Business Partner, Service Growth and Development. Permanent Full Time

**Job no**: 505251
**Employment type**: Full Time
**Location**: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne
**Categories**: Strategy & Engagement

**About the Organisation**

Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better. If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 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. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

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**

Reporting to the Director, Service Design and Integration, you will lead, support and collaborate on business development initiatives across our national service portfolio. You will work closely with Client Service Teams, spanning disability, mental health, aged care, disability employment services and emerging business to plan, write and quality control compelling tenders and grant submissions that align with LWB’s strategic growth objectives.

You will play a pivotal role working with our Client Services Teams to innovate and develop new service models, building internal and external partnerships and ensuring LWB continues to deliver innovative and high-quality services to the communities we serve.

This is a permanent full time, offering flexibility to work from your preferred location, whether from home or one of our local LWB offices.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Collaborate with Client Service and Corporate Support teams to identify LWB’s value propositions and competitive advantages in tender responses.
- Lead the end to end development of tender submissions, EOIs and business cases.
- Support the design and documentation of innovative service models tailored to meet submission requirements.
- Coordinate the preparation and submission of all supporting documentation including financials, corporate reports and compliance material.
- Build and manage internal and external relationships to support national and local growth.
- Identify and track business development opportunities, market trends, and emerging sector needs.
- Act as a strategic conduit between Client Services and Emerging Business Teams to drive continuous improvement and systemic growth.

**Skills & Experience**
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Services, Business, Management or a related field.
- Proven understanding of government procurement and tender processes.
- Demonstrated experience preparing high quality tenders and submissions.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities under pressure.
- Experience in the community services sector, preferably in, Disability, Mental Health or Aged Care services.
- Strategic thinking and experience in implementing business development plans.
- Excellent written communication skills for producing compelling submissions, reports and correspondence.
- Strong verbal communication and stakeholder engagement abilities.
- Sound knowledge of government agencies, funding frameworks and legislative requirements relevant to community services.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office and familiar with a range of business and data management tools.

**Benefits**
- Join one of Australia’s largest and leading social purpose organisations
- Permanent full time role, location flexible
- Flexible working options and a dynamic and forward thinking team
- Excellent salary packaging benefits and Monthly rostered days off

**How to Apply**

**Applications close at midnight on Thursday 24**th** July 2025.**

**Advertised**: 11 Jul 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 24 Jul 2025 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time