Empowering First Nations Leadership

1 week ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia beBeeCultural Full time $93,374 - $144,686
Job Opportunity

This is a chance to lead transformative change, driving cultural capability and empowering First Nations employees.

As the Lead for First Nations Workforce and Capability, you will co-design and deliver strategies to strengthen our First Nations workforce, ensuring cultural safety and responsiveness in all aspects of service provision.

Key Responsibilities
  • Co-design the development and delivery of First Nations People Strategy – People Pillar, with a focus on cultural capability, retention, and cultural safety.
  • Monitor First Nations workforce metrics across recruitment, onboarding, progression, and retention to inform systemic change.
  • Provide expert advice and strategic leadership to embed cultural safety into policies, systems, and everyday practices.
  • Deliver impactful cultural capability initiatives for leaders, managers, and frontline staff, embedded within a broader Capability/Skills Framework.
  • Establish tools and benchmarks to assess and monitor cultural capability across all employee groups.
  • Strengthen peer-led and practical cultural learning opportunities.
  • Design strategies to enhance retention, progression, and visibility of First Nations employees, including leadership development, mentoring, and sponsorship programs.
  • Identify and address systemic barriers through data analysis and staff engagement.
  • Ensure First Nations voices are central to all major workforce transformation projects.
  • Review employment policies, systems, and practices to maximise cultural safety, empowerment, and self-determination.
Requirements
  • Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity, with cultural knowledge, lived experience, and relationship-building skills to strengthen trust, respect, and belonging for First Nations peoples, communities, and colleagues.
  • Relevant tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business, Education & Training, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience working in a complex, matrixed organisation and influencing across teams without direct authority.
  • Confidence in group facilitation, training delivery, and capability building.
  • A strong track record in workforce development, cultural safety initiatives, and retention strategies.

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