Careers

About the Organisation
Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit you will provide administrative support to the Business Support team in Aged Care to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better.  If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opportunity not to be missed.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.  

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

As part of a team of Aged Care Support Leaders, you will provide supervision, guidance, and support to our front line Aged Care workforce to ensure quality service delivery to our clients. This is a new permanent part time, job share opportunity offering 25 hours a week, with a 5-hour work day. This is a hybrid role, where the successful candidate will be able to work some days each week from home or from your nearest LWB office in Melbourne.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with our Talent & Attraction, Rostering and Care Coordination teams to ensure our workforce needs are met
• Provide supervision and support to team members
• Ensure Support Workers are adequately trained and equipped to perform their duties
• Maintain and develop positive and professional working relationships with key stakeholders and partners

Skills & experience

• Demonstrated people management and leadership experience of a geographically dispersed team
• Demonstrated experience working in a flexible and innovative way in responding to the needs of clients
• Current driver’s licence
• Strong coordination, leadership and peer support skills. 

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check.

Benefits

• Hybrid role
• Join a sector focussed on growth and positive outcomes for older Australians
• Leadership opportunity with flexible hours

How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Mikaella Latimore at recruitment@lwb.org.au 

Applications close at midnight 19 January.