About AIEF

hard heads, soft hearts, capable hands

AIEF was established in 2008 in response to community demand from Indigenous families who choose to enrol their children in boarding schools.

Bringing together the government and private sector, AIEF provides scholarship funding for Indigenous students to complete Year 12 or tertiary studies, with career support to help them make a successful transition to their chosen careers.

AIEF has grown from one scholarship student in 2008, to now having around 450 students on scholarships each year and a network of over 600 Alumni and growing by over 70 graduates each year, from over 400 communities from every state and territory across Australia.

For more information go to www.aief.com.au.

The Role

The Engagement Manager is accountable to the Founder and Director in supporting and managing the communications, events and stakeholder engagement team members to deliver high quality, consistent and effective AIEF relationship management, communications and events.

This is an important role that ensures the Engagement Team is running smoothly, allowing the Founder and Director to focus on cultivating external relationships.

As AIEF’s Engagement Manager, you will:

• Set the Engagement Team’s annual goals and directions in collaboration with the Founder and Director, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s strategic direction and reflecting the mission and vision of AIEF.
• Lead the Engagement Team to deliver on outcomes; specifically, deliver project plans, evaluative reports, events, communication materials and other AIEF collateral.
• Ensure the quality, consistency and effectiveness of AIEF communications, including AIEF branding and key messages.
• Ensure the quality, consistency and effectiveness of AIEF events.
• Foster mutually beneficial relationships with AIEF major partners and stakeholders, including the management of AIEF partners’ involvement in AIEF events and activities as well as ensuring AIEF meets its contractual requirements with partners.
• Maintain an overarching and comprehensive view of all facets of the AIEF’s relationships with major partners, including pathways to employment.

The Person

We are looking for someone who is motivated by AIEF’s mission and values and has:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as business management or communications.
• At least 4-5 years people management and leadership experience, aligning resources and operational decisions to organisational mission.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills, with a high level of experience in stakeholder management.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills with excellent accuracy, particularly related to branding, external communication, reports and proposals.
• Experienced communications management, with an ability to identify risks and opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully plan for and execute events to deliver identified outcomes.

All AIEF employees are required to undergo a National Criminal Record Check by the Australian Federal Police and a Working with Children Check by the relevant State and Territory Government(s) as a condition of employment.