Director People Planning & Capability

Sydney, NSW, AU, 2000

You can create a unique and lasting impact on our people and passengers.

You know that to make a meaningful contribution there needs to be connection and collaboration across the teams. Here’s your opportunity to help our people make a big impact.

In this role you will provide executive leadership and direction to the people portfolio, delivering on critical agency outcomes through the strategic and operational positioning and alignment of our people and organisational priorities. You will be accountable for making sure we have people in all of our roles, short, medium and long term workforce planning/management, onboarding, training and ongoing workforce competency. You will develop our technical and non-technical competency training collateral and ensure we have the right processes and practices in place to ensure our workforce has the right skills, knowledge and experience necessary to perform their jobs effectively and safely. 

About You

You are an experienced and seasoned people and culture professional:

• You will have demonstrated experience building capability within a high reliability, frontline service delivery operation.
• You bring deep experience in workforce planning, onboarding and workforce management.
• You are experienced in creating, delivering and maintaining clear outcomes focused on the delivery of competency framework processes and outcomes to ensure our staff are the best at what they do.
• You possess experience and understanding of industrial, political and industrial environments, within a highly regulated operational workforce.
• You possess advanced advocacy and interpersonal communication skills with an intuitive ability to understand and drive performance, productivity, and engagement.
• You will have demonstrated experience building, leading, motivating and setting strategic direction of very accomplished teams where stakeholder management and support is required for success. 
• You will understand the balance of addressing internal customer requirements whilst adhering to other regulatory, policy, government and operational conditions.
• You have the ability to articulate complex concepts and put forward compelling arguments and rationales to all levels and types of audiences.
• You bring experience with succession planning, and developing and growing staff for future leadership roles.
• You have experience in deploying new technologies to assist in the delivery and ongoing maintenance of competencies.
• You will be effective in consolidating material and information from multiple sources and disseminating this information across a geographically dispersed workforce.

For more information on this position and business unit, view the role description

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Who we are

NSW TrainLink helps connect passengers all over NSW and beyond. Our regional network of trains and coaches provide valuable links between regional and metropolitan centres across NSW and between neighbouring states and territories.

Our services support thriving regional communities and economies by helping people access the things that are important to them and by bringing visitors to our stunning regions. And it's all thanks to our dedicated and passionate team from right across NSW, who work together to make more than 32.6 million customer journeys happen every year. 

Join us
 

Our workforce is as diverse as the community we serve. If you’d like further information on our inclusion and diversity initiatives, visit Transport careers.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits, like our award-winning flexible and hybrid work options.

This role is hybrid-friendly, meaning you can mix in-person days at your team’s home base location with remote days. 

What are you waiting for…? Connect with us.  Apply now!

Applications close: 11:59 pm Wednesday 19 June 2024.

For more information about this role, please contact *********@TRANSPORT.NSW.GOV.AU.

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