Collaborative Solutions Lead
Collaborative Solutions Lead
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Job Description
- Opportunity to work at Partnerships for Local Action and Community Empowerment (PLACE) a national notforprofit organisation that supports the adoption and impact of placebased approaches across Australia.
- Join at an exciting time as the PLACE team builds its foundational team during its establishment phase in preparation for its first steps of growth as a new organisation.
- $110000 $130000 (FTE) per annum excluding superannuation.
- Full time (1.0) fixedterm position
- Flexible national location with hybrid conditions available in Adelaide Brisbane Canberra Darwin Hobart Melbourne Perth Sydney or regional Australia.
- The successful candidate will undertake domestic travel regularly as part of this role and flexibility in working hours may be necessary to accommodate stakeholder schedules.
The Collaborative Solutions Lead plays a critical role in convening stakeholders placebased initiatives and subject matter experts to identify shared challenges and codesign strategic solutions. Focused on driving systemlevel change the role works to align government funding datasharing practices and commissioning frameworks with the needs and priorities of placebased initiatives.
This outwardfacing role is central to PLACEs mission ensuring ongoing engagement with communityled initiatives to deeply understand their contexts and develop practical scalable solutions. Drawing on the expertise of PLACEs Learn and Share Enable and Strengthen Data teams the Collaborative Solutions Lead builds a strong case for reform and helps shape the conditions for longterm systems change that values and supports placebased work.
Requirements
Who you are (selection criteria):
- You hold relevant tertiary qualifications in public policy community development or a related field or bring equivalent professional experience in government or community sectors.
- You have proven experience in stakeholder engagement and facilitation with the ability to bring together diverse voices to codesign solutions.
- You bring a strong understanding of placebased approaches and collective impact with demonstrated experience working with communityled initiatives.
- You have significant experience working alongside First Nations organisations and communities with a commitment to culturally safe and strengthsbased practice.
- You have experience with commissioning funding agreements and governance including managing risk and accountability within governmentfunded programs.
- You possess excellent communication and facilitation skills with the ability to identify opportunities align interests and influence across sectors.
- You are highly organised with strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- You are comfortable in a startup environment; you manage multiple competing priorities with a proactive and adaptable approach.
- You demonstrate a commitment to PLACEs vision values and principles particularly around community leadership and shared decisionmaking.
Research indicates that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria women and other marginalised individuals often wait until they fulfil every requirement. If you believe you have the attributes to do the job but dont match every point on the job ad we welcome and encourage your application.
Key responsibilities
- Work with stakeholders and PLACE colleagues to identify systemic challenges that hinder placebased work.
- Convene and facilitate conversations between government community organisations and subjectmatter experts to codesign responses to shared challenges.
- Collaborate with PLACEs internal teams to support ethical transparent datasharing across stakeholders.
- Identify ways existing funding and commissioning mechanisms could better support placebased initiatives.
- Support the development and use of learning and evaluation tools that track progress and capture outcomes.
- Provide leadership and guidance to staff and project teams.
Please see the Collaborative Solutions Lead Position Description for more.
Who we are:
It is our vision to enable communities and governments to jointly decide on matters that are most important to our lives. We lead national initiatives to develop workforce strategies enhance placebased practices and improve data monitoring and evaluation.
At PLACE we are dedicated to creating lasting change through understanding action and empowered governance.
Benefits
What we offer:
- True flexibility and a strong focus on agility in the workplace; we prioritise making flexible work arrangements possible for all employees.
- Access to Fringe Benefits Tax options in addition to base salary and superannuation.
- A team of supportive and passionate people committed to maintaining a positive workplace culture and making an impact.
- 5 weeks of Annual Leave for every 12 months of employment.
- Two days volunteering leave for every 12 months of employment.
- A leadership team that truly wants you to flourish and make your mark on the organisation.
- A workplace that prioritises both diversity and inclusion allowing everyone to bring their authentic selves to work in an environment that ensures psychological and physical safety.
- Hybrid work environment and flexible working arrangements.
- Cultural and Ceremonial leave.
- A Learning and Development budget per employee prioritising professional development for our employees.
How to apply:
To express your interest submit an online application through this portal and include a professional resume. All applicants must also provide brief responses to the application questions that are included as part of the online application.
Note: we do not accept cover letters as part of our application process.
This job advertisement does not have an official closure date as applications will be reviewed upon receipt so we highly encourage interested candidates to not delay their applications.
If you require additional adjustments or would like to discuss any access needs as a part of the application and recruitment process then please contact us via email
PLACE is an equal opportunity employer and strives to maintain a workplace environment that is fair and free of discrimination is safe and accessible for all employees and provides working arrangements that accommodate the diverse needs of our staff. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people women people from culturally and linguisticallydiverse backgrounds LGBTQIA people and people of every ethnicity faith ability culture language gender identity age and sex.
Employment in this position is conditional upon reception and maintenance of a Working With Children Check.
As part of our employment screening process we do run police checks. But dont worryhaving a criminal record doesnt automatically disqualify you.
Employment Type
Full Time
