Your opportunity to join the Social Impact Hub, an innovative and inspirational social enterprise. This is a new exciting role to help lead our organisation through our next phase of growth. The role provides the opportunity to work across the business developing and improving processes and operations using a range of business skills.  

Overview of Social Impact Hub

The Social Impact Hub collaborates with purpose driven organisations to accelerate change. Through advice, education, thought leadership and the mobilisation of capital, we help to create a world where people and the planet thrive. We are a trusted partner for a broad range of bold, forward-thinking organisations who wish to transform our local communities and the world. 

Values

We are a small, hard-working and passionate team at the Social Impact Hub. We seek someone who fits our values and culture. Our values are:

• Commitment and integrity

About You

You’re an experienced manager of people and projects. More than anything, you love implementing systems and processes that help create order and efficiency. You’re comfortable using a CRM and project management software and you love putting together a good spreadsheet. More than anything, you love the idea of enabling a small, dynamic team to thrive. And, you’re absolutely passionate about helping changemakers amplify their social impact. 

The successful candidate will:

• Show initiative and be able to work autonomously, but also be a team player;
• Be self-motivated and have a “can do” action-orientated approach;
• Display exceptional ethical standards;
• Be adaptable and flexible; and
• Very importantly, have a passion for making a difference within the organisation and the wider community.  

Required Skills and Experience

The successful candidate shall:

General knowledge of, or experience in, at least one of the areas of focus of work of the Social Impact Hub is preferred (ie. impact investing, social enterprise development, impact measurement, philanthropy, corporate social responsibility etc). A Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in a relevant skill area.  

ROLE DESCRIPTION

The role of the General Manager is to ensure operational excellence through managing all corporate functions including finance, human resources, risk management including work health and safety, quality, compliance, IT/business systems and premises. 

Key Responsibilities may include: 

There is flexibility with the list of responsibilities above; they could be altered depending on the successful applicant’s particular strengths and passions.

Reporting & Remuneration

The General Manager will report to the CEO. Work plans and KPIs will be agreed on a quarterly basis in line with overall strategic planning. Appropriate remuneration in line with experience and possibly incentives to be negotiated. 

We support flexible work arrangements and applicants who would like to work 3-4 days per week are encouraged. Ideally you will have flexibility to increase this to full time in peak periods. The role is based at the Social Impact Hub in Edgecliff, with likely 1 day per week working from home (COVID dependent).

Next steps

If you would love to bring your passion and energy to the Social Impact Hub please answer the ten questions on the application form by clicking Apply Now. We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We conduct anonymised initial reviews of applications where we do not attach names or identifiable characteristics. If successful, you will be invited to a first round interview.