Manager, Place Based Community Empowerment, West Kimberley

About Us

Minderoo Foundation takes on tough, persistent issues with the potential to drive massive change. We incubate ideas, advocate for systems change and accelerate impact. We push the limits of what is believed possible.

Minderoo Foundation is proudly Australian, independent, forward thinking and seeks effective, scalable solutions. Through bold, collaborative and selfless action, we seek to dismantle the systems that entrench inequality and advocate for a fairer future. 

Minderoo Foundation's Communities Focus Area aim's to uplift child and community wellbeing through place-based approaches, arts and culture, and early years solutions.

Opportunity and disadvantage are not evenly distributed. They are predetermined from conception and are intergenerational, concentrated in particular places and exacerbated by many social factors. Often, those that are most disadvantaged are First Nations people. By reimagining our approach to the early years, empowering community-led decision-making, fostering social connection and belonging, and fostering economic empowerment and safety, these cycles of disadvantage can be broken and a new trajectory charted.

Alongside our peers, partners, and communities, we will learn from outcomes at the community level and advocate to scale promising practices with a focus on:

• Early childhood development
• Community agency and belonging
• Safety and economic security.

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Manager to join our Place Based Community Empowerment team, playing a pivotal role in our Kimberley region enabling and driving positive transformations within communities.

Reporting to the Head of Place Based Community Empowerment, you will work alongside strategic partners in developing strategies, managing projects, and collaborating with stakeholders to influence change and create opportunities to uplift child and community wellbeing.

Your day to day will include:

• Gathering information from a variety of sources to offer new ideas and different viewpoints that may impact business units, leading to best practice approaches.
• Collaborating with key stakeholders (community organisations, government bodies, NFP organisations, and industry partners) to identify opportunities, leverage resources and foster effective partnerships.
• Contributing to the development of programs and initiatives focussed on Place based Community Empowerment, overseeing the allocation of resources and funding to ensure programs meet community needs and positively impact our beneficiaries.
• Mapping and analysis of target community’s ecosystem to identify leverage points and intervention opportunities for promoting positive change.

About You

The role is best suited to a collaborative, positive and responsive individual who can navigate cultural sensitivities and challenges associated with place-Based Community Empowerment. In addition, the successful person will also have experience in the facilitation of partnership development and management and an established network within the Kimberley region of Western Australia.

First Nations candidates who have knowledge and understanding of working in and with First Nations people and their communities are preferred.

In terms of your background, you will ideally have:

• Qualifications and/or equal experience in community engagement, social work, or community development.
• Experience leading and improving community outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder, program, and project management skills with the ability to converse to communicate well verbally and in writing to a range of audiences.
• Knowledge of place-based strategies, and social equity principles, developing and delivering place-based approaches.

Next Steps

Please attach your resume and a cover letter explaining why you are interested in this opportunity.

Applications close: Friday 9th February 2024.

Please note we reserve the right to close applications early should a suitable candidate be identified.

Minderoo Foundation embraces Equal Opportunity and promotes diversity. We actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and those with Disability to apply.