Organisation : Social Ventures Australia (SVA)
Location : Melbourne
Work type : Part-time
Sector : Community Development, Social Enterprise
Salary type : Annual Package
Application closing date : 2 Sep, 2018
About the organisation
Social Ventures Australia (SVA) is a social purpose organisation that works with partners to improve the lives of people in need in Australia by helping businesses, governments and philanthropists to be more effective funders and social purpose organisations to be more effective at delivering services. SVA’s Impact Investing team provides socially-oriented organisations with a combination of capital and support to help them achieve social impact.
Social procurement targets and policies are becoming more embedded in many government and corporate organisations. This is generating significant new business opportunities for social enterprises with appropriate scale and capability. Growing the size and capability of social enterprises that have the opportunity to benefit from social procurement is critical to the growth of the sector and to the success of social procurement – and the generation of jobs for disadvantaged people.
SVA has received philanthropic funding from Equity Trustees (on behalf of the Alfred Edmonds Trust) to work intensively with a small number of social enterprises to help them win and deliver significant social procurement contracts (>$1M). As part of this initiative, SVA will provide a range of tailored support to social enterprises, including business planning, financial modelling, bid support, financial structuring, capital raising and advisory services and contract negotiation support.
About the role
- Entrepreneurial role incubating social enterprises to secure new opportunities
- Opportunity to shape the emerging field of social procurement
- Part-time (0.6 FTE)/ maximum-term (contract to 30 June 2019)
The position
This entrepreneurial role will connect buyers and social enterprise suppliers across a range of industries, with a particular focus on originating B2B contracts that create large numbers of entry-level employment opportunities.
The successful candidate will provide hands on support to at least 2 social enterprises to help them win and deliver multiyear contracts worth >$1M, and in doing so create at least 40 new jobs for disadvantaged Australians (primarily Victorians) and create significant lasting improvement in social enterprise capability and financial sustainability
Who you are
This is an exciting opportunity to help social enterprises identify, pursue and capture new B2B business opportunities to create jobs for disadvantaged Australians. You will come to the role with an established professional background in the scope of General Manager, Operational Manager and/ or Commercial Manager. The ideal candidate will have a depth of experience in business development, involving identification, evaluation and cultivation of growth opportunities, putting together bids for new work, negotiating and agreeing contracts and successfully delivering contracts. To be successful in this role you will have a track record of success in overseeing projects from inception to completion, including identifying and mitigating risks involved and in the financial management of projects. The ability to nurture relationships with clients throughout projects will be crucial.
SVA values diversity in our workforce and encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We have made a public commitment through our Reconciliation Action Plan to the employment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply for this position.
How to apply
Applications not allowed for this job listing.
Please quote in application: Associate Director (Social Procurement), Impact Investing via Pro Bono Australia.
Sector: #Community_Development, #Social_Enterprise
