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About the Role
As a Capability and Performance Lead, you will take ownership of a capability domain across learning, leadership, performance or talent, involving end-to-end ownership. You will shape frameworks and program cycles, design practical content and learning pathways, facilitate capability uplift, and evaluate the impact of the work. This role combines design, facilitation, advice, and delivery, requiring close collaboration with Senior People Partners and leaders to ensure consistency and practicality across different portfolios, regions, and workforce groups.
Responsibilities
- Own an assigned capability and performance domain, ensuring its frameworks, tools, program cycles, and guidance are clear, current, and scalable.
- Design and deliver structured program cycles across learning, leadership, performance, or talent.
- Lead facilitation, content design, learning pathway development, and capability uplift initiatives.
- Partner with Senior People Partners and leaders to understand portfolio needs and support consistent application of enterprise frameworks.
- Coordinate advisory and specialist contributions to align capability efforts with priority organizational outcomes.
- Utilize participation data, evaluation outcomes, and stakeholder feedback to assess impact and improve future program design.
- Provide specialist advice on capability development, leadership uplift, performance enablement, and talent practices.
Requirements
- Hold Australian or NZ citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency (for ongoing roles) or a valid visa to work in Australia (for temporary roles).
- Undertake relevant pre-employment checks such as Working with Children Check, Criminal Record Check, and Conduct Service Check.
- Possess tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Industrial Relations or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Willing to travel to regional and metropolitan offices as required.
Skills
- Experience designing, delivering, and evaluating learning, leadership, performance, talent, or organizational capability initiatives.
- Strong facilitation skills and ability to translate complex ideas into clear, practical content.
- Ability to work across competing priorities and coordinate outcomes through collaboration.
- Proficiency in using data, evaluation, and feedback to improve program quality and impact.
- Skill in building strong relationships with HR colleagues, leaders, and external specialists.
- Comfortable owning a domain and being accountable for its evolution.
Location
- Central Sydney office
Work Type
- Ongoing
- Temporary
- Full-Time
Education Level
- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Industrial Relations or related field, or equivalent experience
Salary/Compensations
- $133,348- $146,945pa (plus superannuation and entitlements)
Benefits
- Flexible Working
- Professional Growth opportunities
- Work Health, Safety and Wellbeing programs
About the Company
- Legal Aid NSW provides legal advice, support, and representation in criminal, family, and civil law across NSW.
- The organization is modernizing its People & Culture function to create a more connected and responsive service model.
- Legal Aid NSW is committed to fairness, inclusivity, and supporting people through hardship and complex legal issues.
Equal Opportunity
- We're building a workplace where every culture, identity, ability and voice are included and valued.
- We welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with visible and invisible disability, culturally diverse communities, and LGBTQI+ communities.
- Legal Aid NSW is committed to a recruitment process that is inclusive and barrier free.