Roster Coordinator - Flexible, Remote Community Services

Life Without Barriers; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work from home options

Monthly rostered days off

Employee Wellbeing Program

Access to Fitness Passport

Salary packaging benefits

Job summary

Life Without Barriers is seeking a skilled Roster Officer to support the disability operational team by managing live rosters, responding to real-time staffing changes and ensuring service continuity while minimising overtime and agency reliance. The successful candidate will have rostering experience, work across a national footprint, and enjoy flexible work from home or office options.

This full-time parental leave contract runs to 30 September 2027 with a rotating 6am–6pm schedule, Monday to

Qualifications

• Previous rostering experience.
• Experience rostering for community services roles highly desirable.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in managing competing priorities within fast paced environment.
• Working knowledge of workforce management principles, HSE, awards and roster optimisation.
• Collaborative approach, experience partnering with stakeholders to optimise a best fit workforce for clients.
• Probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check.

Responsibilities

• Ensure rosters reflect client service agreements and match workers based on skills, interests and capability.
• Work with stakeholders to understand service agreements, client needs and support worker availability.
• Monitor and adjust published rosters to respond to service changes and staff availability.
• Build positive relationships and collaborate with stakeholders who support clients to ensure efficient, effective and sustainable rostering solutions.
• Routinely utilise established mechanisms including rostering system/s, technical solutions and documentation systems.
• Respond to ad hoc changes required by clients and workers by adjusting rosters and communicating with stakeholders.
• Participate in cross-stream support activities, which may include assisting with forward planning rostering on a regular or adhoc basis.
• Support roster publication planning and contribute known impacts to the Forward Planning team.

Skills

Rostering

Stakeholder engagement

Time management

Problem solving

Tools

Rostering software

Job description

Life Without Barriers is seeking a skilled Roster Officer to support the disability operational team by managing live rosters, responding to real-time staffing changes and ensuring service continuity while minimising overtime and agency reliance. The successful candidate will have rostering experience, work across a national footprint, and enjoy flexible work from home or office options.

This full-time parental leave contract runs to 30 September 2027 with a rotating 6am–6pm schedule, Monday to