Are you a marketing, engagement or business leader with a forward-thinking, compassionate approach and a commercial mindset?

Do you have a proven ability to deliver business outcomes through effective people leadership and stakeholder engagement?

Can you demonstrate experience engaging with a range of highly motivated, passionate stakeholders to achieve outcomes whilst also furthering the position of your organisation?

If you’re a strategic, resilient and proactive leader looking for an opportunity to contribute to the future success of a high impact profit for purpose organisation, look no further.

Hello, we’re Mates4Mates - one of Australia’s most respected organisations for veterans.

We help to rebuild and save lives through a holistic approach to veteran health services, delivered through our Family Recovery Centres and outreach programs.

We’re recognised for providing the most progressive integrated support programs in the country to current and ex-serving ADF members who have been impacted as a result of their service, and their families.

Our purpose is to make life better for the Australian Defence Force community affected by injury and trauma.

Since 2013, we’ve supported more than 5,600 people in the ADF community - and we’re still growing.

That’s where this role comes in.

About this opportunity

You’ll ensure the Mates4Mates purpose and mission is achieved through marketing and engagement initiatives that secure funding and support.

Ultimately, your role is to enable the organisation to deliver and grow evidence-based clinical, complementary and social support services to the ADF community.

As a key member of the Mates4Mates executive leadership team, you will:

• Identify and maintain strategic brand and funding opportunities
• Build and lead a high performing marketing and fundraising team
• Leverage working knowledge of the veteran health space, fundraising and revenue generation opportunities; to inform ongoing internal and external engagement strategies.

Want to be part of the future growth and extended impact of a highly respected organisation?

In this role you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Be part of the development and ongoing review of the organisational strategy
• Drive cultural change initiatives
• Take accountability for continual improvement and innovation
• Collaborate with partner organisations on marketing and engagement activities
• Develop new engagement and revenue generating strategies
• Identify new and existing business opportunities to drive growth and promote engagement and retention
• Advise on the selection of marketing and engagement activities to support business needs.

Reporting to the CEO and leading a high performing team, your key accountabilities will include:

• Leadership, vision and business accountability
• Marketing, engagement and fundraising
• Media, communications and digital
• Reporting and analysis.

About you

We’re looking for an experienced people leader with a strategic, commercial mindset and exceptional stakeholder engagement capability. To succeed in this role you’ll have:

• A positive, proactive and flexible attitude
• High level interpersonal and influencing skills
• Excellent written communication skills
• A background in communications, marketing, engagement or related discipline
• A highly accountable, forward thinking and agile approach
• Tertiary qualifications in an appropriate discipline.

This is a permanent, full time role, based at our Milton office in Brisbane.

Interested?

If you're interested in this opportunity, please submit your CV using the link on this page. Applications will be reviewed as they're received so please apply without delay.

If you’d like to include a cover letter, please include this within your CV document (ie one document per application, please).

Mates4Mates is partnering with Heart Recruitment on this recruitment process. Please direct all enquiries to [email protected], using the subject line: General Manager Marketing and Engagement - Mates4Mates enquiry via EthicalJobs in the first instance.

**Applications close 5pm Sunday 21 March**

Thanks for your interest in Mates4Mates - we look forward to receiving your application!