Home Care Rostering Coordinator

**Why join us?**

We have a long history of providing exceptional care that empowers older people to live a full life. As a not-for-profit aged care provider, we’re able to invest in providing an exceptional experience to our clients as well as support and develop our frontline staff to achieve this. When you join us, you will be provided with a competitive** rate of pay with shift allowances, not-for-profit salary packaging benefits** and the support of a wonderful leadership team and colleagues.

A great opportunity has arisen for an experienced Rostering Coordinator to be appointed to our Home Care program based at Merrylands.

The role is accountable for accurately scheduling and coordinating the designated NSW regions Home Care Employees to clients in the community.

**We are offering this position as permanent part-time - 60.8 hours a fortnight - 4 days a week.**

Part-time hours with flexibility, enabling the home care rostering coordinator to better balance professional and personal commitments. Operational hours are 6:00am - 6:00pm Mon-Fri and 8:00am - 4:00pm on weekends and Public Holidays.

**You must be available to work weekends and Public Holidays, penalty rates will apply.**

Possibility to adjust working hours based on individual preferences and needs.

**As the Rostering Coordinator your duties will be, but not limited to**:

- Deliver rosters in a timely accurate format
- Manage and maintain rostering services
- Coordinate cover for all available shifts and fill unforeseen vacancies due to sickness, annual leave and education requirements
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date data for inclusion in monthly reports
- Providing excellent administration support to the Home Care management team staff
- ** Undertake rotational after-hours Rostering On-Call duties.**
- 2 year's proven experience in a Rostering position
- Intermediate - Advanced Microsoft Office Suite
- Experience in an Aged Care/Community Home Care (highly desirable)
- Excellent communication and customer service skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Sound ability to work in a team and also use initiative to work independently.
- Proven problem solving skills
- ** Must be available to work weekends and Public Holidays**

**What’s in it for you?**
- Competitive salary package
- NFP salary sacrificing benefits + meal & entertainment allowance up to $15,900
- Annual leave loading
- Discounted private health insurance
- Access to our Employees Assistance Program
- An extra day’s annual leave paid at Christmas
- Flexible hours
- Maxxia Salary Packaging and Rewards, including discounts at major retailers, cinemas and restaurants
- Heart HQ our Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) People Platform that is packed with exclusive benefits and features designed to help you Celebrate, Connect and Succeed.
- Weekend shifts available.
- Work from home options - up to 2 days a week (after your 6-month probation period is completed)
- Professional development opportunities
- Merrylands based role - work local

**About Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT)**
- We are a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to empower older people to ‘live life to the full’. For the last 50 years our name has been trusted by the community to provide care and support for thousands of people in over 40 locations across NSW and the ACT._
- We have a passion for providing the best care with clinical excellence. We offer person-centred care services to meet individual needs and preferences in residential aged care as well as in-home care. At SCC, people are at the heart of everything we do. We support our employees to excel_