About Us

When people talk about the Flying Doctor, thoughts generally turn to red-bellied planes undertaking rescue missions in the Outback. However, the current Victorian story is one that reflects today's challenges for people living in remote and rural communities across the state. While we do still transport people by air and by road, this work is complemented by a range of primary health services that address the most common issues people living in country Victoria face when accessing health care.

About the People and Culture Team

We're a dynamic team spearheading strategic people initiatives and everyday operations across the employee journey. From talent attraction and onboarding, to development and performance management, we're the custodians of our workplace culture. We put people first and support the organisation and our team to grow, succeed and contribute positively to better health and wellbeing outcomes in the community.

Your Role

Reporting to the General Manager, People & Culture, the P&C HR Manager - Projects, plays a pivotal role in leading and supporting the General Manager, P&C to deliver the business change transformation that support the delivery of the strategic people plan to drive business efficiencies and reset practices. The primary focus of the role includes reviewing, evaluating and creating programs of work underpinned by policies and procedures and supporting in the 2024 Enterprise Agreement negotiations. This role's portfolio includes Primary Health, Marketing & Fundraising, Corporate Services, and Mobile Patient Care (MPC).

What You'll Do:

• Recruitment & onboarding: Oversea aspects of end-to-end recruitment process, and lead the change process to support new processes aligned to onboarding, induction and offboarding.

• Strategic People Plan: Support delivering our organisations Strategic People Plan by partnering with our people, and embedding people, performance, and culture programs into the organisation that enable consolidation and efficiencies.

• Project Management: Lead, manage and develop new HR projects and initiatives, focusing on embedding best-practice HR strategies and processes across the organisation to drive continuous improvement.

• Employee Relations: Creation, implementation and document control of the 2024 Enterprise Agreement, support negotiations with unions, and manage BOOT test, voting procedure and submissions with legal team.
• Administration: Work with the P&C team to provide administrative support across the entire employee life cycle, from recruitment through to offboarding.

What we're looking for:

• Minimum 2 years' experience in HR management or Senior HR generalist role
• Tertiary qualification in Human Resources Management or similar
• Experience in Non-Emergency Patient Transport, Health Services or rural environments
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to build rapport with stakeholders quickly.
• Ability to adapt to changing work priorities, to keep on top of projects and deliver within deadlines.
• Capable of working independently, proactively seeking solutions and taking initiative, while also being able to collaborate effectively within a team environment.
• Tech savvy: able to build confidence quickly with new systems and able to spot opportunities for automation and process improvement.
• Ability to work in an ever-changing environment, turn challenges into opportunities and deliver exceptional results even when the heat is on.

Why join us?

• Work for Australia's most reputable charity (11 out of 12 years) and most trusted charity (last 3 years).
• Work for your community helping overcome the burden of distance, enabling care in the community, helping people take control of their own health and overcoming isolation.
• Access to the highest level of salary packaging benefits via our Not for Profit status (up to $15,900 p.a. pre-tax plus an additional $2,650 for food beverage & holiday accommodation expenses annually)
• Enjoy a full-time role with flexible work arrangements to work from home and at our Richmond office, as well as options for purchased leave.
• Great parental leave benefits in addition to government parental leave.

Mandatory requirements:

• Willing to undertake National Police Check and Working with Children Check
• Annual Influenza vaccination

RFDS Victoria hold the right to close the position should a suitable candidate apply and be appointed prior to advertising closing.
The Royal Flying Doctors Service, Victoria, is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications from individuals of underrepresented backgrounds to apply, including but not limited to, those from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, culturally and linguistically diverse and LGBTQI communities. Please note all applicants require the right to work in Australia.