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About the Role
This key leadership role leads the strategic design and delivery of integrated people and culture strategies across Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW), operationalizing the strategic direction set by the Executive Director, People & Culture. It encompasses human resources, organisational development, workforce planning, analytics, and leadership capability. The role drives evidence-based initiatives to enhance engagement, build workforce capability, and support FRNSW’s strategic objectives. As a senior executive, the Director provides authoritative advice to the Executive Leadership Team, leads the implementation of whole-of-agency people strategies, and ensures alignment with government and organisational priorities. It champions a values-led, inclusive, and high-performing workforce through frameworks enabling leadership development, talent mobility, succession planning, and data-informed decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Leads the strategic design and delivery of integrated people and culture strategies.
- Drives evidence-based initiatives that enhance engagement, build workforce capability, and support FRNSW’s strategic objectives.
- Provides authoritative advice to the Executive Leadership Team.
- Leads the implementation of whole-of-agency people strategies.
- Ensures alignment with government and organisational priorities.
- Champions a values-led, inclusive and high-performing workforce.
- Enables leadership development, talent mobility, succession planning, and data-informed decision-making.
Requirements
- Experienced leader with a proven record of achievement in executive-level leadership within human resources, organisational development, or people and culture functions in a complex, high-risk or service delivery environment.
- Expertise in contemporary HR strategy, workforce planning, organisational change and leadership development.
- Strong knowledge of workforce governance, risk, compliance and industrial relations frameworks.
- Demonstrated success leading organisation-wide people strategies and transformation initiatives.
- Ability to use workforce insights and analytics to drive strategic outcomes.
- Agility, sound judgement and a collaborative leadership approach in dynamic environments.
- Tertiary qualifications in human resources, organisational development, business, or a related field; or extensive senior-level experience in a comparable role.
Skills
- Human Resources
- Organisational Development
- People and Culture
- Workforce Planning
- Analytics
- Leadership Capability
- HR Strategy
- Organisational Change
- Leadership Development
- Workforce Governance
- Risk Management
- Compliance
- Industrial Relations
- Transformation Initiatives
- Workforce Insights
Location
- Greenacre
- Hybrid work from home
- Government Hub
Work Type
- Ongoing
- Full Time
Experience Level
- Senior Executive Band 1
- Executive-level leadership
Education Level
- Tertiary qualifications in human resources, organisational development, business, or a related field
- Extensive senior-level experience in a comparable role
Salary/Compensations
- $246,428 - $272,122 pa
About the Company
- FRNSW is one of the world’s largest urban fire and rescue services and is the busiest in Australia.
- Our overriding purpose is to enhance community safety, quality of life, and confidence by minimising the impact of hazards and emergency incidents on the people, property, environment and economy of NSW.
- We are prepared for anything – helping anyone, anywhere, anytime.
Equal Opportunity
- Great people come from all walks of life and at Fire and Rescue NSW we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible workforce which reflects the community we serve.
- We welcome people with diverse experience, skills and backgrounds, and encourage applications from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, individuals who identify as LGBTIQ, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people of all ages.
- If you are a person with disability and require reasonable to participate in the recruitment process, please contact Mary-Anne Springall, Talent Acquisition Advisor, via email to Mary-Anne.Springall@fire.nsw.gov.au or phone 02 9265 2801.