Workforce Planning Analyst

About the Organisation
Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better.  If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.  

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

Provide analytical support to ensure the efficient and effective utilisation of our front line disability workforce. This is a permanent full-time position where you can work from any one of our offices in Australia or from home, wherever you work best!  

Key Responsibilities

• End to end Workforce Planning and roster review
• Provide insights and recommendations for improved Workforce Planning decisions
• Partner with Regional Directors and Operations Managers to manage Workforce Planning strategy and roster reviews
• Provide expertise and advice regarding potential industrial, financial and support implications for proposed roster changes
• Maintain financial information relevant to the approved Supported Independent Living funding
• Ensure rostering system scheduled patterns are maintained and updated post roster review completion

Skills & Experience

• Experience as a Workforce Planning Analyst within a fast paced environment
• Advanced Excel skills, including knowledge of data visualisation tools
• Demonstrated experience with the use of rostering system or tools with the ability to develop and prepare reports
• Skills in analysis and interpretation of large, complex data sets
• Demonstrated experience in providing advice and support to management and/or staff on roster related matters
• A collaborative approach with a focus on optimising a best fit workforce for clients

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check (paid for by us).

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption certificate.  You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

Benefits

• Work from home or one of our offices in Australia, wherever you work best! 
• Up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free
• Join one of Australia’s leading social purpose organisations
• Career pathways across a national organisation
• Be part of an organisation that champions diversity, inclusivity, and equality

How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Mikaella Latimore via recruitment@lwb.org.au
  
Applications close midnight 7 April.