About the Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program
The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme is a signature initiative of the Australian Government that enables workers from nine Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and Timor‑Leste to work in priority sectors across Australia.
The Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program (PLMSP) supports the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and partner governments to ensure labour mobility delivers inclusive, sustainable benefits for workers, employers and national economies, while minimising risks associated with labour mobility participation. Palladium is contracted to deliver PLMSP on behalf of DFAT.
This Opportunity
The Talent and Organisational Development Manager plays a critical leadership role in shaping and delivering PLMSP’s end‑to‑end talent management approach. Reporting to the Project Human Resources Senior Manager, the role ensures the program has the right capability, leadership depth and workforce mix to meet both current delivery needs and future program demands.
The role has primary accountability for talent acquisition, workforce planning, leadership development and succession planning, underpinned by a strong organisational development (OD) lens that supports people leaders, particularly first‑time managers, and drives the evolution of PLMSP’s leadership capability, organisational design and people systems as the program matures, scales and adapts to changing delivery requirements.
Success in this role requires a genuine interest in international development and a strong desire to deeply understand PLMSP’s purpose, operating context and partnerships across the Pacific and Timor‑Leste, so that talent and organisational development strategies are meaningfully aligned to the program’s unique objectives and delivery environment.
This is a fixed term opportunity till September 2026.