Capability Development Specialist

• Fixed-term Full-time opportunity until June 2028
• Applications from candidates seeking a four-day work week will also be considered
• Offering salary circa $120k base + super + salary packaging
• Can be based at any one of our National Processing Centres + WFH

Discover life-giving possibilities

Lifeblood is more than just a job or a career, it’s an opportunity to be part of something that matters. As an organisation, our purpose is simple: life giving donations, for life changing outcomes. Together, we want to help you build a fulfilling career with Lifeblood.
 

About the role  

This is an exciting opportunity to join our newly formed Learning Strategy & Innovation team, where you'll work as part of an agile, collaborative team with a real opportunity to shape the future of learning and development at Lifeblood.

As a Capability Development Specialist, you'll play a key role in building the capabilities that help our people and organisation thrive. Working across a portfolio of strategic priorities, you'll design, deliver and embed initiatives that help our people adapt, grow and perform in a rapidly changing environment.

You'll diagnose capability needs, design practical solutions and help embed learning into everyday work. You'll combine creativity with evidence-informed practice to develop capability solutions that are engaging, scalable and relevant to the realities of work at Lifeblood - this may include designing and facilitating learning programs, establishing communities of practice, curating learning resources and embedding capability development into everyday work. Drawing on feedback, evaluation and emerging approaches, you'll continually refine your work to improve impact and learner experience. You'll be comfortable moving beyond traditional L&D programs to create capability-building approaches that truly drive behaviour change and improve performance.

Success in this role will come from your ability to build trusted relationships, influence stakeholders and translate broad organisational priorities into practical action. Success will be reflected in capability solutions that are adopted by leaders and teams, embedded into everyday ways of working, and contributing to improved capability, performance and employee experience across the organisation.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence how Lifeblood develops future-focused capabilities and to help create a culture where learning is part of everyday work.

Sound interesting? Here’s what we’re looking for: 

• Ability to diagnose capability needs using stakeholder insights, workforce data and business priorities
• Experience designing and implementing capability solutions that support learning, behaviour change and performance improvement
• Strong facilitation skills across face-to-face, virtual and collaborative learning environments
• Ability to translate complex concepts into practical tools, resources and learning experiences
• Experience evaluating impact and using feedback and data to continuously improve capability initiatives
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and partner with leaders at all levels
• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Behavioural Science, Education or a related discipline are highly regarded.
• Qualifications in adult learning, instructional design, coaching, facilitation or change management would be advantageous.

Benefits and Wellbeing

We place our employee's well-being at the forefront and express gratitude and care for one another. As an Australian Workplace Equality Index recognised employer and one of Australia’s menopause-friendly organisations, we celebrate diversity and support all our people.

In addition to being a part of an organisation that is the heartbeat of the nation, you will have access to the following:

• Ability to purchase additional annual leave
• Access to salary packaging with an option to package up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meals and entertainment
• 14 weeks paid parental leave - no waiting period for either parent
• Our dedicated employee assistance program - Sonder that you can access 24/7 from an app on your phone
• Plus, many more!

Is Lifeblood your reason? Apply NOW!

We’re proud to be a Circle Back Initiative Employer for 2026 and commit to respond to every applicant. You’ll hear from us once your application has been reviewed. 

Have a question about the role or do you need support or adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process? Email Sami, our AI Careers Assistant, at careers@redcrossblood.org.au. Sami can help with common questions, and if your question needs more support, it will be escalated to our Talent Acquisition team.

Please note: we can’t accept applications sent directly to this email address.

This vacancy is being managed directly by Lifeblood’s Talent Acquisition team. We won’t be accepting applications from external recruitment agencies for this role.