Head of Organisational Development & Enablement

Lead a new function building org infrastructure, learning, and employee experience, partnering with People Ops to deliver consistent practice.

Summary 

Lead a brand new function designed to do something Arts Centre Melbourne has never had dedicated capacity for: build the infrastructure, frameworks and capability that shape how people experience work here. Reporting to the Director of People & Culture, the Head of OD & Enablement leads our learning strategy, manager capability uplift, employee journey design and the projects that turn good intentions into consistent practice, partnering with the Head of People Operations to make the whole P&C team greater than the sum of its parts. 

About the Position 

As Head of Organisational Development & Enablement, you’ll step into Arts Centre Melbourne at a moment of genuine momentum, and lead a function that has never existed here before. You’ll design the frameworks, learning pathways and infrastructure that shape how every team member experiences work at ACM, from their first day to their last. 

If People Operations is the heartbeat of People & Culture, OD & Enablement is the architect. You’ll map the employee journey end-to-end, spot where the experience breaks down, and build something better in its place. You’ll help build our learning strategy and manager capability uplift. You’ll partner closely with the Head of People Operations and Director to turn what we learn in the field into systems that prevent problems recurring. 

This is a role for someone who wants to build, not just maintain. Someone energised by a blank page and a clear mandate. 

Full time ongoing position. Band 5.3 Salary $146,307.68 per annum plus superannuation.  

Your Qualifications, Skills and Experience 

• Tertiary qualification in Organisational Development, Human Resources, Learning & Development, Business or related field (or equivalent senior experience) 

• Extensive leadership experience in OD, L&D, or workforce enablement within complex organisations 

• Proven ability to design capability frameworks and improve employee experience 

• Strong experience in learning strategy, leadership development, and engagement surveys 

• Demonstrated expertise in organisational diagnostics and employee journey mapping 

• Advanced project leadership across multi-stream, organisation-wide initiatives 

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills at senior leadership level 

• Experience with workforce analytics, LMS, and people systems 

For more details please read  Position Description – Head of Organisational Development & Enablement.docx

 

About the Team 

People & Culture at Arts Centre Melbourne is a function being deliberately rebuilt with care and ambition. Under new leadership, we’re moving from reactive to proactive, from siloed to integrated, and building a framework genuinely fit for purpose. 

OD & Enablement is the brand-new function at the heart of that change. It’s the weave of P&C; taking what People Operations learns in the field, and what Equity & Inclusion brings in belonging, and turning it all into frameworks, training and tools that make the whole organisation better. 

You’ll join a small, talented, generous team that has held the line through years of complexity and is excited about what comes next. You won’t be inheriting someone else’s playbook. Get ready, you’ll be writing your own. 

About Arts Centre Melbourne 

Arts Centre Melbourne acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land on which we gather, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung. We also acknowledge the neighbouring Kulin Nation groups, the Boonwurrung and Bunurong people, and pay our respects to elders, past and present. 

Beneath our iconic Spire, in Hamer Hall and at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, we showcase the best of Australian and international performing arts.   

Together with our own program of performances, events and activities we offer a diversity of audiences a distinctly multidimensional approach to participation, education and entertainment. 

We are now focused on Reimagining Arts Centre Melbourne as part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to transforming the Melbourne Arts Precinct into a thriving, connected creative and civic space over the coming years. 

For a glimpse into working at Arts Centre Melbourne click here. 

Enjoy Team Member Benefits 

As a valued member of our ensemble, you will enjoy:  

• Complimentary tickets 

• Discounts at food & beverage outlets 

• Discounted commuter benefits and onsite parking  

• Access to wellbeing activities and learning and development programs  

• Free access to Employee Assistance Programs which includes specific support to our First Nations team members and providing specific counsellors for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and People of Colour. 

Apply Now! 

Arts Centre Melbourne welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Disabled and Deaf people, sexualities and gender identities, members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people of all ages. 

We seek to provide workplace adjustments at all relevant stages of the recruitment process such as alternative formats or other access supports. You can specify in the application form if you require any adjustments or please ask us at any stage. If you need to contact us about making workplace adjustments during the recruitment process, please send an email to [email protected]. 

Please submit your resume together with a cover letter by 11:55pm,Tuesday 19 May 2026 . Early applications are encouraged as suitable candidates may be invited to attend an interview prior to the closing date. 

Employment at Arts Centre Melbourne is conditional upon the satisfactory completion of a National Police Check. 

Applications are open to those with full working rights in Australia. Arts Centre Melbourne is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.