[Hiring] Head of People and Culture @Bloom HR Pty

Role Description

Remote Opportunity with Travel to Sydney as required. Strategic and Operational People and Culture Position. Shape the culture behind Australia’s leading research organisation focused on ending violence against women and children.

Australia’s National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety (ANROWS) is entering a new phase of growth and evolution. With a refreshed strategy, evolving workforce needs, and organisational change underway, we are supporting the team to find a Head of People and Culture who will help establish the foundations that will support the organisation into its next chapter.

The Opportunity:

• Reporting to the Chief of Staff and working as a key member of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Trusted advisor to the CEO, Executives and leaders across the organisation.
• Lead both strategic and operational People & Culture outcomes.
• Establish systems, frameworks, processes and practices for a high-performing and sustainable organisation.
• Influence organisational culture, workforce strategy, leadership capability and employee experience.

Key areas of focus include:

• Leading ANROWS’ People & Culture strategy and workforce planning.
• Strengthening organisational culture, engagement and leadership capability.
• Partnering with leaders through organisational change and transformation.
• Building contemporary people systems, frameworks and processes.
• Leading employee and industrial relations matters.
• Supporting workforce capability, retention and succession planning.
• Driving psychosocial safety, wellbeing and trauma-informed practice.
• Overseeing organisational development initiatives, remuneration frameworks and workforce planning.
• Providing strategic workforce advice and insights to the Executive and Board.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior People & Culture or Human Resources leadership roles.
• Strong expertise in organisational development, workforce planning and change management.
• Sound knowledge of Australian employment law, industrial relations and compliance frameworks.
• Experience building or strengthening people systems, frameworks and processes.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Strong resilience, judgement and emotional intelligence.
• Experience supporting leaders through complex workforce and cultural challenges.
• A collaborative, hands-on and solutions-focused approach.

Requirements

• Ability to balance strategic leadership with practical delivery.
• Credibility when partnering with executives and leaders through periods of change.
• Capacity to hold complexity and remain focused through ambiguity.
• Ability to create clarity where it is needed most.

Benefits

• A highly flexible and largely remote working environment.
• Salary packaging benefits.
• A collaborative and purpose-driven leadership team.
• The opportunity to influence strategy and organisational direction.
• Meaningful work that contributes to lasting social impact.
• Quarterly in-person team gatherings and leadership offsites.
• The chance to build and leave a lasting legacy within the organisation.