Job Reference: 493686

Fast paced role and includes the full range of L&D activities and a partnership approach will be key to your success.

About the Organisation
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 7,000 employees working in more than 440 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

While working locally with our Child, Youth & Family teams across NSW, the role is part of a national L&D team which is committed to creating innovative solutions to business problems by growing the capability of our people.

The role will work across NSW and can be based in either our Rockdale or Newcastle offices. We are looking for someone who has agility to move between a range of projects and is passionate about making a difference to our client’s lives through the professional development of our people. The role will be fast paced and include the full range of L&D activities and a partnership approach will be key to your success.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver interactive and engaging learning and development programs
• Develop and undertake assessment processes and tools that meet relevant LWB policy and/or regulatory requirements
• Actively engage stakeholders to respond to local and state learning needs of NSW employees
• Manage the end-to-end L&D administration functions including scheduling of programs and L&D events, program evaluation and feedback, and data analysis and reporting
• Actively work with the L&D Lead to evaluate and implement relevant L&D policies, practices and systems
• Support state and national L&D projects as required

Skills & Experience

• Relevant tertiary qualification in adult education, organisational development, human services or other relevant field OR significant demonstrated experience in a role where learning and development is the core activity
• Experience in child, youth and family work or child development e.g. AIN, Teacher
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating/training to diverse client groups including e-learning
• Excellent communication, negotiation, consulting and interpersonal skills
• Current Driver’s Licence

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).
  
Benefits

• Excellent salary packaging benefits
• Monthly rostered days off
• Part of a national L&D team with an opportunity to make a huge impact 

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 AEDT 8 March 2020.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here (https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA).

Closing Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2020