Job description
Are you passionate about workforce management and driving a positive workplace culture?
Great news, due to an internal movement, we are currently looking for a People and Performance Advisor to join our team on a 12-months contract.
As a People and Performance Advisor, you will provide expert support, advice, and guidance on workforce management and solutions.
Your focus will include employee and industrial relations, role development, remuneration, and policy and procedure development. You will also support various People Performance and Culture (PPC) programs, projects, and initiatives, including investigations.
Why Join Team Achieve?
Achieve Australia takes deliberate steps to hire people from a wide range of backgrounds and life experiences. We believe this diversity of people makes Achieve a great place to work and better able to deliver quality services to the people we support. We are passionate about inclusion for everyone – our staff and the people we support. We encourage people of all ages, cultural backgrounds, abilities and those who identify with a disability to apply for our roles. Your unique skills and ideas are highly valued by us. Achieve is committed to providing equal opportunities for all.
At Achieve Australia, we put the people we support at the centre of everything we do. As a ‘for purpose’ organisation, we’re more than just a workplace. We are a community passionate about bringing inclusion to life for people with disability.
What reasonable adjustments can we make to our recruitment process to welcome you?
We want to meet the best candidates for our jobs. Please email [email protected] or call us on 02 9066-5550 to discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make so you can take part in our recruitment process and/or visit one of our sites.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist managers with workforce compliance requirements and staff mandatory training completion.
- Support the implementation of talent management processes, including performance planning and succession planning.
- Provide support to managers in effective people management, employee relations, performance management, and conflict resolution.
- Support in driving employee engagement and retention strategies.
- Provide guidance on employment legislation, National Employment Standards, industrial awards, and workforce policies.
- Guide managers through workplace investigations, complaints, and grievances.
- Contribute to management reporting, organisational audits, and accreditation activities.
- Promote a positive and inclusive workplace culture.
To be successful in this role, you will need:
- Tertiary qualifications and experience in HR or equivalent
- Knowledge of relevant legislation, including Employment Law, understanding of the National award framework (especially the awards under which disability sector staff are employed), and National Employment Standards
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Ability to negotiate and influence effectively.
- Understanding of and/or experience working within the NDIS practice framework is highly regarded.
Achieve Australia has been supporting people with disability for 70 years. Be part of our proud tradition.
Achieve is a registered NDIS provider delivering integrated clinical, health, social, and disability services. Join us in providing exceptional support services in accommodation, community participation supported employment, and support coordination. We operate across Greater Sydney and the Northern Rivers regions in NSW.
What Sets Us Apart
Our Commitment
At Achieve, it’s more than a job. Our dedicated staff make a positive difference to the people we support each day and in turn, we support our staff. We value our team in an environment where everyone can proudly be themselves. We embrace diversity, recognising the richness that different life experiences, languages, and cultures bring to our clients and to Achieve as an organisation.
Great employee benefits
- Salary packaging options mean you keep more of your take home pay before tax.
- Car leasing is another salary packaging option.
- Free personal and financial counselling for you and your family.
- Range of paid leave and flexible work arrangements.
- Support for a healthy lifestyle, including fitness memberships and wellness programs.
- Regular training and support to succeed in your role.
- A strong record of promoting from within.
Do you need more information?
Role description – If you would like a copy of the role description, please email our team on [email protected] using the subject line: People and Performance Advisor enquiry via EthicalJobs.
About Achieve: visit our website on www.achieveaustralia.org.au to learn more about us.
Do you have any questions about this role or need any support applying for the role? email [email protected] or call 02 9066-5550 and we will be in contact with you.
Achieve Australia is committed to safer recruitment practices, which safeguard and promote the welfare of the people we support, and staff are expected to share this commitment. To achieve this, your application may be subject to pre-employment checks including reference checks, a Police check, NDIS Worker Check, Working with Children check, right to work in Australia check. Please note criminal history does not immediately affect employment opportunities.
How to apply:
To register your interest, please click ‘Apply Now’ and provide a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.