Partnerships Manager (WIDI)
On-siteMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Job Summary
Develop strategic partnerships with government, industry, and community organisations to strengthen relationships and identify shared problems. Translate sector intelligence into practical opportunities, supporting collaborative tender and project responses across workforce development and social services. Build trust with executive-level leaders to establish partnership, contract, and grant pipelines that create sustainable outcomes. Work with capability leads and RMIT colleagues to shape solutions addressing emerging sector challenges. This role requires proven success in funded initiatives and commercial opportunities within the community and government landscapes. Applications close 1 Sept 2026; candidates must pass a Working with Children and National Police Check.
Required Qualifications
- Proven success developing strategic partnerships, funded initiatives, service agreements or commercial opportunities in the community, social services, government or workforce development sectors, with senior-level autonomy
- Strong relationship-building skills, including the ability to establish trusted relationships with executive-level leaders across government, community services, not-for-profit organisations and industry
- Demonstrated ability to generate new opportunities and build partnership, contract, grant or strategic initiative pipelines that create impact, value and sustainable outcomes
- Deep understanding of the community and social services sector, including workforce challenges, policy settings, funding models, procurement or tendering processes and key stakeholder ecosystems
- Ability to interpret sector trends and strategic priorities, then translate them into practical partnership opportunities, collaborative initiatives and business development outcomes
- Excellent communication, influencing and negotiation capability, with the confidence to work independently across complex organisational environments and manage multiple priorities
- Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check
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