ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION

The team at StreetSmart believe everyone should have a safe, secure and affordable home.

At StreetSmart, for the past 20 years, we have championed and supported local grassroots organisations. We know local leaders, volunteers and community groups are best placed to identify what support their communities need, and have solutions and mechanisms in place that work for them and their community. They are the lifeblood of so many suburbs, towns and regions and play a critical role in creating caring and resilient communities.

Through our innovative activations and campaigns we enable and empower communities to respond to the housing and homelessness crisis by raising vital funds and awareness to support these smaller organisations to bring about change. We believe in keeping our impact local and grassroots.

Funds raised are distributed through our Community Grants and Material Aid Programs, often privileging locality, whereby donations are fed back into projects as close to where they are raised as possible.

We see the role of StreetSmart as a supportive and responsive ally for those on the frontline of service delivery to the most vulnerable in our community. These front-line services are often under-resourced, have limited fundraising capacity and find making formal applications for funding challenging. We support these organisations to plug funding gaps, run core programs and enable them to innovate and test new ideas. We listen to their ideas and needs and support them to deliver critical services. Collaboration and listening are core to our community impact and we deeply respect the vital work of frontline workers.

Our evidence-based, data-driven approach to impact, ensures that our grant making addresses emerging trends, vulnerable cohorts and regions with high rates of homelessness. For example, guided by data from the ABS and peak bodies, we work to address the disproportionately high rates of homelessness experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, LGBTQIA+ communities and women and children. Far from having an ‘urban only’ focus, the breadth and depth of our impact support mirrors the geographical spread of homelessness in Australia across all States and Territories.

ABOUT THE ROLE

StreetSmart Australia is looking for a highly motivated, dynamic leader, to help grow our impact for people experiencing homelessness. You will bring knowledge and experience of not-for-profit leadership, with a passion for social justice and the issue of homelessness, and be looking for your next challenge that gives you an opportunity to test your marketing and entrepreneurial skills.

This is a hands-on role, where you will lead and foster a broad range of stakeholder relationships, including philanthropic donors, corporate partnerships and our 1200 community partners. You will have a proven business development and fundraising mindset, with the ability to respond quickly and effectively to emerging opportunities to help grow our current programs, and establish new campaigns.

You will have excellent people and communication skills, be well organised, with the ability to problem solve and meet performance-based targets, while leading a team of 6.

Based in Melbourne, there will be opportunities for some work from home and some interstate travel when necessary.

ABOUT YOU

You will be keen to take the next step in your NGO leadership career and have the following competencies and attributes:

• Commitment and passion to ending homelessness
• Honest with high levels of integrity, empathy and curiosity
• Strategic and innovative thinker
• Business and growth mindset
• Strong fundraising skills and experience
• Experience in creating and managing corporate partnerships
• High level written and verbal communication skills
• People leadership experience
• Good understanding of financial oversight and stewardship

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

• A competitive remuneration package will be negotiated based on skills and experiences.
• We are fortunate to work out of Gate 8, in Jolimont, Melbourne, a NGO shared work space
• Flexible work arrangements, with work from home opportunities and 0.8 or 1.0 FTE considered
• Salary packaging available

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A position description is attached.