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Director People & Culture

1 x Full Time Permanent Position
Australian Citizens or Permanent Residents only

Substantive Equality Statement

Lotterywest and Healthway strive to create a better and healthier Western Australia, where diversity is encouraged, and everyone is respected, welcomed, supported, and treated equally. We value the strength of a diverse workforce and view inclusivity as essential to our success. We are committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive workplace and community that encourages employees to be themselves. We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+ and people with disability.

The Organisation

Lotterywest is the only State Government owned and operated lottery in Australia, where all the available profit is returned to the Western Australian Community through discretionary and statutory grants. Lotterywest has supported the Western Australian community for over 90 years. Its vision for ‘a hopeful, healthy, connected and sustainable community life for all Western Australians’.

Lotterywest is the employing agency for Healthway, which is the only State Government agency dedicated to health promotion. For over 30 years Healthway has been providing grant funding to sport, arts and racing organisations, community activities, and to health promotion projects and research. Healthway’s vision is for a ‘healthy and more active Western Australia.’

What we Offer

By joining the team at Lotterywest, you’ll experience the satisfaction that comes with being part of an organisation that is helping make a positive impact in the community and turns dreams into reality.We believe in flexibility, work-life balance and support, so you can be the best at what you do.

You will have access to several employee benefits including:

• A flexible work environment with the ability to purchase leave and negotiate flexible working hours.
• A commitment to employee professional growth
• A friendly working environment with a variety of wellness and social activities on offer.

Lotterywest’s Head Office is located in the heart of Subiaco, with excellentaccess to public transport, a range of public parking options and end-of-trip facilities for staff choosing to cycle, run or walk to work.

For the latest updates and to learn more about Lotterywest, follow us on Facebook or visit our website www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au

Job Profile

Reporting to the General Manager Corporate Services, the Director People and Culture is responsible for the leadership of human resource, workforce development and safety across Lotterywest; providing high-level strategic and operational advice to the CEO, the executive, senior leaders and supervisors, and human resource services to all staff.

A key focus of the role is the development and delivery of innovative human resource services which support and enable the achievement of the organisation’s strategic objectives. The position is responsible and accountable for all aspects of the human resource; organisational capability functions and their governance; and for leading and implementing key people and culture initiatives.

The role has the following key areas of focus:

• Overarching people strategy – Translates the organisations strategic plan, objectives and direction into a people solutions that deliver current and future workforce capability.
• Human resources advice, services and assistance –end-to-end recruitment, onboarding, payroll, human resource policy development and application support.
• Industrial and employee relations – Managing risk through quality control measures, compliance with public sector standards and best practice and representing the organisation in the event of disputes.
• Performance management – Integration of business plan objectives in performance review processes and provision of assistance with sub-standard performance.
• Organisation health, culture and change management - Assisting develop a positive culture and effective implementation of change initiatives.
• Employee health, safety and welfare – WHS, grievance management, wellness program and employee assistance program.
• Workforce capability
• Workforce diversity and inclusion – fosters a culture of diversity and inclusiveness that represents the community that we serve.

Selection Criteria

• Significant leadership experience in delivery of contemporary organisational capability, culture and workforce management in a complex organisation.
• Demonstrated capacity to build and sustain relationships across all levels, foster collaborative behaviour and positively influence to deliver high quality outcomes.
• Demonstrate the behaviours within the leadership context of Leading Leaders as outlined in the attached job description.

Leadership Context

Leadership Expectations provides a common understanding of the mindsets and expected behaviours required of all our employees and the public sector.

The leadership context for this role is Leading Leaders.

Application Instructions

To submit your application or learn more about the role and what we are looking for, please click on the ‘Apply’ button 

Applicants are required to apply online and need to submit the following documents in Word or PDF format only:

1. A current resume/CV
2. A cover letter of no more than two (2) pages addressing the following criteria from the attached job description:

• Significant leadership experience in delivery of contemporary organisational capability, culture and workforce management in a complex organisation.
• Demonstrated capacity to build and sustain relationships across all levels, foster collaborative behaviour and positively influence to deliver high quality outcomes.
• Provide demonstrated examples of Think through complexity and Deliver on high leverage areas (expected behaviours of Leading Leaders leadership context)

Suitable applicants may be considered for future similar employment opportunities during the next twelve (12) months at Lotterywest.

Lotterywest uses recruitment processes to build a bank of talent for future opportunities. Following finalisation of the process, suitable applicants may be offered subsequent, similar appointments as vacancies arise; however an appointment is not guaranteed.

For further job related information:

Enquiries about the role can be directed to Stella Rapanaro A/General Manager Corporate Services on (08) 9488 6316.

Closing date: 9:30am Tuesday 16 July 2024