The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Manager to join SVA’s Darwin Consulting team. In this role, you’ll lead problem-solving, manage projects, build strong client relationships, and support junior team members—with guidance from senior leaders when needed. You’ll mostly work on projects across Northern Australia, supported by our Darwin and national teams.

Managers typically work on two or more projects at a time, with each project lasting around three to six months. It’s a great opportunity to grow your consulting skills while working alongside a smart, passionate, and supportive team. You’ll take on meaningful, challenging work that makes a real difference in communities across the Territory.

Your Benefits

• Flexibility that works for you—we understand work is just one part of life, and we support hybrid and flexible work models tailored to your needs.
• A culture people stay for—we’re proud of our high team satisfaction, with consistently strong results in our employee engagement survey.
• Collaborative, generous colleagues—you’ll work with a team of highly skilled professionals who are passionate about sharing knowledge and supporting each other.
• Be part of something growing – help shape our Darwin team and expand our impact across Northern Australia.
• Work with purpose—SVA has a strong track record of driving meaningful social change, including being awarded Best CSR Innovation by the AFR in 2023.
• Live our values—we put people at the centre and are always open and ready to learn.
• Wellbeing matters—we prioritise personal development and offer an extra week of leave after two years with us.
• Competitive salary that reflects your skills and experience.

Who You Are

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with strong problem-solving skills and a passion for driving social impact. While experience in management or strategy consulting is highly valued, we also welcome applicants from other backgrounds who can demonstrate structured thinking, analytical ability, and a commitment to making a difference.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has around 6+ years of experience in a problem-solving role—this could be in consulting, government, the social sector, law, finance, or business.
• Ideally brings experience from a management or strategy consulting firm, including skills in identifying core problems, structuring workplans, and conducting analysis to test hypotheses.
• Understands the context, issues, and key stakeholders in the Northern Territory and across Northern Australia, or is eager to learn and engage deeply with this landscape.
• Is self-motivated, organised, and able to see tasks through to completion.
• Has experience in research, data analysis, and developing clear, compelling presentations and reports.
• Communicates with empathy and professionalism, especially in complex or sensitive client settings.
• Understands and applies strategic consulting tools and can guide junior team members in developing these skills.
• Has strong relationship and project management skills and thrives in multi-stakeholder environments.
• Can lead and manage entire client projects or key components of larger engagements.

Not sure if you meet every requirement? Or maybe you bring more than what’s listed?

We’d still love to hear from you. We’re always looking for great people at all levels who are excited about our mission and bring diverse strengths to the team.

Who We Are

Social Ventures Australia (SVA) is an innovative social impact organisation operating across Australia.

We use our broad outlook, transformational thinking, and trusted voice to lead the charge against inequality in Australia. We were created over 20 years ago to find innovative solutions to entrenched social problems and speed up the rate of positive change.

We think differently, help redesign systems by learning about what works in communities, and work hand-in-hand with passionate partners to take real action and achieve positive social change.

Our Consulting Team

Our Consulting team works exclusively on for-purpose projects that strengthen the social sector and have a positive impact on people and communities.

Founded 15 years ago by strategy consultants from some of Australia’s leading firms, SVA pioneered social sector consulting in Australia. In the past 15 years, the team has worked with hundreds of clients, including non-profits, governments, social enterprises, First Nations people and communities, philanthropic organisations and corporates pursuing social change to deliver high impact projects.

Our projects generally fall into one of five service offerings:

• Strategy – helping organisations to determine their purpose and strategic goals and how they can best achieve them.
• Outcomes Management – supporting organisations to understand the changes they want to create and how to measure if they are achieving it.
• Collaboration and Partnerships – supporting clients to identify partnership and collaboration opportunities to increase their impact.
• Organisational Effectiveness – helping clients to operate more effectively to ensure they are set up to achieve their goals.
• Program Design – helping clients to develop effective programs that achieve the desired outcomes for participants.

Learn more about us and our work on our website.

SVA values diversity and encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of colour. We value people of all abilities and diversity of culture, faith, gender identity and sexual orientation. We welcome unique contributions and perspectives of all people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities we work with and live in.

Applicants can request a reasonable adjustment at any stage during the recruitment process by contacting [email protected] using the subject line: Social Impact Management Consultant enquiry via EthicalJobs. There is scope to customise the job role to accommodate people with different abilities.

If you have the experience and skills we are looking for and are excited to join our team, please submit your CV (max 2 pages) and a statement (max 1 page) addressing the person requirements by the closing date.

Please note we will consider and progress applications as they are received and therefore encourage you to apply at your earliest opportunity.