety and equal opportunity requirements.

o Privacy and confidentiality obligations relating to employee and organisational information.

o Leadership, coaching and stakeholder management skills.

o Experience in developing and interpreting workforce, remuneration and people data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.

Desirable:

o Experience working in a complex, multi-site or decentralised organisation.

o Experience in a church, NFP, faith-based or community-serving organisation, with an understanding of the pastoral and relational context in which people matters may arise.

Why Join Crossway?

At Crossway, you will be part of a passionate and purpose-driven team committed to seeing lives transformed by Jesus. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant contribution to the life and ministry of the church by ensuring that our people, systems, services, and environments effectively support our mission.

If you are a human resources professional with a servant heart, a passion for people, and a desire to help build thriving church communities, we would love to hear from you.

Applicants are encouraged to apply early as applications will be considered as they arrive and position may be filled prior to closing date.

Applications close Friday, 20th November 2026

📌 Manager, People and Culture (Burwood East)
🏢 CROSSWAY BAPTIST CHURCH
📍 Burwood East