Manager People and Culture

• Lead a broad People and Culture function with real organisational influence
• Bring IPC Health’s Well at Work workforce strategy to life through bold, practical leadership
• Shape the people experience that supports our Well for Life strategy and the communities we serve
• Ongoing, full-time role with competitive salary - $135000 - $150000 per annum commensurate with experience + generous salary packaging and superannuation

Manager People and Culture

This is a leadership role for someone who enjoys setting direction, backing their team and staying close enough to the work to make things happen. You’ll lead a broad People and Culture portfolio that helps deliver IPC Health’s Well for Life strategy by creating the conditions for our people to be well at work, do great work and deliver great services to the communities we serve.

Why this role?

You’ll lead a team with reach across people partnering, workplace relations, organisational development, recruitment, payroll, volunteers, wellbeing and workforce reporting. It’s a role that needs both strategic thinking and practical judgement: translating the Well at Work workforce strategy into action, coaching leaders through complexity, improving systems and creating a People and Culture function that is proactive, trusted and easy to work with.

What you’ll bring

You’ll bring experience leading people functions in a complex, values-led environment and the confidence to move between strategy, service delivery and sensitive people matters. Deep experience interpreting enterprise agreements, awards and employment frameworks is essential, along with the judgement to translate technical requirements into clear, practical advice. You know how to build trust with senior leaders, guide a team through competing priorities and make decisions that balance people, risk, compliance and culture. A calm leadership style, strong workplace relations capability and a practical improvement mindset will help you align day-to-day People and Culture activity with our Well for Life ambition and Well at Work priorities. Experience implementing, improving or optimising HRIS technology systems would be highly regarded.

This is an ongoing full-time position classified as Grade 6 (HS6) under the Victorian Stand-Alone Community Health Services (Health and Allied Services, Managers and Administrative Officers) Multiple Enterprise Agreement 2022–2026.

We will offer you:

• Flexibility We work in a flexible, creative and adaptable way to best support our staff and clients. Access plenty of options to flex your work and life commitments through our Flexing with IPC Health program.
• Learning and development Our people are supported to act on opportunities that expand their expertise, knowledge and confidence. Opportunity to explore and participate in our Innovation and Professional Development Framework.
• Supportive Environment Connection is our strength. We’re a team of 9 and we respect and support each other and work collaboratively to create a force of good. We believe that you will be inspired and well supported by our passionate leaders and creative staff.
• Celebrate achievements Feel valued and recognised as an important part of One Team IPC Health. Your contributions matter. Be part of an award winning supportive organisation that values and celebrates growth.
• Attractive Benefits Generous salary packaging benefits including novated leasing, paid parental leave, access to accrued days off, free onsite car parking, free and confidential employee assistance program.

What next?

If you are passionate, creative and want to make a difference, we want to hear from you. All you need to do is visit our careers page, read the role’s Position Description/Success Profile and submit your resume and cover letter.

To find out more about the role, please contact Jana Vihm, General Manager People, Governance and Community (Jana.Vihm@ipchealth.com.au)

Applications close: Monday 14 September 2026

Applications will be reviewed and shortlisted as they are received with candidates interviewed regularly

"Our Story"

We are One Team IPC Health. We are passionate we go above and beyond, demonstrating understanding and respect for our communities and each other. We make a difference we act with purpose, measure our results and celebrate our achievements. We are creative we learn, experiment and innovate.

At IPC Health, we are visionaries for community health and wellbeing. We are changemakers. Innovation in action is at the heart of everything we do, because we know that innovation can create amazing change and have an incredible and far reaching impact for individuals, our communities, and for our industry. We prioritise those who face obstacles to getting health services tailored to their needs and work with and for them in a deeply connected way. This enables us to acutely understand their needs and challenges. We live and breathe our passion to create new and better ways to deliver holistic health services for our vastly different and diverse clients and communities – so that they can thrive and experience greater health and wellbeing both individually and together.

We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free environment for all and welcome individuals of diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to, those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and the LGBTI communities to apply for our job opportunities.

We are a child safe organisation and require our employees to complete a Working With Children check and Police check to work at IPC Health.

If you require a reasonable workplace adjustment to support you during the interview process please email Careers@ipchealth.com.au with your request. Reasonable workplace adjustments are changes that are necessary and achievable to enable a person to efficiently perform their role to the best of their abilities. A reasonable workplace adjustment can be requested at any time in the recruitment process or as a part of employment with IPC Health.