Culture & Capability Manager

Uniting Communities Careers; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging opportunities

Job summary

Uniting Communities is seeking an accomplished Culture & Capability Manager to lead a talented team and drive organisation-wide people priorities in South Australia. You will shape culture, leadership, capability and employee experience, partnering with senior leaders to translate strategy into practical outcomes.

You will oversee leadership development, workforce frameworks and evidence-based programs, enabling teams to thrive and delivering meaningful organisational impact in a purpose-driven

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a Culture & Capability, OD, L&D or related team.
• Experience designing and delivering organisation-wide culture and leadership initiatives.
• Strong people leadership, coaching, and capability to influence senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Culture & Capability team with accountability and continuous improvement.
• Translate priorities into a clear roadmap with measurable outcomes.
• Drive culture and engagement initiatives, including listening and action planning.
• Oversee leadership development, workforce capability frameworks and learning initiatives.
• Partner with senior leaders to translate strategy into practical outcomes.
• Design and oversee evidence-based initiatives to strengthen leadership and performance.
• Support organisational change and workforce redesign to enable success.
• Use workforce data to evaluate impact and inform priorities.

Skills

Leadership

Culture & Capability

Organisational Development

Learning & Development

Stakeholder influence

Change management

Facilitation

People analytics

Education

Tertiary qualification in OD/HR/psychology or related

Job description

It's an exciting time to join Uniting Communities. With a new organisational strategy recently launched and a newly established People Experience team, we're strengthening how we develop our people, support our leaders and create a workplace where everyone can thrive.

We're seeking an accomplished Culture & Capability Manager to lead a talented team and play a pivotal role in bringing our organisational and people priorities to life.

With significant, meaningful projects already underway and exciting opportunities ahead, this role offers the chance to influence organisation-wide priorities, lead work that matters and help shape the future of our workplace.

If you're passionate about organisational development, enjoy leading people and want to see your work translate into genuine organisational impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

At Uniting Communities, we believe our people and culture are fundamental to the difference we make in the communities we serve.

As we bring our new strategy to life, Culture & Capability has an important role in shaping how we work, lead, collaborate and grow. With a diverse portfolio of meaningful initiatives already underway, this is an opportunity to build on existing momentum and influence what comes next.

This is an opportunity to:

• Make a genuine strategic impact: Lead organisation-wide initiatives that influence culture, leadership, capability, and employee experience.
• Lead meaningful work: Shape and deliver important projects and programs that directly support our organisational strategy and future workforce needs.
• Lead a great team: Inspire, support and develop a collaborative Culture & Capability team, empowering people to do their best work and achieve meaningful outcomes.
• Shape the future: Translate strategic priorities into contemporary, practical and impactful Culture & Capability approaches.
• Partner with senior leaders: Build trusted relationships, influence organisational thinking and support leaders to navigate complex culture, capability and organisational development challenges.
• Be part of something new: Play an influential role in our newly established People Experience team, working collaboratively with colleagues across the broader People & Assurance function.

You’ll also enjoy the benefits of working for a purpose-driven South Australian organisation, including salary packaging opportunities to increase your take-home pay.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of People Experience, you'll provide leadership for Culture & Capability across Uniting Communities, guiding a team responsible for delivering initiatives that strengthen organisational culture, leadership effectiveness, workforce capability and employee experience.

As a leader within our People Experience function, you'll partner with leaders across the organisation to shape priorities, identify opportunities and drive initiatives that deliver meaningful organisational impact.

Importantly, this role goes beyond managing programs and projects. You'll have the opportunity to influence how our organisation approaches culture, develops its leaders, builds capability and creates the conditions for our people and teams to succeed.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading, coaching and developing the Culture & Capability team, fostering collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement
• Translating organisational and People Experience priorities into a clear Culture & Capability roadmap, with meaningful programs and measurable outcomes
• Leading organisational culture and engagement initiatives, including employee listening, culture surveys, insights and action planning
• Overseeing leadership development, workforce capability frameworks, orientation and organisational learning initiatives
• Partnering with leaders to identify and respond to culture, capability, team effectiveness and organisational development opportunities
• Designing and overseeing evidence-based initiatives that strengthen leadership practice, organisational effectiveness and workforce performance
• Supporting organisational change, work design and continuous improvement initiatives that enable our people and teams to thrive
• Using workforce insights, data and feedback to evaluate impact, inform priorities and drive meaningful organisational improvements

You’ll lead a broad and evolving portfolio of work, with the opportunity to see your contribution reflected in how our leaders lead, our teams perform and our people experience working at Uniting Communities.

About You

We're looking for an engaging, forward-thinking Culture & Capability leader who brings a strong combination of people leadership, organisational development expertise and the ability to translate strategy into action.

You're someone who genuinely enjoys leading and developing others, builds trusted relationships across an organisation, and knows how to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery.

You understand that meaningful culture and capability outcomes don't come from programs alone. They come from understanding organisational needs, engaging leaders, empowering teams and creating sustainable change.

To be successful, you'll bring:

• Demonstrated experience leading a Culture & Capability, Organisational Development, Learning & Development or related team or function
• Experience designing and delivering organisation-wide culture, leadership, capability or organisational development initiatives
• Strong people leadership skills, with the ability to inspire, coach and develop a collaborative and capable team
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior leaders, influencing organisational priorities and translating strategy into practical outcomes
• Strong organisational development, change management, facilitation and program delivery capabilities
• Confidence using workforce data, employee insights and feedback to inform decisions and evaluate organisational impact
• Sound professional judgement, a collaborative approach and the ability to navigate complexity and competing priorities
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Organisational Development, Human Resources, Psychology, Behavioural Sciences, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent substantial professional experience

Experience working within aged care, disability, community services, not-for-profit or other complex and highly regulated environments will be highly regarded.

A National Police Check and current unrestricted South Australian Driver's Licence are required.

About Uniting Communities

Uniting Communities is a leading South Australian not-for-profit organisation supporting more than 80,000 people annually. We are committed to creating inclusive communities where every person feels respected, valued and empowered to live their best life.

Uniting Communities is an equal opportunity employer committed to a safe, inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including people with disabilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.