HR Manager Aged

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan, Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan, Various

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Mercy Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Human Resources

Reference: 20370

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
As a key member of the HR and Healthy Ageing division (circa 5000 employees) and working collaboratively with the GM HR and the Healthy Ageing Leadership Team, the Human Resources Manager will support and partner with key stakeholders and Managers across Residential Aged Care, Home Care and Seniors Living to provide quality HR operational and strategic support and solutions to execute business strategy. This role will be covering a maternity leave contract for 12 months unless otherwise extended. The Mercy Health HR team is a large and diverse one (circa 40+ staff) with HR generalists and HR specialists thus creating a lot of opportunities for future permanent roles.
- This position will also lead the Healthy Ageing HR Business Partners and HR Officers to facilitate best-practice HR principles and processes. The position will focus on various HR components including recruitment, orientation, workforce planning, performance management, performance reviews, return to work, change management, award interpretation and ad hoc projects.
- Flexible work location - based at Richmond with some travel across sites and working from home option
- Work collaboratively with members of local and Group HR teams
- Provide day to day management on HR matters
- Travel is required as part of this position to establish a presence within the business region.

**ABOUT YOU**:

- An exceptional people leader
- Strong customer focused results driven HR professional with a strong work ethic
- Tertiary qualified in HR or a related discipline
- Minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in a HR generalist, HR Manager or senior HR business partnership role
- Experience working in the aged care, health or community services industry or in a multi-site environment is preferred (not essential)
- Familiar working with relevant awards and Enterprise Agreements and unions
- Able to provide timely recommendations and advice
- Ability to build effective and efficient working relationships with key stakeholders and the wider HR team
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work independently and also as part of team

**ABOUT US**:
Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women’s health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.

Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

**WHAT WE OFFER**:
Mercy Health recognises that people are searching for meaning in their work life and finding a workplace that connects with their values is a key motivation when choosing an employer. As a not-for-profit healthcare provider, Mercy Health has a strong mission and clear values that guide us in everything we do. We pride ourselves on:

- Caring for our people and those important to them with generous employee assistance available for employees and their families
- Protecting children and vulnerable people in all our services, by listening to them and having zero tolerance of any form of abuse and neglect
- Taking a stand against climate change, which is one of the biggest threats to the health of the world and all humanity, and committing to action that will help make our world fairer and more sustainable
- Offering benefits such as generous salary packaging, purchased leave, career progression and development opportunities, access to health and wellbeing programs and a range of discounts across a diverse portfolio of financial, healthcare, travel and other services.

**WHAT YOU WILL NEED**:

- Provide a current Police Record Check or NDIS worker screening check

If you have any questions or require any adjustments to ensure a fair and equitable interview and selection process please contact us on the details below.

**Jessica Casey
- General Manager Human Resources**

**0429065513