Make a lasting impact in a values-driven organisation supporting diverse communities

Why MiCare?

Save on tax with generous salary packaging benefits — novated leasing, general living expenses, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation and venue hire.
Enjoy exclusive perks via our employee wellness portal — access to amazing discounts on everyday items.
Achieve true work life balance — hybrid working between home and the office
Act as a change agent — drive real transformation in a purpose-led organisation.
Be part of a multicultural, values-led team making a real difference in the community.
Grow with us — access professional development in a supportive, collaborative environment.

MiCare is a not-for-profit organisation that exists to enable people from diverse backgrounds to lead dignified and meaningful lives. We offer aged care, home care, retirement living and migrant support services, with a strong focus on culturally appropriate care and community connection.

With teams located across Victoria and Queensland, we embrace diversity in both our workforce and the communities we support. At MiCare, you’ll join a compassionate, dedicated group of people working to deliver real impact every day.

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Officer – Home Care Project to join our People Services team for an important five-month project. This is a hands-on, specialist payroll role with a clear project focus. You will take responsibility for the end-to-end fortnightly payroll for our Home Care workforce, while playing a key role in testing and implementing the SCHADS Award interpreter within Care Systems.

Working closely with internal stakeholders and external system partners, you will help translate complex award requirements into accurate system configurations, identify opportunities for greater efficiency and support the successful implementation of streamlined payroll processes.

What We’re Looking For

Key responsibilities

• End-to-end Home Care payroll: Process the fortnightly payroll for our Home Care workforce across Victoria and Queensland, ensuring accuracy and compliance with the SCHADS Award, from roster and visit data through to payment and payslips.
• SCHADS Award interpreter testing and implementation: Develop test scenarios, validate system outputs against manual award calculations, conduct parallel pay testing and support configuration, user acceptance testing (UAT) and go-live within Care Systems.Payroll reconciliation and issue resolution: Investigate discrepancies, identify root causes and
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders to resolve payroll and system-related issues.
• Process improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline payroll processes, improve system integrations and strengthen payroll accuracy and efficiency.
• Stakeholder collaboration: Work with People Services, Home Care operations, payroll and external system providers to support project delivery and successful implementation.

Reporting to the General Manager, People Services, you will work across multiple teams and stakeholders. You will bring a collaborative, adaptable and solutions-focused approach, with the confidence to work independently and manage competing priorities.

About you

You will bring:

• Demonstrated experience processing payroll under the SCHADS Award, ideally within a Home Care environment.
• A strong understanding of SCHADS Award provisions, including the ability to interpret complex pay conditions and apply them to payroll scenarios.
• Experience translating award clauses into documented pay rules, payroll procedures or system configurations.
• Experience testing payroll systems or award interpreter outputs, including identifying, investigating and reconciling variances.
• Involvement in a payroll, rostering or award interpreter implementation project, including UAT, parallel testing and/or go-live.
• Strong Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables and reconciliations.
• A high level of accuracy, organisation and the ability to work to fixed payroll deadlines.
• Sound judgement, with the ability to independently resolve issues and recognise when escalation is required.

Desirable experience

• Experience with Care Systems and/or AlayaCare.
• Experience supporting system integrations and payroll process improvement.
• The ability to lead or influence process change and support stakeholders through implementation.

The successful applicant must satisfactorily complete all pre-employment checks, including National Police Check 

How to Apply? 

Please submit your resume and a short cover letter outlining your SCHADS Award experience, particularly within Home Care, and any experience you have had with award interpreter testing, payroll system implementations or parallel pay testing.

You can also review the Position Description for further information about the role and requirements.

Applications close 5:00pm,  13 November 2026.

MiCare is handling this recruitment independently and is not engaging agency support at this stage.