Director of Product Development

Who we are looking for:

The following abilities will need to be demonstrated in the application period to be considered for the Community Engagement team:

1. Organizational abilities: Calling everyone who is a master with Google Calendar or keeps a dedicated dot journal planner, showing an ability to keep on top of your workload is a must;
2. Teamwork and leadership: A keen approach to working collaboratively with others, whilst being a critical innovator and initiative-taker (along with a generous dash of humor) are trademark qualities of this team;
3. Innovation: Coming up with creative solutions to challenges, trying these out, and failing fast is required and celebrated at Oaktree;
4. A commitment to young people’s wellbeing: At Oaktree, we see best practice as standard practice when it comes to safeguarding children and young All successful volunteers will need to have a Working with Children’s Check and undertake a series of compliance training to work with young people and represent our organization.

These are not mandatory but desired qualities:

1. Project and event management experience
2. Facilitation experience for a range of audiences
3. High written and verbal abilities
4. Experience in design thinking

Expectations for the 2022 team

As a member of the Community Engagement team, you must be able to meet the following expectations for 2022:

• Attend monthly Community Engagement meetings, dates to be confirmed at the Welcome Day on Saturday 14 January 2022 from 10am to 4pm;

• Attend portfolio meetings, to be arranged and confirmed after appointment. First Extended Leadership meeting: Saturday 11 December 2021 from 11am to 2pm;

• Complete all work assigned and agreed to at a professional and timely standard;

• Assist in the preparation and execution of:
  • Community Engagement Training Weekend: Friday 4 to Sunday 6 March
  • Week of Live Below the Line: An Oaktree Initiative: Monday 9 to Friday 13 May 2022
  • Major fundraising events between April to September: dates TBD in February 2022

• Submit a role handover document and portfolio report, due by 31st October, which will conclude the obligations to your Live Below the Line: An Oaktree Initiative concludes 31 June 2022.

Should any of the above expectations not be met, a discussion will be had with the Head of Community Engagement which may lead to a forfeiture of your position.

Role-specific details

As the Director of Product Development, you will lead your team of two to innovate, incubate and trial products that achieve the following: align with Oaktree’s vision, values and strategy; address a niche in the current market, and; return a profit on investment. You will lead your team through the process of design thinking throughout 2022, combining methodical process with creative thinking to develop products that connect deeply with others, motivating those familiar and unfamiliar with Oaktree to support our movement. You will both design and recommend products to be developed and implemented at the conclusion of your tenure, whilst also experimenting and developing organically products throughout the year and reporting on your trials for potency of investment.

Success looks like, because of your creative thinking and clarity of purpose, Oaktree engages successfully in markets with products you and your team have designed and can expand our organisation to grow our impact across the Asia- Pacific. You will step away with a portfolio of work that demonstrates clear thinking, your ability to innovate and explore the unknown and undeveloped, alongside evidential ability to achieve long-term strategic success.

Portfolio: Product Development, and Extended Leadership

Time commitment: 4-5 hours per week (times will vary by roughly 1-2 hours depending on time of year)

Reports to: Head of Community Engagement

Direct reports: Product Development Coordinators (x2)

Applications close: 9am Tuesday 16 November 2021

Application link: https://form.typeform.com/to/z1i4uqXq

For any questions, queries, concerns and/or humorous anecdotes, please contact Kergen Angel, Head of Community Engagement, at k.angel@theoaktree.org.