• Full-time, ongoing
• $143,530 base per annum plus superannuation and salary packaging to reduce your cohealth taxable income
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role
The People Operations Lead (Head of HR Operations) is a senior leadership role delivering high-quality, compliant and scalable people operations across the organisation.

Reporting to the Director - People & Culture, the role leads industrial and employment relations, enterprise bargaining and HR operational excellence, supporting leaders with clear frameworks, strong systems and expert advice across the employee lifecycle.

Partnering with Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, the role ensures cultural ambitions are underpinned by strong policy and practice.
The role leads a high-performing HR advisory function in a complex, service-driven environment.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Lead, coach, and develop the People Operations team to deliver consistent, high-quality HR advisory, recruitment, and people operations services
• Partner with Executive, Directors and other senior leaders to deliver favourable outcomes
• Provide strategic leadership on industrial relations and employment risk, ensuring compliance with legislation, enterprise agreements, and organisational policy
• Design, implement, and continuously improve end-to-end HR processes across the employee lifecycle to ensure consistency, efficiency, and compliance

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Employment Law, or a related discipline
• Membership (or eligibility for membership) with AHRI or a comparable professional body
• Significant experience leading HR operations in a complex, unionised, and regulated environment
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise agreement bargaining and implementation
• Strong belief and personal alignment in cohealth Values and Mission

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6860984.

Applications close 22 February 2026 at 10pm

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received. If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Adam Stanic on Adam.Stanic@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.