• Melbourne with hybrid opportunities
• Visionary leadership – Strategy | Engagement | Innovation | Management
• Purpose-driven, industry-led NFP shaping Australia’s skills and training future
• Agribusiness, Fibre, Furnishing, Food, Animal & Environmental Care industries

Skills Insight is one of 10 Jobs & Skills Councils working to strengthen Australia’s skills and VET system. As a not-for-profit, government funded, industry-led organisation, we work with stakeholders who share a passion for improving skills and training across the agribusiness, fibre, furnishing, food, animal and environment care industries.

We engage with industry, training providers, unions, and government to address workforce challenges and develop practical, future-focused solutions.

This is a rare opportunity to lead a high-impact organisation at the forefront of skills and workforce development. You will shape national agendas, influence policy and systems, and drive meaningful outcomes to support Australia’s diverse agribusiness industries.

Skills Insight is a values-driven organisation committed to openness, transparency, trust, collaboration, and respect, while embracing adaptability, curiosity, dedication, and accountability in all we do.

About the Role

Reporting to the Board of Directors, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to deliver the objectives of the Jobs and Skills Council program and ensure the organisation's success. This is a highly visible and influential role, responsible for leading a multi-stakeholder, government-funded national body with a complex remit spanning workforce planning, stakeholder engagement, research, policy influence, and project delivery.

As CEO, you will oversee a cross-functional leadership team, build strong relationships across industry and government, and manage governance, risk, financials, and organisational performance. You will drive cultural alignment, future growth, and continuous innovation to meet evolving national priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and deliver on organisational vision, purpose, and impact
• Build and nurture high-level relationships across industry, government, unions, and the VET sector
• Guide the delivery of Skills Insight’s activities
• Lead the organisation’s financial, governance, audit and risk and contract management functions
• Champion organisational growth, change, and cultural alignment with values
• Represent the organisation at the highest levels to influence national policy and sector reform

About You

You are a visionary and values-driven leader with deep experience navigating the intersection of government, industry, and education. Known for your strategic insight and influence, you build strong partnerships, unite stakeholders with diverse priorities, and lead with clarity, purpose, and impact.

With a track record of senior leadership—ideally at CEO or executive level—you are commercially astute, politically savvy, and passionate about shaping systems that support workforce resilience and future skills.

Preferred Experience & Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead complex organisations and high-performing teams, including governance, HR, finance, and risk
• Deep stakeholder and government relations experience, including advocacy at the highest levels
• Strong commercial and strategic acumen, with an understanding of public sector funding and accountability
• Demonstrated success in leading change, innovation, and systems thinking
• Expertise in the vocational education and training (VET) system and Agribusiness, or the ability to rapidly develop it
• Formal qualifications in management, education/training, governance, or public policy are preferred

Skills Insight recognises and values the traditional custodianship and cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. Skills Insight values and respects diversity. Applicants for this position should consider whether they share the values of Skills Insight, and whether they have the skills or the capacity to gain the skills for the role prior to applying. Skills Insight are willing to work with suitable applicants to assist with applications and address any other issues that may affect capacity to undertake the work.

Salary is commensurate with experience. For a confidential discussion, contact Susie Rogers on 0414 350 762, or click Apply Now. 

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