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Established in 1950, Life Care has a respected history of service provision in the aged care sector in South Australia.  A not-for-profit entity, the organisation has grown and diversified over time to meet the changing care needs of older South Australians.  A recent significant transformation sees a reinvented organisation with around 150 passionate staff now focusing on Life Care at Home and Life Care Active providing dedicated, tailored, quality services in the home care and allied health fields.

Led by bold and energised General Manager (CEO) Grace Scaffidi, Life Care is embarking on a growth journey to achieve its vision of South Australians shaping their own healthier aging by fostering relationships of care that generate fullness of life for clients.  This exciting time for the reinvigorated organisation creates the opportunity for the appointment of new professionals who will hold pivotal roles in structuring for the future delivery of innovative and positive service experiences.

The People and Culture Manager reports to the General Manager and works closely with all Life Care staff and leaders in the development and delivery of HR and people management policies, practices and frameworks.  Key responsibilities of this strategic and operational role include:

• hands-on management of the day-to-day operations of the People function across the organisation;
• as business partner providing support, advice and coaching to leaders across the full range of HR matters;
• leading the people performance and accountability culture;
• leading employee engagement, culture and wellbeing initiatives;
• implementing attraction, recruitment, learning and development and retention strategies.

Applications are invited from proven human resource professionals with appropriate tertiary qualifications and well-developed experience across the full suite of human resource practices.  The role requires exceptional interpersonal skills, and the ability to roll up the sleeves and understand operations whilst also strategically reviewing and building organisational capability.  A proactive attitude, high attention to detail and organisation, a collaborative approach and a natural coaching style in developing capability with staff and leaders will be important.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a true HR generalist to make a valuable contribution in a highly purpose driven organisation as it prepares to embrace its next chapter of growth and success.