Manager Human Resource Services

uWorkin; Mount Isa City; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary sacrificing options

4 weeks recreational leave with 17.5%

In-house training and mentoring

Job summary

North West Hospital and Health Service in Mount Isa is seeking an experienced HR leader to shape workforce strategy and organisational culture across a large health service. You will provide strategic direction for human resources, organisational development and workforce capability, and lead initiatives to boost performance and employee engagement.

Reporting to the Executive Director People, Culture and Planning, you will guide complex industrial relations matters and lead transformational

Qualifications

• Executive HR leadership experience in complex organisations.
• Strong strategic thinking and workforce planning capabilities.
• Experience guiding organisational culture and employee engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic direction of human resources, organisational development and workforce capability.
• Drive initiatives to strengthen organisational performance and engagement.
• Guide complex workforce and industrial relations matters and transformational change.
• Ensure capability, culture and workforce alignment to meet healthcare needs.

Skills

HR leadership

Job description

A Career Defining HR Leadership Opportunity!
Ready to influence the future of workforce strategy in one of Queensland's most unique health services? This is an exceptional opportunity for an experienced HR leader to shape organisational culture, strengthen workforce capability and provide strategic leadership across a diverse and dynamic healthcare environment. If you're passionate about people, performance and delivering meaningful organisational change, we'd love to hear from you.

Job details

• Position status Fixed Term Temporary
• Position type Full-time
• Occupational group HR & Industrial Relations
• Classification AO7
• Workplace Location North West Qld
• Job ad reference QLD/MI691405
• Closing date 15-Sep-2026
• Fortnightly salary $5396.70 - $5791.70
• Job duration 6 months
• Contact person Sylvie Brdjanovic
• Contact details [phone]
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About the role

This is a significant executive leadership opportunity to shape the future workforce and organisational culture of North West Hospital and Health Service.

Reporting to the Executive Director People, Culture and Planning, you will lead the strategic direction of human resources, organisational development and workforce capability across the health service.

You will drive initiatives that strengthen organisational performance, enhance employee engagement and position NWHHS as an employer of choice.

You will play a critical role in guiding complex workforce and industrial relations matters, leading transformational change, and ensuring the organisation has the capability, culture and workforce required to meet current and future healthcare needs.

Working with us

• Tax savings through salary sacrificing options are also available.
• In your downtime, we offer 4 weeks p.a. recreational leave with a 17.5% loading/bonus.
• Professionally, our HHS values professionalism, leadership capability, excellence and resilience in our staff. We are committed to providing extraordinary opportunities for career development including in-house training, development and mentoring programs.

Requirements

• Pre-employment screening will be conducted for the successful applicant, including Criminal History checks.
• This is a VPD risk role and may require evidence of vaccination or immunity to: Hepatitis A/B, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis, and Tuberculosis.
• A period of probation may apply.

About North West Hospital and Health Service

The North West Hospital and Health Service (NWHHS) delivers public health services across approximately 300,000 square kilometres, supporting remote communities throughout North Western Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria. We are committed to promoting community wellbeing and providing high-quality, accessible and effective healthcare for all.

• Unique locations
• Friendly communities
• Regional, rural and remote $$$ incentives

The lifestyle in Mount Isa is family friendly; it is a vibrant city with an outback community feel. You will fall in love with the natural splendour of the North West Queensland region, the experience of a rural/urban community and the opportunity to make a real and positive difference... and want to stay.

Once a raw frontier town built in the heart of North West Queensland around the vast mineral resources, Mount Isa has grown into a thriving industrial and commercial centre renowned for its friendly and welcoming nature.

Mount Isa is a great place to live and work!

Interested?

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Our vision is to be Queensland's leading HHS delivering excellence in remote healthcare to our patients, working as an integral part of the community. We are an equal opportunity employer.