Drive Strategic Growth | Enable High-Performing Teams | Make a Lasting Impact

Join Lifestart at a pivotal time of growth, change, and sustainability. We?re seeking a commercially astute, outcomes-driven People & Culture Business Partner to support our dynamic Therapy Services and Business Support and drive organisation-wide people initiatives that elevate performance, engagement, and culture.

This is an ideal opportunity for a seasoned P&C professional with deep sector knowledge and a strong track record of delivering people strategies aligned to service delivery, workforce capability, and sustainable growth in the disability or allied health sectors.

About Lifestart

At Lifestart, we believe in Empowering Potential. Our purpose is to empower children and young people with disability or developmental concerns to reach their full potential, in partnership with their families and communities. Guided by our core values of Empowerment, Equity, Collaboration, and Impact - we're committed to making a meaningful difference in their lives. Join our team and help foster the potential that changes lives every day

Our People and Culture team is a strategic partner across the organisation, enabling a safe, inclusive, and high-performing workforce. We support the full employee lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding to performance, engagement, wellbeing, and offboarding, ensuring our people are empowered and connected every step of the way.

About the Role

We?re looking for an experienced HR professional to join our People and Culture team for a 12-month parental leave cover opportunity.

As a People and Culture Business Partner, you?ll be strategic, and commercially savvy and will partner with our Therapy Services and Business Support teams working across workforce planning, organisational design, and leadership capability uplift helping to embed a high-performing and inclusive culture aligned with Lifestart?s values.

You?ll also co-lead key P&C initiatives that drive enterprise-wide priorities including culture, talent, compliance, and operating model changes.

You will work closely with leaders to deliver people-focused solutions that enhance employee experience, uplift leadership capability, and drive culture and performance. This role is both strategic and hands-on ? supporting initiatives across recruitment, performance management, employee relations, engagement, systems improvement, and compliance.

Responsibilities:

• ?Partner with leaders to align workforce strategy with business and service delivery goals

• Lead targeted talent acquisition strategies and onboarding to meet market and operational demand

• Deliver proactive, solutions-focused support in performance management, ER/IR, and wellbeing

• Drive strategic P&C projects and frameworks across engagement, capability, compliance, and culture

• Contribute to board-level reporting, remuneration benchmarking, and enterprise workforce planning

• Enable a consistent and high-performing culture through coaching, systems, and process improvements

• Support a collaborative, data-driven, and risk-aware HR practice within a regulated sector (NDIS)

• Champion inclusion, safety, and leadership at all levels of the organisation

• Provide advice on policies, awards, and legislation across the employee lifecycle

• Coaching managers through performance reviews, grievances, complaints, and disciplinary processes

• Managing workplace investigations, complaints, and injury/return-to-work processes

• Other duties as reasonably required

About You - Skills and Experience

• You?re a forward-thinking P&C leader who thrives in complex, purpose-led environments. You blend commercial acumen with people-first leadership and have the confidence to influence, challenge, and support senior stakeholders.

• Tertiary qualifications in HR, Business, Psychology or a related field

• At least 5 years? experience in a generalist HR role (NDIS/disability/community sector experience highly regarded)

• Sound knowledge of Australian employment law, enterprise agreements and the Fair Work framework

• Experience navigating workforce issues in regulated sectors, ideally with an understanding of allied health models

• Proven ability to design and implement impactful people initiatives that drive business performance

• Strong interpersonal and coaching skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships

• A consultative, coaching style with strong influencing and problem-solving capabilities

• A balance of strategic thinking and operational execution

• High levels of initiative, organisation and sound judgement

• High emotional intelligence, resilience, and strong alignment with Lifestart?s values, with a genuine passion for inclusive, purpose-led work.

• Align with Lifestart's values and believe you would be a great fit

• Valid Working with Children's Check (WWCC) Clearance (or willingness to obtain)

• Valid NDIS Worker Screening Check (NDISWC) Clearance (or willingness to obtain)

• Fully vaccinated for the Covid-19 Virus (3 doses) or accepted medical exemption certificate

• Willingness to travel to different Lifestart office locations

Why Join Lifestart?

YOUR FUTURE, EMPOWERED!

Working at Lifestart means working for an organisation that has grown from humble beginnings to become one of Australia's leading disability service providers without compromising the values at its heart.

Lifestart was founded in 1996 by a group of eight families who believed kids with disability deserved better support. Today, we operate out of eleven offices throughout NSW and support over 10,000 children and young people, their families and their carers across Australia. It's a success we're proud of because it is a success built on lived experience and a genuine desire to change lives for the better.

You'll be joining a collaborative, inclusive, and supportive team where your contributions are valued. In addition, we offer:

• Competitive salary plus superannuation and leave loading

• Increase your take-home pay with up to $6,500 salary packaging and access to novated vehicle leasing

• Additional leave benefits including an extra week of paid leave in December, extra personal leave, and cultural/ceremonial leave

• Flexible working conditions, including hybrid options

• A strong focus on employee wellbeing, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Access to structured professional development, supervision, and peer support

• Free access to an onsite pool and gym at Rhodes Corporate Park

Apply Now

If you believe you are a good fit for Lifestart, we look forward to receiving your application. Please include your resume and a cover letter expressing your interest and suitability for the role.

Applications Close: Friday 18 July 2025

For further information please see our website?www.lifestart.org.au/careers or contact a member of the Recruitment Team on (02) 8526 8504.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, welcoming people with disability or lived experience, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI+ community and those people who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander to our team. When you join Lifestart, we will value each individual's unique contribution.

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