Managed NDIS rostering support from Pakistan and the Philippines
Offshore NDIS scheduling coordinators who fill shifts and free your team.
Your rostering manager spends half their day chasing staff for Tuesday's vacant shift. Your practice manager manually enters every appointment into ShiftCare. Your admin team sends reminder texts one by one. None of that requires an Australian salary. Human Nexus places dedicated offshore scheduling coordinators inside your operation. They work in your systems, follow your processes, and report to your Australian team. The coordination work moves offshore. The decisions and the participant relationships stay local.
Free 30-minute call. No commitment. We tell you if offshore is not the right fit.

AUD $11/hr
starting rate, dedicated coordinator from Pakistan
4 hubs
Sydney management, Lahore, Islamabad, Makati delivery
7 platforms
ShiftCare, Splose, HumanForce, AlayaCare, Skedulo, CareMaster, M365
SCHADS-aware
we built a SCHADS-compliant rostering system for a major NDIS provider
What they do
What an offshore NDIS scheduling coordinator actually does.
- 01
Shift creation and assignment.
The coordinator builds shifts in your scheduling platform based on the participant's service agreement and support plan hours. They assign workers based on your matching criteria: skills, location, gender preference, and availability.
- 02
Filling vacant shifts.
When a support worker calls in sick at 6am, the coordinator contacts available staff by phone, SMS, or your scheduling app to find a replacement. Every contact attempt is documented with a timestamp.
- 03
Managing cancellations.
The coordinator updates the scheduling system, notifies the affected worker, and sends the NDIS-compliant cancellation notification where your process requires it. Short-notice cancellations that may qualify for a claim are flagged to your team.
- 04
Sending appointment reminders.
The coordinator sends SMS or email reminders to participants, families, and carers 48 hours and 24 hours before appointments. For allied health providers on Splose, this includes confirming telehealth links and intake forms are complete.
- 05
Allied health calendar coordination.
For allied health and therapy providers, the coordinator manages practitioner availability, blocks out travel time between appointments, books interpreter services, and updates the calendar when a practitioner is unavailable.
- 06
Tracking availability and leave.
The coordinator maintains your availability matrix. When a support worker submits leave, the coordinator updates the system and flags any participant shifts needing cover during that period.
- 07
Scheduling reports for management.
The coordinator generates weekly and monthly reports from your scheduling platform: fill rates, shift hours delivered, cancellation counts, and vacant shift time. You receive a clean summary without pulling it yourself.
- 08
New participant intake scheduling.
When a new participant is onboarded, the coordinator books the first support appointment, calculates travel time for the assigned worker, and ensures all pre-service requirements are logged before the first shift.
- 09
On-call escalation support.
During business hours, the coordinator handles non-urgent scheduling changes. Anything requiring a decision, an unfillable shift, a participant complaint, an Award question, goes straight to your Australian rostering manager.
The clear split
What stays onshore.
SCHADS Award interpretations.
The coordinator flags potential issues. The interpretation and the decision stay with your Australian rostering manager.
Participant relationships.
The person relationship, the rapport, and any contact with participants or families about service changes stays local.
Clinical and support decisions.
Which worker is clinically appropriate for a participant and how to respond to a complex behaviour are decisions for your Australian team and clinical leads.
NDIS Quality and Safeguards compliance.
Audit preparation, reportable incident management, and participant feedback sit with your Australian leadership.
Sector proof
What we built for United for Care.
Human Nexus built Care Roster Pro for United for Care, an NDIS provider operating across New South Wales. Care Roster Pro is a SCHADS Award-compliant staff rostering platform. It generates shifts automatically based on participant service hours and worker availability. It scores and ranks candidates for each shift based on skills, location, gender preference, and prior relationship with the participant. It checks worker eligibility before assignment: licence class, screening status, and required training. It warns the rostering manager when a proposed shift would breach a rest-break rule or fall below the minimum engagement period.
