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, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families 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, not for profit 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.   

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

Partner with Hiring Managers to recruit roles supporting our clients with disability and mental health issues and older Australians including Disability Support Workers, Aged Care Home & Community Assistants and front line Leaders. This is a six month parental leave part time (30.4 hour week) contract that can be based anywhere in Australia. You can work from home or one of our offices, wherever you work best.

Key responsibilities

• Provide recruitment advice to Hiring Managers that result in the right person in the right role for positive outcomes for our clients
• Develop candidate sourcing plans based on market intel and client needs
• Review and short list passive and active candidates
• Conduct checks on preferred candidates including references and relevant probity checks (supported by our Probity team)
• Generate electronic employment contracts
• Drive process and consistency whilst upskilling and empowering Hiring Managers
• Build strong relationships with IEA Providers, Education Providers and other partners in order to source values aligned candidates

Skills & Experience

• Experience influencing and developing collaborative working relationships with Hiring Managers, employees and candidates
• Experience within a high volume, fast paced environment with a focus on quality outcomes
• Attention to detail is essential along with a passion for recruitment and values alignment
• Enjoy working in a supportive team that loves having a positive impact and talking about dogs

Benefits

• Flexible work environment 
• Join one of Australia’s largest and leading social-purpose organisations
• Excellent salary packaging benefits through Maxxia that reduces your taxable income by $15,900 per year
• Join the fastest growing sector in Australia where the fight for talent is on – do what you do best and source the best!

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

How to Apply

Include your resume and cover letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries relating to the position, contact Mikaella at mikaella.latimore@lwb.org.au 

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close midnight AEST 5 July 2026.