Capability & Growth Consultant - 12 month FTC

Supporting millions of Aussies since 1988 with low fees and competitive long-term performance. Profits back to members, not shareholders

Closing date: Sunday 1st March 2026.

Please note Rest does not accept speculative resumes from recruitment agencies 

Rest will review applications prior to the closing date and may close the role earlier 

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

We support more than two million members, with around $100 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.

Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

The Capability & Growth Consultant supports key people initiatives across leadership development, workforce planning, talent and succession, and performance management. You’ll help deliver projects, provide insights through data and analysis, and work closely with leaders to build capability across the fund.

Key Responsibilities

• Support leadership and capability frameworks, programs and assessments
• Contribute to workforce planning data, analysis and action planning
• Assist with talent identification, succession planning and reporting
• Help improve performance and development processes and evaluation
• Provide project coordination and BAU support across capability initiatives
• Partner with leaders and stakeholders, sharing insights and best practice
• Recommend continuous improvements using trends, data and employee insights

• Degree in Human Resources, Business, Organisational Psychology, or a related field

Required experience, understanding or credentials including:

• Experience in human resources, organisational development, or in a similar capacity, focusing on capability, talent and performance initiatives. Organisational Psychology credentials and/or experience are desirable.
• Experience in collating, critically analysing and managing data to drive strategic human resources initiatives related to talent, leadership, workforce planning and learning.
• Experience in working as part of a team in workforce planning, talent management, leadership development and performance approaches in a collaborative and dynamic team environment
• Experience in leveraging AI and automation to drive efficiency and productivity in driving strategic HR initiatives is desirable.
• Understanding of superannuation industry trends and challenges is desirable.
• Experience consulting with a senior leadership/executive audience.

Our benefits have been designed so you can tailor your experience with us and include:

• Personal and professional development opportunities 
• Hybrid working 
• Purchase leave scheme and gender neutral 16 weeks paid parental leave 
• Super Contribution Continuation for 12 Months of parental leave 
• Linkedin Learning 
• Income Protection Insurance 
• Rest Excellence awards (peer recognition awards based on Rest’s values and behaviours) 
• Rest Stops - meeting free breaks 

If you share our values, believe you can help make a difference for our members and want to be part of a leading superannuation fund with a Super culture, please click Apply Now.

Rest is committed to creating a flexible work environment and culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion - where people feel welcome, safe to be themselves and inspired to do their best.

We value the different backgrounds, lived experiences and abilities our diverse team brings. We welcome and encourage applications from candidates of all ages, cultural backgrounds, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations and thinking styles. This includes people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples and those with disrupted work history due to career or other breaks.

Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.

*Funds under management as at 31 July 2025. Rest is recognised as a Responsible Investment Leader by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) in its Responsible Investment Benchmark Report 2022.