The rostering team at United for Care cut manual shift-building time by over 60 percent and virtually eliminated SCHADS-related rework. [ESTIMATE based on client reporting at six-month review.] When our scheduling coordinators work in your systems, they bring that depth of understanding. They know what the system should be doing and they know when something is wrong.
Platforms
Scheduling platforms we work in.
ShiftCare
Most common NDIS rostering platform in Australia. Shift creation, worker assignment, availability management, cancellation recording, and report generation.
Splose
Allied health and therapy providers. Appointment booking, practitioner calendar management, and reminder workflows.
HumanForce (formerly Humanise)
Larger NDIS providers for enterprise workforce management. Roster building, leave management, and reporting.
AlayaCare
Scheduling, care management, and billing for home care and NDIS providers. Shift scheduling and visit coordination.
Skedulo
Mobile workforce scheduling across health and disability services. Shift dispatch, availability tracking, and schedule updates.
CareMaster
NDIS and home care providers. Shift scheduling, client management, and compliance tools.
Microsoft 365 / Teams
Smaller providers and allied health practitioners managing scheduling in Outlook. Shared calendars, meeting invites, and Teams coordination.
Roles and rates
Roles and rates.
| Role | Pakistan | Philippines |
|---|---|---|
| NDIS scheduling coordinator. Shift entry, calendar management, vacancy fill, cancellation processing, appointment reminders. | AUD $11/hr | AUD $13/hr |
| Senior NDIS scheduling coordinator. All above plus escalation handling, scheduling reports, new participant intake, complex allied health calendar coordination. | AUD $13/hr | AUD $15/hr |
| NDIS scheduling team lead. Supervises 2 to 6 coordinators, quality checks, onboarding new coordinators, liaison with AU rostering manager. | AUD $16/hr | AUD $20/hr |
All-inclusive: salary, employer contributions, workspace, hardware, management oversight. No recruitment fees. No payroll on your end. A local Australian scheduling coordinator costs AUD $55,000 to $75,000/yr in salary alone. A full-time offshore coordinator from Pakistan costs approximately AUD $21,000/yr all-inclusive. [ESTIMATE]
How it works
How it works.
- 01
Scoping call (30 minutes).
We learn your scheduling volume, platforms, current team structure, and where the pain is. You leave with a clear view of which role tier fits and what the first coordinator would own.
- 02
Proposal and data agreement.
We send a written proposal with role scope, rates, and start date. Before any participant data is shared, we execute a data processing agreement satisfying your APP 8 obligations under the Privacy Act.
- 03
Coordinator selection.
Human Nexus shortlists two or three candidates from Lahore or Makati. You meet them over video and confirm the selection. We do not force a match.
- 04
Onboarding and system access.
The coordinator completes a two-week onboarding programme covering your scheduling platform, internal processes, and escalation paths. Trained in the specific rules of your operation, not generic NDIS administration.
- 05
Live coordination.
Your Australian rostering manager sets priorities each morning. The coordinator works through the queue. At end of day, they send a brief status update: what was done, what is pending, and what needs a decision.
Compare the options
Comparing your options.
| Local admin hire | Rostering agency | RecommendedHuman Nexus dedicated offshore coordinator | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | AUD $55k to $75k/yr salary plus super | Per-shift agency fee, 15 to 30% of shift cost | AUD $21k to $31k/yr all-inclusive (full-time) |
| Setup time | 4 to 10 weeks | Days, but no institutional knowledge | 2 to 3 weeks |
| Platform expertise | Varies by candidate | Agency manages their own system | Trained in your system before starting |
| Dedicated to you | Yes | No, agency fills across multiple clients | Yes |
| SCHADS understanding | Varies | Generally yes | Trained on flag-and-escalate basis |
| Scale up or down | Slow, limited by hiring | Fast, but expensive | Add a coordinator in 2 to 3 weeks |
| Management overhead | Full employment overhead | Minimal | Minimal, HN supervises the team |
Book a free NDIS scheduling call.
Tell us which platform you use and what is taking the most time. We tell you the right tier, the right hub, and what it will cost.
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