Background:

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Moriarty Foundation Head Office Team, a part-time position (3 days per week, worked flexibly across the week) in a stand-alone role covering the full suite of HR functions to support the team across John Moriarty Football (JMF) (soccer), Indi Kindi (early years education), Operations, Finance and Executive.

Sydney-headquartered not-for-profit Moriarty Foundation is transforming life outcomes for a generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and youth. We enable NT, NSW and Qld Indigenous communities and families to unlock their own children’s potential - with local employment and staff development at the centre of our sustainability

We have delivered highly effective community-led, locally driven solutions in early learning and football (soccer) since 2012. Our founders and Co-Chairs are John Moriarty, a Yanyuwa NT man, business owner and the first Indigenous footballer (soccer) to be selected for Australia, and business owner/author/social investor Ros Moriarty.

Our Board and our team are majority Indigenous.

We have strong funding partnerships across Government, philanthropy and corporate donors. The timing of offering this new role is to grow our team to build on recent funding success.

Moriarty Foundation delivers two integrated programs that follow the whole-of-child lifecycle from birth to 18:

• Indi Kindi (0-5 year olds)
  • An early years program to improve the global readiness of Aboriginal children entering school. Our ground breaking “walking learning” outdoor teaching model helps young Aboriginal learners perform at their best.
• Includes Indi Footi (2-5 year olds)
  • Sessions for children to activate young brains through movement, and develop basic football and motor skills, balance and coordination in a fun, non-competitive environment.
• John Moriarty Football (6-18 year olds)
  • A football skills mastery program that uses sport to develop talent and positive change, improve school attendance and achieve resilient, healthier outcomes. Daily training and meals are provided by local coaches. Delivery modes include in school, after school, holiday clinics and tournaments, depending on local community needs.
  • Includes John Moriarty Football Scholarship Program (12-18 years olds). A unique pathway for athletes with outstanding ability to study and pursue their football aspirations close to home or at some of Sydney’s most highly rated schools. Students are supported with regular travel back to their community, ongoing tutoring, mentorship and end to end pastoral care.

Key Duties:

• Manage the recruitment strategy and implementation including posting roles and talent search including developing relationships with sources of talent, screening, interviewing and reference checking.
• Continue to develop and oversee the HR strategy for the organisation which integrates with the overall Moriarty Foundation strategy.
• In collaboration with the Chief Executive Officer and Management Team, provide input across a range of HR initiatives including retention, induction, team culture, check-ins, development plans, and stakeholder relationships.
• Provide support on a broad range of complex HR issues, offering solutions in line with Foundation team priorities and in accordance with industrial relations requirements, compliance, legislation, Fair Work Awards, workers compensation as well as providing coaching for leaders across the organisation.
• Together with the Operations Team, coordinate new staff onboarding.
• Coordinate off boarding of leavers, conduct exit interviews, and any required followed up.
• Partnering with the Program Directors, build capability across the organisation, driving a learning culture, identifying training requirements and development plans.
• Oversee implementation and compliance with HR policies and procedures. Ensure staff are educated across these policies and procedures, they are signed-off by staff, and that that they are adhered to.
• Apply efficient HR administration and file management.
• Note - you will have administrative support.

Experience:

• Tertiary qualifications in disciplines including Human Resources as a major component of the qualification.
• An HR professional, with 5+ years of demonstrated experience.
• Proven experience in writing policies, procedures, risk plans, and managing areas of HR compliance and governance.
• Demonstrated excellence in commercial or the NFP sector.
• Ability to analyse data and produce accurate and informative reports.
• Experience in MS Office, Google Suite. Asana experience preferred but not essential.

Personal Specifications:

You are an HR Manager who loves your profession. You have a proven background of successfully driving HR initiatives, implementation and execution. You are a strong recruiter. You operate with the highest ethics, integrity and utmost confidentiality across all that you are involved in as part of this position.

Operating with high attention to detail, you will bring excellent planning and prioritisation skills. You will be a strong written and verbal communicator who is adaptable whilst remaining calm in a fast-paced environment.

An individual who has exceptional people skills, has a genuine interest in supporting teams, is confident working autonomously and is a solutions finder, will thrive in this role.

Benefits:

• Flexible working, 3 days in the office 2 days working remotely at home (for full time staff members - note this is a part time role worked flexibly across the week depending on the successful candidate).
• Birthday day off at full pay.
• An opportunity to be part of a successful, transformative grass roots NFP organisation.
• A comfortable and social office in Crows Nest, close to transport, including the metro.
• A small team where like-minded people enjoy great work, and where your career is supported and developed.

A positive team culture is the driver of all we do at Moriarty Foundation, where authenticity and cultural respect are central. If you meet some but not all of the criteria, please get in touch as we would love to talk to you.

For any questions reach out to: Operations Coordinator | Moriarty Foundation [email protected], using the subject line: Human Resources Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.