• Join the Executive Leadership Team and work closely with our Board and Advisory Councils
• Lead the Operations function for Raise Foundation, with an emphasis on organisational strategy, information technology, financial strategy and management, Governance and Legal
• Work in a fast-paced and exciting organisation, delivering best practice youth mentoring to over 2,000 at risk young people Australia wide,
• A newly created, flexible, permanent part-time role with competitive salary and salary packaging available.

About Raise

At Raise we exist to help young people. We do one thing, and we do it really well – youth mentoring.

Our best-practice, school-based program is proven to make positive and sustained change. Mentoring empowers young people to be resilient, connected and hopeful for the future. We match trained and trusted volunteers with teenagers who would benefit most from an independent, caring adult who is there to listen and show up just for them.

Our early intervention youth mentoring program is currently in over 200 high schools across Australia. This translates to over 2,000 young people matched with a qualified mentor, and we are growing each year.

Join our village of passionate people who care deeply about young people and making a meaningful impact through mentoring. Enjoy a flexible, positive and collaborative work environment, where you can make a meaningful difference.

About the Role

As part of our Strategic Impact Plan to continue reaching more young people each year, we will rely on this role to lead our technology, finance, governance, and risk strategy into the future. Reporting directly to our CEO, this position has a Finance Manager and Salesforce Manager as direct reports.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, this position works collaboratively with other Directors in the development of organisational goals and long-term operational plans and strategic impact projects.

Key responsibilities of the role can be found in the position description here.

We are looking for someone who has:

• A genuine interest in the wellbeing of young people facing profound challenges in their lives

• Relevant degree in business, finance, commerce and/or technology
• At least 3 years of operations management experience across Finance, Technology, Legal, Risk, Process and Policy
• Experience in developing comprehensive budgets and strategic business plans
• Experience utilising project and change management principles, processes, and tools

• Proven strategic and analytical thinker who is able to bring vision, clarity and commercial acumen to solving complex problems

• Knowledge of risk management practices and standards such as ISO 31000:2009 and other Australian Standards for Risk Management
• Knowledge of ASIC and ACNC regulations, Australian Charity, and Company Law in terms of Governance and Risk and the regulatory (preferable)

• Confident communicator with C-level executives and Board Directors

• Strong capability to represent Raise to corporate, government, community, and education partners, if required
• A passion for creating change, leading by example, collaborating, and maintaining strong, long-lasting relationships
• Experience in a fast-growing NFP organisation and/or tech startup and/or in the youth mental health sector (preferable)
• An inclusive leader and strong people manager with an exceptional ability to engage, motivate and manage senior peers and direct reports

• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office365, CRM (preferably Salesforce), cloud-based systems including One Drive, and event based fundraising platforms,
• Willingness to undergo the Raise selection process including appropriate youth safety checks

Our Values

At Raise, we have six values that express our shared understanding of what we believe, how we would like others to see our personality, what we aspire to as an organisation, and how we aim to behave:

Be Courageous – we are imaginative, driven, progressive, confident

Show Heart – we are kind, passionate, sincere, empathetic

Give Respect – we believe in acceptance, equity, inclusivity

Apply Integrity – we operate with authenticity, accountability, transparency

Bring Vitality – we are positive, fun, energetic, inspiring

Deliver Excellence – we are evidence-based, responsive, consistent, experts in our industry