The Schools & Community Engagement Manager at World Vision Australia plays a crucial role in building and expanding partnerships with schools, educational institutions, and community organisations. This position focuses on fostering strong relationships that amplify WVA’s mission, creating long-lasting advocates and supporters through initiatives like the 40HR Famine campaign.

Based in NSW, VIC or QLD.

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop and execute detailed account plans to engage schools and community organisations.
• Work closely with the Schools and Youth Engagement team to ensure aligned actions that support WVA’s objectives.
• Foster ongoing communication with internal and external stakeholders to integrate new partnerships into WVA’s campaigns and initiatives.
• Engage with key school and community leaders daily, managing the 40HR Famine strategy and partnerships to enhance involvement with schools and community programs.
• Lead the strategy and execution of the 40HR Famine within schools and community groups.
• Build relationships with school and community leaders to enhance involvement and drive deeper engagement with the program.
• Contribute to the achievement of financial and participant targets for key campaigns.
• Ensure the effective delivery and growth of campaigns that engage and motivate schools and community members.

Who are we looking for?

 A career within the education industry, or similar, has given you a deep understanding of the Australian schooling system and how WVA’s work, both in the field and our advocacy, can connect into the Australian education landscape/curriculum. You can demonstrate experience in identifying, building and growing strategic partnerships and fostering key relationships for sustainable mutual benefit.

Skills and experience include:

• 5+ years in Business Development experience
• Experience in Charity and Fundraising Sector
• Building and leading effective, high performing teams
• Experience with working across the Australian Church landscape
• Background in working within, or in partnership with the educational sector
• Familiarity with working within a matrix organisation and influencing staff outside of direct reporting channels
• Strategic planning and financial management capability

 Working for World Vision means you are making the world better 

It’s not every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world. Working for World Vision means looking forward to turning up at work because you know you’re about to do something meaningful. It means working with 35,000 staff and 3.3 million supporters in 100 countries who will stop at nothing to help children live better lives. Join a team that is bold and courageous, and where job satisfaction goes beyond financial reward. 

The selection process 

We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo a criminal record and Working with Children check prior to employment. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families. World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector. 

Who we are

World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work. 

We offer great benefits such as salary packaging, flexible working arrangements, free on-site parking and an onsite café for our employees.

For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us.