Are you passionate about fostering a culture of continuous learning and development? Do you have the experience and drive to lead transformative learning initiatives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

As the Learning and Development Manager, you will play a pivotal role in partnering with various client groups to drive a learning culture that aligns with Achieve Australia’s strategic and workforce plan. Working closely with the Organisational Development team, you will be responsible for coordinating and enhancing management and leadership capabilities across the organisation.

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], using the subject line: Learning and Development Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs, 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:

• Work with the Chief People Officer and other executives to build and implement Learning and Development solutions in line with organisational strategy and workforce plan.
• Develop and implement effective learning and development policies, practices, processes and programs to meet organisational needs.
• Oversee the development of learning programs including scoping, sourcing, developing and delivery of training modules.
• Embed effective processes for continuous improvement of the learning and development function.
• Develop and implement effective and wholistic employee induction and orientation programs that enhance employee experience.
• Drive a culture of learning, linking both formal and informal learning to build workforce capability and performance outcomes.
• Liaise with Organisational Development team to implement leadership and management program in alignment with Achieve’s Passion, Purpose, Principle and our intentional culture
• Work with the PPC management team to build learning function maturity and learning services.
• Manage the learning needs analysis process and evaluation of learning solutions and related interventions to ensure workforce capability and performance uplift.
• Oversee the reporting of learning programs and activities.
• Develop and oversee learning catalogue and calendar and provision of learning and training opportunities across the organisation.
• Develop effective framework to evaluate learning effectiveness and take proactive steps to enhance it.
• Facilitate learning and training solutions, courses and programs as required.

About You:

You are an experienced Learning and Development professional with a proven track record in developing and implementing comprehensive learning strategies. You excel in navigating and influencing diverse stakeholders, and you thrive in environments where you can drive change and foster continuous improvement and innovative learning solutions. Your ability to deliver face-to-face training is essential to this role, as you will be directly engaging with various teams to ensure effective learning outcomes.

If you’re ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role that makes a real difference in shaping our organisation’s future, we’d love to hear from you!

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?

About Achieve: visit the Achieve Australia website to learn more about us.

Do you have any questions about this role or need any support applying for the role? email [email protected], using the subject line: Learning and Development Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs, or call 02 9066-5550 and we will be in contact with you.