Organisational development lead - people strategy & change

This large, purpose-driven education provider supports a workforce of over 10,000 employees across a diverse network of sites, including corporate services and frontline learning environments. Operating at significant scale, the organisation is focused on delivering high-quality outcomes for communities while continuing to invest in its people, capability, and organisational effectiveness.

This is a key opportunity to lead the delivery of a large-scale People Strategy within a complex environment. Sitting within a collaborative People & Culture team, you will drive organisational development, workforce initiatives and change programs, ensuring strategy is translated into practical, well-sequenced outcomes that enable adoption across a diverse and geographically dispersed workforce.

You will play a critical role in bringing structure, prioritisation and momentum to existing initiatives, partnering closely with stakeholders to deliver meaningful, system-wide improvements.

This role is being offered on an initial 12-month fixed term contract.

• Lead the planning and delivery of strategic P&C initiatives, translating people strategy into clear, actionable programs
• Drive organisational change and stakeholder engagement across large-scale initiatives impacting diverse workforce groups
• Review, prioritise and coordinate multiple projects, ensuring strong governance, sequencing and delivery discipline
• Lead organisational development initiatives to enhance employee experience, capability and operating effectiveness
• Oversee key projects including onboarding and employee lifecycle improvements, ensuring consistency and reduced risk
• Support the evolution of the P&C operating model, including business partnering and service delivery approaches
• Identify and implement process improvements, including leveraging technology and AI across the function
• Build change capability within P&C, providing coaching, tools and practical support to leaders
• Deliver reporting, insights and updates to senior stakeholders and leadership forums

• Strong background in organisational development, people strategy and/or transformation
• Proven experience delivering complex change and projects in large, matrixed environments
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence and build trust at all levels
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguity and simplify complex concepts into practical plans
• Strong planning and prioritisation capability, with experience developing clear delivery roadmaps
• Resilient, adaptable and outcomes-focused, with a hands‐on approach to delivery
• Experience within education, government, healthcare or similarly complex environments is highly regarded

• Lead high-impact, organisation‐wide people initiatives
• Work within a collaborative, purpose-driven environment
• Opportunity to shape workforce strategy delivery at scale
• Hybrid working with strong in‐person engagement
• Potential for longer-term opportunity