Position Details

Position type: 0.6 FTE (22.8 hours per week)
Contract: 14-month maximum term contract, with opportunity to extend
Location: Ringwood, Victoria (Hybrid working available)
Reports to: Head of Corporate Services
Start date: Early May 2025 (negotiable)
SCHADS pay point 7.1

About Brave Foundation

Brave Foundation is a national not-for-profit organisation that equips expecting and parenting young people with professional mentoring and systems navigation support to ensure they have access to resources, referrals, and education opportunities to facilitate happy, healthy, and connected families.

Our workplace culture encourages flexibility, work-life balance, and opportunities for professional growth. As a registered not-for-profit, we offer attractive salary packaging options to maximise your take-home pay.

As a Child Safe Organisation, we apply rigorous recruitment practices to embed a culture of child safety across all aspects of our work.

Learn more about Brave Foundation at www.bravefoundation.org.au.

About the Role

Brave is seeking a dynamic and experienced HR professional to join our team at an exciting time as we implement our new 5-year strategy. Reporting to the Head of Corporate Services, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and implementing HR strategies, processes, and initiatives that support Brave’s mission.

This stand-alone hands-on role involves a mix of strategic HR planning and operational HR functions, including performance management, employee relations, compliance with the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services (SCHADS) Award, WHS, and HR administration.

You will work closely with the CEO, senior leadership, and people managers to foster a positive, high-performing, and compliant workplace culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic HR Planning – Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with Brave’s mission and objectives.

• Talent Acquisition & Management – Lead recruitment, onboarding, retention strategies, workforce planning, and capability development.

• Performance Management – Support people managers in goal setting, coaching, and performance reviews.

• Compliance & Legal – Ensure compliance with SCHADS Award and employment laws; mitigate HR risks and manage employee relations matters.

• Child Safe HR Practice – Embed child safety into recruitment, onboarding, and performance processes in line with Brave’s obligations as a Child Safe Organisation.

• Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) – Lead WHS compliance, training, audits, and promote a proactive safety culture.

• HR Systems & Administration – Oversee Employment Hero (HRIS), prepare HR metrics and engagement surveys, and support payroll processing.

• Culture & Well-being – Champion Brave’s values by driving inclusion, diversity, employee engagement, and well-being initiatives.

• Change Management – Support organisational change by applying best-practice HR strategies.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or a related field.

• Substantial experience in a similar People & Culture or HR generalist role, preferably in the not-for-profit or community services sector.

• Comfortable operating in a stand-alone HR role, balancing big-picture planning with hands-on delivery across all HR functions

• Strong knowledge of employment laws, workplace relations, and the SCHADS Award.

• Proficiency in HRIS platforms, particularly Employment Hero and Culture Amp.

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders, including the CEO and senior leadership team.

• Proven ability to foster a culture of inclusion, diversity, and well-being, ensuring alignment with Brave Foundation’s values and mission.

• Empathetic, approachable, and committed to employee well-being and engagement

• A strategic thinker with a focus on continuous improvement and organisational performance.

• A high level of integrity, discretion, and confidentiality when handling sensitive HR matters.

What We Offer

• A purpose-driven role with a meaningful social impact

• Attractive salary packaging benefits

• Flexible, hybrid working arrangements (subject to role requirements)

• A supportive and inclusive workplace culture focused on learning, well-being, and values-aligned work

Additional Requirements

The successful candidate will be required to provide:

• A National Police Check

• An Employee Working with Children Check

• Evidence of Pertussis (Whooping Cough) vaccination

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume via the online link. To request a copy of the Position Description, email: info@bravefoundation.org.au

Applications close on Monday 14 April. Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Direct applicants only – no recruitment agencies, please.

Brave Foundation Ltd

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