Organisational Capability Partner

Settlement Services International (SSI Group) is a community-based organisation and social business that supports newcomers and Australians to achieve their full potential. Taking an integrated approach how everyone can thrive within the community in which they live and the wider Australian society, we support children, young people and families; people living with disability; and asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. Our programs include facilitating employment, multicultural foster care, creating community engagement, advocacy, and influencing government and international affairs and provide though leadership within our sector nationally and globally.

Do you want to work with a leading purpose driven, community-based organisation?

SSI’s vision is to achieve a society that values the diversity of its people and actively provides support to ensure meaningful social and economic participation and to assist individuals and families to reach their potential.

About You

You will be responsible for leading the design, development and implementation of organisational development and diversity and inclusion programs and initiatives.Working in close partnership with your People and Culture team colleagues and business representatives, you will co-design plans and implement activities that engage our workforce and uplift capability. Our strengths lie in our diverse workforce, so harnessing diversity and fostering inclusive practices is critical to your success in building and sustaining a high-performance culture, that is enriched with positive employee experiences.

Key responsibilities include
- Performance Development - Leading SSI’s performance program and ensuring alignment of goals and strategic outcomes
- Talent & Succession Management - Researching, designing and implementing an integrated talent management framework. Reviewing options for identifying talent and ensuring that the organisation has bench strength for the future is key and developing plans to address capability gaps, whilst supporting career development pathways for our employees
- Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging - Contributing to the Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging strategy and action planning process by supporting and/or leading initiatives across SSI’s focus areas and their respective working groups and networks
- Sourcing and managing external partnerships and vendors to deliver effective culture, employee engagement and talent processes.
- Culture and employee engagement
- Ensuring that co-design and change management frameworks are applied in developing and implementing strategies and activities, that deliver exceptional people experiences.
- Inputs to policy development and reporting and other duties and/or projects, as required

Essential Criteria
- Degree qualification in human resources or equivalent and NGO or corporate experience with solid experience in Organisational Development or Generalist Human Resources
- Experience in designing and implementing OD frameworks and strategies.
- Effective coaching skills to support leaders and capability uplift across the organisation
- Excellent influencing and communication skills with the ability to interact and build relationships with stakeholders all levels.
- High level presentation & facilitation skills to outline proposals, run workshops and training sessions, as needed.
- High level of organisational and project management skills with the ability to plan and execute initiatives and programs

About Us

Settlement Services International (SSI Group) is a community-based organisation and social business that supports newcomers and Australians to achieve their full potential. Taking an integrated approach how everyone can thrive within the community in which they live and the wider Australian society, we support children, young people and families; people living with disability; and asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. Our programs include facilitating employment, multicultural foster care, creating community engagement, advocacy, and influencing government and international affairs and provide though leadership within our sector nationally and globally.

About our Benefits
- Salary packaging options to receive up to $15,900 of your salary tax-free meaning more take-home pay
- Industry leading hybrid and flexible working arrangement supporting work from home and office, including the opportunity of a 9-day fortnight;
- Access to in-house training and learning opportunities for professional development and growth.
- Access to our inhouse wellbeing programs
- Working alongside professional and dedicated team members all wanting to make a difference in our communities.

About our Recruitment Process

At SSI we have a zero tolerance for child abuse and is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is embedded in the everyday thinking and practice of all employees, contractors and voluntee