Home & Living Transformation Lead. Maximum Term Contract - Flexible Location

About the Organisation

Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.  

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role
Reporting to the Executive Lead, Client Services, Emerging Business, you will partner with clients and their families along with internal and external stakeholders to explore alternative housing options for the people we support such as Individualised Living Options, Community Housing and Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Options.  This role is a maximum term (parental leave) full time contract through to January 2026 and can be based from anywhere.

Key Responsibilities

• Design new innovative ways of delivering supports to people with disability
• Develop and contribute to project briefs and plans which describe scope, deliverables, high level solution options, project plans, and identify resources estimates and skills required. 
• Work with stakeholders to define project requirements then preparing scope of work, project delivery resource requirements, cost estimates & budget, work plan schedule & milestones, quality control, and risk identification. 
• Work closely within the National Disability Housing Unit (NDHU) to identify opportunities and manage partnerships with external stakeholders. 
• Manage project-level budget/s, schedules and resource allocations. 
• Identify project/business risks and develop mitigation strategies and communicate as required. 
• Prepare project status reports to meet organisational and stakeholder needs 

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualifications or equivalent in business, project management, human services or similar
• Thorough experience and knowledge of the NDIS and SDA
• Demonstrated experience in supporting high-level projects and project delivery in a national, large or complex human services organisation. 
• The ability to work autonomously at a senior level
• Experience in communicating with senior stakeholders
• Ability to apply theoretical service models to workable solutions in applied settings 
• The ability to work collaboratively with a range of senior stakeholders including peers, employees, external organisations, funding bodies and government agencies 
• Demonstrated problem solving skills, and ability to think laterally and strategically 
• Excellent written communication skills for the creation of reports

Benefits

• Great opportunity to work strategically whilst also partnering directly with clients and their families
• Monthly rostered days off
• Work on strategic projects where you will see impact and outcomes nationally

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including requests for adjustments, contact Mikaella Latimore at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Applications close at midnight on 16 February.