Engagement and Culture Specialist | 4 month contract, Part-time hours (32 hours)

Warrigal | Located at our newly built Oak Flats office

Join a 2024 award-winning Illawarra-based organisation recognised for Excellence in Workplace Culture, Large Business, and Business of the Year. If you’re passionate about driving positive workplace culture, championing employee engagement, and shaping impactful workforce initiatives, we want you on our team.

About Warrigal

At Warrigal, our vision is simple yet profound: to create a world where older people feel known, loved, and connected. Our values – Integrity, Respect, Innovation and Compassion - guide our approach and purpose—Enabling older people live their best lives on their terms. We’re dedicated to providing dignity, community, and belonging to all older people.

We believe in creating joyful experiences, lasting memories, and a society that celebrates aging. Every team member at Warrigal contributes to this legacy, ensuring it continues to inspire generations to come.

The opportunity

You will play a key role in shaping and incorporating a strong, values-driven culture at Warrigal by designing and delivering strategic engagement and workforce initiatives. Working closely with the Chief People & Culture Officer, senior leaders, and stakeholders across the organisation, you’ll help drive meaningful cultural transformation that supports employee wellbeing, engagement, and leadership capability.

This role offers the opportunity to lead initiatives that bring Warrigal’s vision, values, and signature behaviours to life, ensuring they are reflected in everyday actions and organisational practices. You’ll coordinate and manage programs such as employee engagement surveys, wellbeing platforms, and leadership development, while using data insights to measure impact and continuously improve outcomes.

You’ll also facilitate culture-focused committees, support leaders through coaching and development, and lead change management strategies that enhance employee experience and align with Warrigal’s strategic objectives. Your work will contribute to a connected, inclusive, and high-performing workforce, making this a rewarding opportunity for someone who is proactive, people-focused, and passionate about positive organisational culture.

What you’ll bring

• You’re a people-focused professional with a talent for building strong relationships and influencing positive change. You're comfortable working with senior leaders, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to drive meaningful culture and engagement outcomes.
• You bring energy, creativity, and strategic thinking to everything you do, with a strong ability to translate big-picture goals into practical initiatives that resonate with staff.
• You’re passionate about workplace culture and employee wellbeing, with experience leading engagement programs, interpreting data, and turning insights into action.
• Experience in organisational development, employee engagement, or culture transformation—particularly within the aged care or not-for-profit sector—is highly valued.

What we offer

• Part time- 32 hours per week
• Hourly rate $41.60- $52.58 + packaging benefits + super
• Not For Profit salary packaging benefits – pay up to $18,550 less tax per year, meaning more money for you
• Career break schemes, additional purchased leave and more
• Commitment to on-going professional and career development
• Subsidised access to your local gym and 200+ more across the country with a Fitness Passport
• 24/7 access to mental, physical, social and financial support via EAP.

What it takes to do this work

Essential Qualifications:

• Degree in a relevant field, combined with HR generalist experience.
• Proven experience in workforce engagement, culture transformation, change management or a similar role.
• Strong program management, and multi-tasking capabilities.
• Exceptional relationship and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in designing content and communications tailored for diverse audiences.
• Ability to analyse data and generate actionable insights.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Certification in HR analytics or a similar advanced HR certification.

What our people love about working here:

A supportive, passionate culture: It’s a community filled with inspiring, big-hearted people. We back each other, listen without judgement and lead with kindness, respect and unwavering support - for our customers, residents and each other. This is encouraged from the top down and worked hard at – every day.

Leaders who value you: It’s important you feel valued. To us, this is not a one-off task. But a commitment to creating an environment where you feel seen, heard and valued – every day. Leaders and managers go out of their way to understand you, respect your opinions and hear what you have to say. This creates greater unity and collaboration with each other.

One team, united in our purpose: We support older people to have great lives. We put older people first in everything we do. On an everyday level, we help them age with dignity, independence, happiness and connectedness. On a big picture level, we’re challenging ageist thinking in Australia. This is the Warrigal Way.

Who we are | A community who cares

Warrigal has firmly established itself in the aged care community for over 60 years. We’re proud of the diverse range of retirement living and aged care services we’ve built up in that time, but we still have the same appetite to grow and innovate. Meaning, you’ll have the chance to move around, get promoted or explore different areas across our expanding business in Illawarra, Southern Highlands, Queanbeyan, and Canberra – if that’s what you want.

Do work that matters to you

This is your chance to do work that matters, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australia’s older community – now and in the future.

JOIN US AND BE THE DIFFERENCE

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people, workers of all abilities, ages and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to apply and join our community.

Are you keen? Then don’t delay applying. We review applications as we get them and will close the vacancy once we find the right person.

Got questions? You can contact [email protected] but please don’t send applications through email – we can’t accept them.

If successful, you may be asked to do a medical, National Criminal History Check or NDIS Worker Screening Check, and provide references.