Business Development Coordinator

Posted:

23/04/2025

Closing Date:

07/05/2025

Job Type:

Permanent - Part Time

Location:

Tweed Heads

Job Category:

Community Services & Development

Embarking on a career journey with Social Futures means becoming part of a mission that goes beyond just a job. We are a voice for social change in regional Australia, with a history spanning over 49 years. This is a great opportunity to step into a role where you can develop programs that build stronger communities and help people thrive.

Your role within our dedicated Business, Integration and Strategy branch, will allow you to:

• Identify new funding opportunities
• Write tenders and grant applications
• Undertake market research
• Research and apply modelling for new social enterprise and business proposals

Job Description

We are seeking an applicant with experience in grant and tender preparation, service model design, business development, and/or social impact and entrepreneurship. Ideally, applicants will bring a combination of experience or a capacity to adapt skills between the fields, with a strong interest in contributing to positive social change.

This is a 0.8 FTE (4 day per week) position to be based from our Tweed Heads offices with work-from-home arrangements available.

At Social Futures, we believe in the value of your voice, and we are dedicated to making positive changes every day. We’ve got your back in providing a supportive and inclusive workplace, one that celebrates diversity and promotes inclusion. Here, your wellbeing matters to us.

Among the benefits, we offer flexible working options, access to ongoing learning and development, generous salary packaging options, a staff well-being program, and the opportunity to bank additional days leave per year. Additionally, we prioritise safety and uphold that Social Futures isn’t just a workplace; it’s a community.

Here, we believe in inclusivity, integrity, and learning. Why you’ll like working with us:

• Your voice will be valued and heard in our mission to support positive social change
• You’ll be part of a supportive, diverse, and inclusive environment where we celebrate individuality
• We prioritise your wellbeing, with benefits such as access to online wellbeing platform, flexible working options

We are looking for a passionate individual with a desire to make a difference. The successful candidate will have:

• Tertiary qualifications and / or equivalent experience in business, social impact, finance, or statistics
• Experience in preparing and presenting grant and tender submissions, market and business intelligence and research and identifying market expansion opportunities
• Comprehensive understanding of trends and opportunities within the human and community services sector
• Excellent writing, communication, and negotiation skills, with evidence of ability to build networks, relationships and partnerships with potential funders, donors, and project partners
• Demonstrated well-developed organisational, time management and administrative skills with the ability to plan, prioritise and meet deadlines

We are proud to announce that we have received recognition as an accredited Great Workplace by WRK+. Our amazing team makes our workplace special.

Social Futures is a Rainbow tick accredited organisation and an equal opportunity employer and actively recruit from key communities; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQSB+, people living with a disability, people with lived experience and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Working with Children and National Police Check are mandatory requirements for all staff.

How to Apply:

A cover letter demonstrating how your skills, education and professional experience meet the requirements of the role as outlined in the position description, should be submitted with your application.

Applications close 7 May

We ensure clear communication and a response for every applicant.

For more information about Social Futures please visit our website:

https://socialfutures.org.au/work-with-us/

For further information, please contact Jayson Hanrahan on 0439 652 638 or [email protected]

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