Job description
- Lead the Schools Strategy, including the renowned Socktober program
- Engage communities of young people in critical projects & inspire support
- Full time permanent position tendersglobal.net North Sydney tendersglobal.net Hybrid & flexible working
Your impact
This role is all about engaging communities in critical projects and inspiring support. Are you someone who is excited at the prospect of encouraging students, and youth from Catholic schools to be their best selves? Do you love watching that lightbulb switch on when students understand their potential to change the world? We have a role just for you.
The role
Reporting to the Fundraising Director, this role will suit someone with a natural flair for communication and storytelling. This diverse position offers you the chance to lead Catholic Mission’s national Schools Strategy, including the innovative and award-nominated Socktober program.
Specifically, you will:
- Lead, manage and mentor a small team of passionate professionals.
- Develop and enhance the annual Socktober campaign..
- Develop strategies and executing plans for attracting participants and supporters.
- Oversee an integrated schools and youth engagement program.
The organisation
Catholic Mission partner with developing communities around the world, helping them to flourish by supporting grassroots projects, including healthcare, education, and faith formation, and being an active voice for human rights. They are the Pope’s international mission agency in Australia.
For over 100 years in Australia, and 200 years as a global network, Catholic Mission have provided crucial funding and project support to communities most in need across Africa and the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific, and the Americas.
For further details regarding Catholic Mission please visit https://www.catholicmission.org.au/.
What you bring
You are a natural people leader, and an inspirational storyteller who understands how to develop and deliver campaigns that make a difference, along with an understanding of and deep value for the mission.
Specifically, you will have:
- Experience crafting incredible stories through to launching multi-channel campaigns.
- The ability to ignite the passion of Catholic schools, students, and youth.
- Leadership skills to develop and mentor a small team.
- Tertiary qualifications or equivalent work experience in relevant disciplines such as fundraising, communications, marketing, education, management, theology, or international development.
- Ideally, you have prior experience or familiarity with the Catholic Education Sector or other Catholic Church ministries.
How to Apply
We’d love to see your current CV and cover letter addressing the skills required section of the advertisement. Please submit your application using the Apply Now link below.
We may begin interviewing and close advertising once we have received enough relevant applications. As long as the advertisement is live, we are accepting applications. If you feel you meet most of the skills under the “what you bring” section above, please don’t delay and submit as soon as you can.
Social Compass Group specialise in recruitment for organisations that make a positive impact. Please review the advertisement and client website and if you have specific questions please forward those to [email protected] using the subject line: National Schools Engagement Manager / Campaign Manager – Catholic Mission enquiry via EthicalJobs.
As we have been retained to recruit this role, all third party and indirect applications will be forwarded to Social Compass Group. socialcompassgroup.com.au.
We believe a diverse workplace is a happy workplace and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from CALD backgrounds and people with disabilities. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital or parental status. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to be made for your application to be assessed we are more than happy to discuss how that can be arranged.