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Partnership Associate | Job Location- Sydney/Melbourne-12Month Role

We are now looking for  Partnership Associates (2 Open fixed term roles for 12 months) to  provide critical support to Paul Ramsay Foundation’s partners as they work towards our shared goals. Activities range from establishing new partnerships, to monitoring progress, to providing reporting and supporting evaluation, to capturing and sharing learnings that provide inputs to strategic decision-making.

Partnership Associate | Job Location- Sydney/Melbourne-12Month Role

About the Paul Ramsay Foundation

Paul Ramsay was a visionary business leader who left Australia a remarkable legacy. Through his generous bequest, the Paul Ramsay Foundation continues his philanthropic legacy through a shared commitment to help break cycles of disadvantage in Australia.

Our  talented  team  bring  to  this  challenge  their  diverse  perspectives  and  experience.  We  are anthropologists  and  educators,  lawyers  and  economists,  epidemiologists  and  entrepreneurs, political   scientists   and   historians,   psychologists   and   business   analysts,   journalists   and administrators,  philosophers  and  artists –all  guided  by  our  values  of  respect  for  people, curiosity, loyalty, courage and innovation. Diversity & inclusion, wellness, culture and learning are all important to us.

Job Description

The Partnerships team manages our relationships with our 100+ partners across Australia focused on delivering the core work that progresses our mission.

We are now looking for  Partnership Associates (2 Open fixed term roles for 12 months) to  provide critical support to Paul Ramsay Foundation’s partners as they work towards our shared goals. Activities range from establishing new partnerships, to monitoring progress, to providing reporting and supporting evaluation, to capturing and sharing learnings that provide inputs to strategic decision-making. Partnership Associates lead the management of select partnerships and work closely with Partnership Managers to support work across a portfolios of grants.

Role can be based out of Sydney/Melbourne.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Establishment: Establish new partnerships through negotiating and documenting goals, deliverables and milestones, and building collaborative relationships with partner stakeholders.
  • Administration: Deliver administrative aspects of grants management with strong attention to detail, both directly and through guiding Partnership Officers.
  • Management and Monitoring: Support our partners in delivery of their work, and gather, manage and analyse their progress towards common goals
  • Contribution: Work with colleagues to design and deliver value-add services to partners to support their journey towards fulfilling our shared mission.
  • Learning: Work closely with colleagues in Evaluation to unearth, document and share insights from partnerships
  • Strategic Development and Sharing: Convey key information about partners and projects and their learnings to a range of stakeholders as an input to various strategic decision-making.

Desired Skills and Experience

PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS

  • Confident and flexible in demanding, highly varied environments
  • Self-starter, able to take initiative as well as reliably action tasks set by others
  • Highly collaborative with a consultative style of working
  • Comfort working in ambiguous and changing environments
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to cultivate relationships with diverse and senior stakeholders (internal and external)
  • A team player determined to translate ideas into actions and seek concrete results
  • Demonstrable integrity and a strong connection to the values of the Foundation: respect for people; curiosity and a willingness to learn; humility and integrity; courage and innovation

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

  • Relevant undergraduate qualification with a minimum of ten years professional experience.
  • Motivated by Paul Ramsay Foundation’s mission.
  • Experience with social impact project management
  • Demonstrated experience working with clients from diverse backgrounds including those at senior level.
  • Organised and methodical, with ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • Strong attention to detail and processes.
  • Sound sense of judgement.
  • Demonstrated stakeholder management skills, including those at a senior level.
  • Advanced written & verbal communication skills.
  • Resourceful, motivated, proactive.
  • Consultative & collaborative both within and across teams.

 

What we offer:

We are committed to offering and supporting development and employment opportunities to help people excel and build a meaningful career. We offer generous learning and development opportunities as well as flexi time, access to employee benefits, employment assistance program (EAP) and education assistance.

We promote diversity in the workplace and have a culture that is inclusive, respectful and embraces the unique skills and qualities of all people.

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Acknowledgement of Country

Greatest Good acknowledges Australia's First Peoples as the Traditional Owners, Custodians and Cultural Knowledge Holders of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. We honour the continuing connections to culture, kin and communities.