Head of Partnerships

Tracking Code

5028-689

**Job Description**:
**_There’s something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most._**

**A place to make a difference**:
In this full time, 12-month fixed term role, you’ll work as a part of our Supporter Engagement team in Melbourne or Sydney to help us create lasting change for children everywhere. The Head of Partnerships plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children. By managing and growing our multi-million-dollar portfolio of partnerships and leading a team of Corporate Partnership Managers, you’ll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia, the Pacific and around the world.
- You will make a difference by: _
- Providing exceptional stewardship to our partners to enable renewals and growth, with a focus on unrestricted income.
- Driving shared value for our partners through the practice and delivery of their social impact goals.
- Collaborating with the Head of Partnership Development to identify, acquire and onboard new strategic partners.
- Delivering on financial and non-financial growth targets while achieving outcomes for children.
- Providing leadership to a team of Corporate Partnership Managers and supporting their professional development.

**A place to feel valued**:
Your expertise and experience in Partnerships to deliver meaningful impact for children is invaluable.
- This role requires: _
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing partnership strategies to achieve sustainable revenue growth.
- Demonstrated experience acquiring and managing high-value, multi-year partnerships.
- Demonstrated experience managing a high-performing partnership team.
- Ability to develop value propositions and align organisations’ social impact goals and opportunities to Save the Children offerings.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams to develop innovative and effective offerings for external partners.

**A place to belong**:
We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

- A modern, up to date working space. Or the opportunity to work from home (WFH), or both
- Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
- Full salary packaging benefits (please
- Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

**Does this sound like the place for you?**

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

Applications close **COB, Friday** **10**th** October 2025.**

Position Description - Head of Partnerships
- Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the _Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme_._
- Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation._
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Job Location

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Position Type

Full-time Maximum Term Appointment

Close Date

10/10/2025