Workforce Planner

Workforce Planner

Permanent full-time position based in Keswick SA

About Orion Care

Orion Care started in 2020 and has grown successfully over the last four years, now providing high-quality, in-home services to people living in 50 homes around Adelaide, and rapidly expanding into regional areas of South Australia and into Victoria.

Orion Care's vision is 'to create inclusive and sustainable local communities where people with complex care needs can thrive in a high quality, friendly and supportive environment'. We believe in creating the right home environments where people are treated with humanity and respect and live as an integral part of a welcoming community.

Our mission goes further, championing the rights of every Australian to access home and community services that support them to live their lives to the full, as independently as possible.

Led by our core values – Sincere, Trusted, Attentive, Respectful and Supportive - we are committed to hiring individuals who are able to demonstrate clear alignment with their own personal value sets. We prioritise the development and well-being of our staff and teams, making sure that everyone at Orion Care has the opportunity to expand their skills and capabilities, and to progress their career. We embrace diversity and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, including LGBTQI individuals, veterans, carers, and Indigenous Australians.

The Opportunity

You will play a critical role in this fast-paced environment with your decision-making skills and guidance. Collaborating with various stakeholders to optimise resource allocation while maintaining a high level of service and quality for our clients. The role will require you to have daily interactions with various departments to meet operational needs and to best match client needs with Disability Support Workers and Nurses.

As a Workforce Planner, your daily responsibilities will look include:

• Create and manage templates aligning with Roster of Care (ROC) for our clients.

• Assist the Senior Rostering Coordinator in generating 6 weekly rosters in timely manner to meet the Social, Community, Housing and Disability (SCHADS) Award and Nurses Award requirements.

• Identify communicate gaps in resource planning and coordinate recruitment efforts to close these.

• Monitor allocations to ensure that staff are best utilised, meeting their contracted hours, overtime, Award requirements are met, and agency usage is kept to a minimum to ensure that we are able to provide the best possible standard of care.

• Demonstrated values-led approach when communicating.

• Collaborate with different departments, to meet business goals and maintain transparent communication channels and provide reports, when needed.

• Ensure rostering is fair, balanced and provides support worker's safety and participant compatibility and work/life balance.

  To be successful in this role you will need:

• Previous experience in Workforce Planning and/or Rostering (preferably in a healthcare setting).

• An understanding and passion for working in a person-centred organisation.

• Exceptional organisational and time management skills.

• High level communication skills, both written and verbal, interpersonal skills, with the ability to build rapport with a wide variety of stakeholders.

• Demonstrate a high level of self-motivation and dedication.

• A friendly and professional demeanour.

• Well-developed organisations skills including attention to detail.

• NDIS Workers Check Clearance.

• Working Rights/Visa/Passport.

Skills

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role.

• Experience using MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).

• Experience in Leading a team in a medium organisation and across multiple sites.

• Have experience in coordinating services in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.

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