Chief People Officer

About Us

Carlisle Health is a leading Australian medical imaging group with 27 clinics across New South Wales and Queensland. Our team of more than 500 professionals including radiographers, sonographers, nuclear medicine technologists, nurses, clerical staff and 70 radiologists share a strong commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care through innovation, collaboration and clinical excellence.

The Role

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief People Officer is a key member of Carlisle Health Group's executive leadership team, responsible for leading the people and communications agenda across the organisation.

As Carlisle Health continues its growth journey, this role will shape how the business attracts, develops, rewards, and retains the clinical and operational talent that underpins every patient interaction.

The Chief People Officer will lead workforce strategy, talent acquisition, organisational design, performance and reward, culture, employee engagement, and people operations, ensuring the organisation has the capability and leadership required to scale successfully.

This is a highly visible build role. The successful candidate will bring structure, process, and discipline to a growing organisation while maintaining a strong focus on culture and employee experience.

Working closely with the CEO and executive team, they will establish the systems, governance, and accountability expected of a private equity backed healthcare platform while supporting a workforce navigating growth, change, and evolving operational requirements.

The role also has responsibility for organisational communications, ensuring employees across the network receive clear, consistent, and timely information. As the business expands through new sites and acquisitions, effective communication will be critical in maintaining alignment, engagement, and trust across a geographically dispersed workforce.

This is an opportunity for an experienced people leader to build a high-performing function, influence organisation-wide outcomes, and play a central role in Carlisle's next phase of growth.

The successful candidate will be ideally based in Sydney.

Key Responsibilities

• This is a build role.
• The Chief People Officer will establish the structure, processes, and leadership capability required to support Carlisle's next phase of growth, while ensuring culture and employee engagement remain central to the organisation's success.
• People Strategy and Organisational Design
• Develop and lead the workforce strategy to support organisational growth and long-term capability.
• Partner with the executive team on organisational design, workforce planning, succession, and the people implications of growth and acquisition activity.
• Talent Acquisition and Workforce Capability
• Build a high-performing talent acquisition function capable of attracting, developing, and retaining critical clinical and operational talent.
• Develop workforce solutions that address current and future capability needs across the network.
• Performance, Reward and Culture
• Establish contemporary performance, reward, and recognition frameworks that drive accountability, engagement, and business performance.
• Champion a strong organisational culture and build leadership capability across the business.
• Organisational Communications and Change
• Lead the internal communications strategy, ensuring employees are informed, engaged, and aligned as the organisation grows.
• Support the successful delivery of organisational change through clear and effective communication.
• Employee Relations, Compliance and Governance
• Provide executive oversight of employee relations, workplace compliance, policy development, and workforce governance.
• Ensure people practices align with legislative requirements and organisational values.
• People Operations and Leadership
• Lead and develop the people function, establishing scalable systems, processes, and reporting capability.
• Provide workforce insights and analytics to support executive decision-making and organisational performance.
• Skills and Experience
• The successful candidate will be a commercially minded people executive with experience leading workforce strategy and organisational growth within large, complex, and regulated environments.
• They will bring deep people leadership expertise, strong business acumen, and a demonstrated ability to build high-performing teams, functions, and cultures.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Organisational Psychology, Business, or a related discipline.
• Postgraduate qualifications and/or professional HR accreditation will be highly regarded.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and contemporary people leadership practices.
• Experience
• Significant senior leadership experience across people and culture functions, including executive-level accountability.
• Experience operating within large, regulated, multi-site organisations, ideally in healthcare, diagnostics, medical technology, aged care, primary care, or similarly complex service environments.
• Demonstrated success building, transforming, or professionalising people functions to support organisational growth and performance.
• Experience partnering with executive leadership teams on workforce strategy, organisational design, culture, and change.
• Track record of leading talent acquisition and workforce capability initiatives in skill-constrained environments.
• Experience supporting organisational growth, transformation, acquisition integration, or other periods of significant change.
• Exposure to private equity backed, high-growth, or performance-focused environments will be highly regarded.
• Leadership Capability
• Commercially astute and able to connect people strategy to organisational performance and growth outcomes.
• Credible and influential leader with the ability to build trust across clinical, operational, and corporate teams.
• Strong communicator with experience leading organisational communications and employee engagement initiatives.
• Proven ability to build capability, establish structure, and drive accountability within growing organisations.
• Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable operating in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities.
• Collaborative leadership style combined with the confidence to challenge, influence, and drive change when required.
• Technical Expertise
• Strong knowledge of workforce planning, organisational design, talent acquisition, performance and reward, employee relations, and organisational development.
• Sound understanding of Australian employment legislation, workplace relations, and workforce governance requirements.
• Experience leveraging people systems, workforce analytics, and reporting to support executive decision-making.
• Why join Carlisle Health?
• As part of joining the team at Carlisle, you will have access to a range of benefits including:
• Competitive remuneration package.
• Career growth and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, leading healthcare organisation.
• Join a collaborative and high-performing leadership team committed to advancing patient care through innovation, expansion, and continuous improvement.
• Fitness Passport: Access top fitness centres & pools across Australia at a subsidised rate.
• Confidential health and wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program available to all employees and their families.
• Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• At Carlisle Health, we believe everyone deserves the chance to thrive.
• We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to building a welcoming and inclusive workplace.
• We value diverse skills, experiences, and perspectives, and we encourage people of all ages, ethnicity, socio-cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity to apply.
• Next steps
• If you’re ready to take the next step in your career and join a team that values quality, collaboration and care, we’d love to hear from you.
• Please ensure you include a copy of your cover letter and resume as part of your application.
• Please note only people with the right to work in Australia will be considered.
• Whilst we always endeavour to respond to every application, depending on the number of applicants, we may only be able to contact applicants who qualify for the shortlist, and we appreciate your understanding.