At Cerebral Palsy Alliance, we value diversity, foster an inclusive culture and champion equitable opportunities. We strongly encourage applications from candidates with a diverse range of backgrounds and lived experiences including people with disability, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and the LGBTQIA+ community.

Remarkable is the startup venture arm of one of Australia's largest and most respected disability providers - Cerebral Palsy Alliance. This role is head of acceleration programs of the award-winning Remarkable Program - working with startup founders harnessing technology to build physical, social and economic inclusion of people with disability.

The Head of Acceleration Programs, directs the accelerator and pre-accelerator program, including its strategy, selection, community and stakeholder management, events and impact reporting. This person will ensure we find the best emerging startup founders who are supported on their learning journey to develop brilliant startup businesses that optimise their business model and are set up for sustainable growth. They tap into and develop our brilliant mentor community and motivate them to give their best support.

Ultimately, this role helps to accelerate the impact our founders have on building life-changing technology that benefits people with disability.

About you:

• You're an experienced startup founder, startup coach or have been in and around the startup ecosystem for more than 3 years
• You are proactive, with the ability to prioritise and determine the best ROI
• Passionate about working with people and empowering them to achieve their best
• The ability to foster and drive an inclusive environment
• Able to make ideas into reality, thriving in ambiguity
• Willing and able to travel, domestically and internationally
• Someone with lived experience of disability will be highly regarded for this role

What we offer you:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Flexible leave options that enable you to maintain a good work-life balance
• Ongoing professional development and career advancement opportunities
• Health and wellbeing benefits such as discounted gym memberships, annual wellbeing allowance, and free flu vaccinations
• Rewarding, values driven work

Important information:

At CPA the safety of our staff and clients is of paramount importance. We have assessed this role type as requiring a low level of physical functionality with some inherent requirements. For more information on what that may mean for this role please click here.

Please let us know if you have any pre-existing injuries or illnesses which you are currently seeking, or have sought, medical treatment for which you think may impact your ability to fulfil the inherent requirements of this role. CPA is committed to supporting an inclusive work environment and engaging workers with diverse lived experience. We will happily consider and accommodate reasonable adjustments that may be required to support candidates throughout the recruitment process, and to be successful and safe employees of CPA.

Cerebral Palsy Alliance is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our clients and staff. As such all employees at CPA must be triple vaccinated against COVID-19, prior to their start date. Cerebral Palsy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cerebral Palsy Alliance upholds, advocates for, and protects the  rights, wellbeing and safety of people with a disability. We are a child safe organisation and all workers are responsible to adhere to the NDIS Worker Code of Conduct.

CPA is a smoke free workplace including in, on and around CPA sites and vehicles.

How to Apply

Please click 'Apply' to complete your application. If you have any questions about the role or require any reasonable adjustments to enable you to equitably participate in the recruitment process please contact [email protected] using the subject line: Head of Startup Accelerator Programs enquiry via EthicalJobs.