Organisational Design Specialist

• Full Time, Permanent Role
• Location: Sydney, NSW with Work from Home Options!
• Salary $140,000 + Super + NFP Salary Packaging Benefits
• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need

Life at Mission Australia

When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we advocate for a fairer Australia, to meet the growing needs of people across the country. Together we’re building hope and possibility for all.

Find out more about us and our purpose.

Your opportunity

The way an organisation is designed shapes how effectively it can deliver on its purpose. At Mission Australia, we are seeking an Organisational Design Specialist who can help shape the structures, operating models and workforce solutions that enable our strategy to come to life. Working closely with Executives and senior leaders, you will lead complex organisational design initiatives, provide trusted strategic advice, and guide change that strengthens organisational effectiveness, supports our people, and helps us deliver on our vision of building hope and possibility for all.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Lead enterprise-wide organisational design, operating model and workforce transformation initiatives aligned to strategic priorities.
• Analyse workforce, capability and financial data to provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Facilitate workshops, consultation forums and governance discussions to support informed decision-making and sustainable outcomes.
• Develop executive papers, business cases, frameworks, transition plans and implementation materials.
• Provide expert advice on organisational restructuring, workforce planning and organisation-wide change initiatives.
• Support governance processes, risk assessments and post-implementation reviews to ensure effective delivery and continuous improvement.
• Contribute workforce insights and people impact assessments to strategic projects and business cases.
• Champion ethical, compliant and values-aligned organisational design practices across the organisation.

Requirements for success

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Organisational Development, Employee Relations, Industrial Relations or a related discipline.
• Experience leading complex organisational design, operating model, job architecture and workforce transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrated success managing large-scale organisational change and restructuring programs.
• Understanding of employment legislation, industrial instruments and HR frameworks.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, including experience influencing senior leaders and executives.
• Strong analytical capability with experience interpreting workforce, financial and organisational data.
• Excellent facilitation, communication and report-writing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage sensitive matters with professionalism, discretion and confidentiality.

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check, qualifications, and referee checks, and have a clearance to work with children/vulnerable people.

Your benefits

To ensure our employees feel valued, empowered, and celebrated, we provide a range of employee benefits including:

• Rewarding work – every day you know you’re making a real difference
• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support
• Volunteering opportunities 
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave 
• Extra leave including: Mission Australia Thank You Day & Work Anniversary Day off

Our culture  

Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career.  

We prioritise the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within our team and the individuals we serve.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds; gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. So, whoever you are, if you’re skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.

If you live with disability and require support to submit your application, please email [email protected] or visit our Careers page for additional contact details.

We strongly encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. For culturally safe support or assistance with your application, please contact us at [email protected]  

Find out more about a career with Mission Australia. 

How to apply

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Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered. Thank you