• Work in a people-centric and diverse workplace at an exciting time in our culture journey
• Key role focused on strategic people initiatives
• NFP Salary Packaging with tax free benefits, increasing your take home pay

The St Vincent de Paul Society is a leading provider of community support services, whose values it is to shape a more just and compassionate society - we truly care about what we do and the difference we make to people's lives.

We believe our employees are key to our success and offer Learning and Development programs to enhance and grow your career across a range of teams and services. Our Employee Value Proposition is testament to our continued commitment to further engaging and retaining our staff who are recognised for their achievements and are offered promotional opportunities on a meritocracy basis within a collegiate and values driven team environment and culture.

Your New Role

As our Culture and Organisational Development Manager, you will play a pivotal role in the implementation of the organisation's People Strategy. You will lead your team of 4 direct reports, and 3 indirect, across People and Culture to support culture, engagement, leadership, reward and recognition, learning, and inclusion.

You will be accountable for:

• Contributing to development of, monitoring and reviewing the People and Culture Strategy in line with the broader Society strategy
• Facilitating and enabling people engagement and culture planning
• Building plans and enhancing capability in People and Culture and across the Society in key Organisational Development and change areas - in particular culture, engagement, leadership, diversity and inclusion, learning, talent management, recognition and reward, and change management
• Evolving and updating people policies and practices across the Society to ensure that they are contemporary and fit-for-purpose
• Delivering effective change management for key people initiatives, leveraging innovation and improvement opportunities
• In collaboration with People Services, undertaking strategic workforce planning to develop viable business models and support sustainable Society outcomes
• Bringing internal and external insights from multiple sources to develop and foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing
• Leading the reward and recognition function for the Society to facilitate equitable, legally compliant, contemporary fit-for-purpose remuneration, reward and recognition solutions
• Advocating and enabling ongoing development and implementation of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives including the Society's RAP, DIAP and Diversity and Inclusion strategy and commitments

To be successful, you will need:

• Relevant tertiary qualification/s in human resource management, organisational development or equivalent experience
• Experience developing and implementing effective people and change strategies
• Strong track record effectively delivering key change projects and strategic initiatives and demonstrated ability in managing competing priorities and applying attention to detail
• Excellent relationship management and communication skills, with proven ability to positively influence, collaborate effectively, and enable positive behaviour change with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to really listen to people, reflect, learn, show empathy, and quickly build rapport
• Demonstrated drive for results and ability to analyse and present insights to inform organisational decision-making
• Proven ability to effectively engage with stakeholders from across a diverse workforce delivering a variety of services
• Experience with culture and engagement measurement tools (ideally LSI/OCI accredited) highly regarded

If this sounds like you, please Apply Now by submitting your application with a Resume and cover letter which addresses the key requirements of the Position Description.

See also our Information on how to apply.

The Society is committed to being a Child Safe organisation, further information can be found in the Society's commitment to Safeguarding Children & Young People. Prior to an offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete the pre-employment checks including a Police check & Working with Children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society (NSW) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to engaging a diverse workforce. We take pride in the diversity of our people and encourage applications from people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQIA, candidates of any or no religious beliefs and applicants of all ages.

St Vincent de Paul (NSW) has a COVID- 19 vaccination policy that has identified this role as requiring a full COVID-19 vaccination. Medical exemptions with the NSW government contraindication form will be considered, subject to a satisfactory risk assessment.