• Location: Footscray, Melbourne.
• Hours: Part-time (0.4 EFT), can be spread across 5 days a week (Mon – Sat).
• Salary: $71,136 pro-rata + superannuation and entitlements.
• Term: 12-month contract from July 2025 to July 2026 with the possibility for renewal.
• Preferred start: 14 July 2025.

Join our team as our Community Partnerships Manager!

Check out the attached full position description and application process. We’re reviewing applications as they come in—so don’t wait! We can’t wait to meet you.

About Women’s Circus

Women’s Circus is a not-for-profit arts organisation dedicated to offering a year-round social circus program and producing socially engaged circus works. Our mission is to empower people of marginalised genders to shape community and culture through circus, fostering collaborations between community participants and professional artists.

Role Overview

The Community Partnerships Manager will be responsible for identifying and developing community partnerships in alignment with organisational values and strategic goals. In collaboration with the Executive Director, the Community Partnerships Manager will develop and deliver a community engagement strategy and drive initiatives to enhance the organisations engagement with community partners and priority groups and meet the organisations financial objectives. Collaborating closely with the Executive Director, this role will play a pivotal part in securing funding, including identifying funding sources, grant writing and fostering strong relationships to support the organisation's mission and programs. This role will also seek identify and nurture relationships with potential donors and supporters of the circus and contribute to meeting the organisations fundraising and development goals.

Community Engagement:

• In collaboration with the Executive Director, develop and implement community engagement strategies aligned with the organisation's goals and objectives.
• Identify and develop appropriate community partnership opportunities, including building and nurturing relationships with local businesses, organisations and schools in alignment with the organisations values and mission. • Contribute to development of community engagement projects.
• Contribute to the development of evaluation frameworks and reporting outcomes for community partnership projects.
• Maintain up to date database of community partnership contacts in CRM database Airtable.

Fundraising & Development:

• Identify and pursue funding opportunities from government, philanthropic foundations, corporations, and individual donors and work closely with the Executive Director on the submission of grant proposals.
• Stay updated with current trends in fundraising, emerging issues, and opportunities to inform fundraising strategies.
• In collaboration with the Executive Director and Marketing and Communications Manager, contribute to the development of fundraising campaigns and initiatives to meet the organisation’s financial objectives.

Selection Criteria:

Essential:

• Experience in building successful community partnerships and contributing to strategic goals through community engagement.
• Strong relationship-building skills: proven ability to manage strategic relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience in grant writing and proposal development.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment, ensuring the smooth flow of information internally with staff and externally with stakeholders.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to develop and implement effective fundraising strategies, aligning with the organisation’s overall strategy.
• Understanding of and experience working with community engaged practice.
• Experience in fundraising and development including successfully securing grants and donations.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of the arts sector, particularly in circus or performing arts.
• Grant writing experience.
• Experience working with diverse stakeholders, including government agencies, foundations, corporate and community partners.
• Familiarity with CRM system Airtable.
• Experience managing projects.

What We Offer:

• A collaborative and inclusive environment that values diversity and flexibility.
• A family-friendly workplace that supports work-life balance.

Applications will be assessed as they arrive until the role is filled.