Strategic Workforce Planner & Rostering Expert

Calvary Health Care; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Professional development

Hybrid work

Supportive team environment

Job summary

Calvary Health Care is seeking a Workforce Planning Officer to shaping workforce strategy, analyse rostering data and partner with hospital and care leaders across multiple sites in Australia. You will drive best-practice rostering, ensure compliance and support scheduling across Calvary’s diverse care streams in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

This fixed-term role offers hybrid and flexible working options and requires strong analytics, stakeholder engagement and experience with rostering

Qualifications

• Previous experience using Kronos / UKG Pro or similar rostering applications.
• Demonstrated experience in complex staff rostering, workforce planning or scheduling of large teams.
• Experience working within large, complex environments (healthcare experience highly regarded).
• Strong workforce analytics and reporting capability.
• Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills, particularly Excel.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Agreement compliance and rostering best practices.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Influence workforce and operational decisions through data-driven insights.
• Drive improvements in rostering capability and compliance and shape workforce planning strategy across a national healthcare organisation.
• Support and maintain roster administration activities in line with policies, procedures and budgeted workforce plans.
• Implement and support advanced scheduling practices across multiple business streams.
• Deliver structured training and support to UKG/Kronos users, including Enterprise Agreement rostering requirements and best-practice scheduling strategies.
• Ensure roster compliance with Enterprise Agreements, ANACC care minute requirements and relevant regulatory standards.
• Analyse and interpret workforce and rostering data to support reporting accuracy, compliance and budget outcomes.
• Identify rostering issues and work collaboratively with stakeholders to implement effective solutions.
• Review workforce metrics including overtime trends, shift compliance, employment terms and casual workforce utilisation.
• Partner with Talent teams and operational leaders to support workforce planning and vacancy management.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with managers, administration teams and senior stakeholders across Calvary.

Skills

Workforce planning

Data analytics

Stakeholder engagement

Excel proficiency

Tools

Kronos/UKG Pro

Job description

Calvary Health Care is seeking a Workforce Planning Officer to shaping workforce strategy, analyse rostering data and partner with hospital and care leaders across multiple sites in Australia. You will drive best-practice rostering, ensure compliance and support scheduling across Calvary’s diverse care streams in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

This fixed-term role offers hybrid and flexible working options and requires strong analytics, stakeholder engagement and experience with rostering