General Manager, Social Change

Are you looking to make a difference and work with a leading Australian charity? We have an employment opportunity for you! 

Guide Dogs is the leading Australian provider of Guide Dogs and orientation and mobility services for people living with low vision or blindness. We are a trusted, long-standing and well recognised charity.

In this newly created position you will lead and influence to create a more accessible and inclusive environment for people with low vision and blindness. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and well profiled individual with strategic campaign, education and advocacy experience to provide leadership across our education and advocacy initiatives to achieve social change. This position plays a key role in developing and executing our social change strategy, with a strong focus on developing campaigns, community education and activation, policy and research.

What we love about you:

• Your experience in a similar role engaging in systemic advocacy and campaign work and strategic engagement to influence societal change.
• Your experience in issues-based strategic advocacy initiatives, including large scale campaigns, community education or public policy development.
• Your demonstrable understanding of complex and politicised issues to successfully enact social change.
• Your experience in partnership and stakeholder development, media engagement and community activation.
• Your time management and problem-solving skills, and adaptability in a rapidly changing environment.
• Your prior experience at an executive level working and influencing all levels.
• Relevant tertiary qualification(s) such as communications, marketing, law, public policy, political science, or international relations.

More information about this position can be found in the job description here.

Why work with us? 

You will be working at a place where everyone is welcome – an organisation that believes that a creative and productive workplace depends on having a diverse range of experiences, perspectives and abilities. Your colleagues and peers all understand their part in our mission – to empower people with vision loss. We are an organisation that wants you to bring your full self and your full heart to work. 

At Guide Dogs NSW/ACT we strongly encourage applications from people with low vision or blindness.

We are proud to be an inclusive workplace that reflects our clients and the broader community and are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We offer equal employment opportunity regardless of your disability, gender or gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital or domestic status, carer status, or political opinion.

If you require an adjustment within the recruitment process, please contact jobs@guidedogs.com.au to inform us of your preferred method of communication.