Company

For more than 20 years, people in Australia have placed their trust in Beyond Blue as a reliable source of mental health information, support and hope.

We are one of Australia’s most well-known, trusted, and visited mental health organisations. We never take this for granted. With that comes a deep responsibility to listen, to understand people’s needs and aspirations, and to ensure they are at the heart of everything we do.

We are a big blue door for many in the community: a safe and reliable place for millions of people to access information, advice and support – whether they’re well and want to stay that way, unsettled or struggling and need support, or in recovery and want to reconnect.

About this Position

To deliver on the Beyond Blue 2023+ strategic goals, this role is responsible for implementing best-practice strategies and solutions for organisational capability, organisational development, organisational culture, continuous improvement and developing a high- performing organisation.

The role

The key duties of the role include:

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Organisational Development strategy to engage, develop and retain our talent.
• Lead the design and development of organisational development initiatives that strengthen leadership and management capability (including 360 feedback, leadership development, talent management, succession planning, annual performance processes, pulse surveys, engagement surveys).
• Create opportunities for career development and facilitate career mobility (including learning and development, LinkedIn Learning, mentoring, career pathways, internal marketplace).
• Lead the development of appropriate tools, communication strategies and surveys that support measuring culture and engagement.
• Collaborate with the People and Culture Business Partners on systemic needs to uplift organisational capability.
• Responsible for monitoring the Learning and Development budget.

About you

The ideal candidate would have:

• Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment, and Post Graduate qualifications - desirable
• Significant experience in leading and developing organisational development strategies and initiatives across a medium sized organisation. 
• Experience building workplace culture, strengthening potential talent, management, and leadership frameworks and tools.
• Demonstrated strategic planning, project management and change management experience.
• Confidence, engage as values driven, perceptive, diplomatic, with well-developed coaching and facilitation skills.
• Drive, look to make an immediate impact, be eager to build strong working relationships with junior staff members, to the senior leaders in the organisation
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to influence key senior stakeholders.
• Experience with relevant People and Culture systems is desirable (e.g. ELMO, Culture Amp, LinkedIn Learning, Articulate 360 eLearning)

Culture & Values

Our values are the unseen drivers of our behaviours and ultimately become the organisational culture.

• We're focused
• We're brave
• We rise
• Together

Beyond Blue is committed to fostering and preserving a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. We aim to grow and thrive as a diverse team with individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, and talents. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, ability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.

How to Apply

To apply, applications should include a current CV with a cover letter that addresses how your qualifications, skills and experience would be attributes to the position and why you would consider yourself to be a cultural addition to Beyond Blue. For detailed information about this position including the closing date, please refer to the position description on our careers page.

Preferred candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening, including a National Police Check and where required, a Working with Children Check.

We encourage early applications as interviews may commence before the closing date. All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality.

A position description is attached.