General Manager Centre for Just Places

Posted: 08/07/2025

Closing Date: 15/07/2025

Job Type: Contract

Location: Richmond

Job Category: Community Services and Development

**About the organisation**:
**Jesuit Social Services is a social change organisation working to build a just society where all people can live to their full potential.** We reflect on the critical factors shaping our contemporary world; the social, political and economic contexts, and we adapt our practice to work with those most in need.**:
Since 1977, Jesuit Social Services has provided services to some of the most disadvantaged in our community.

We place a high priority on advocacy and are a leader in policy development and research.

**About the role**

The General Manager, Centre for Just Places leads a team of professionals working to find solutions to place-based inequities and social, economic and environmental injustice through research, action and advocacy.

This position is responsible for the operational leadership and delivery of Centre for Just Places initiatives, including efforts to build local climate resilience and adaptive capacity, as well as research into locational disadvantage.

The General Manager develops and manages key external strategic relationships and partnerships, and works to embed the work of the Centre across Jesuit Social Services’ programs and advocacy activities.

**About the Centre for Just Places**

The Centre for Just Places was established by Jesuit Social Services to enable and support place-based approaches. Through our research, advocacy and practice, the Centre unlocks the relationship between social, environmental and economic justice.

Our mission is to enable strong and resilient communities through three main areas of work:

- Working in place - our practice in Victoria, New South Wales and Northern Territory - we deliver a range of place-based initiatives to support community development, build capacity and provide flexible responses to community needs.
- Enabling climate justice - we partner with community service organisations, communities, and governments to shift systems, build local climate resilience and adaptive capacity.
- Supporting strong, healthy, and equitable communities - building on more than 25 years of research into locational disadvantage with Dropping off the Edge, we work with communities to know where people are struggling, to understand what is contributing to that struggle and how we can collectively enable communities to flourish.

**What Jesuit Social Services can offer you**:

- An organisation that lives its values, through its day to day work
- A welcoming and supportive relational environment
- A comprehensive Induction and Orientation program
- Ongoing training and development related to your role
- Employee assistance program
- A competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
- Generous leave

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**What we are seeking**
- Tertiary qualification/s and/or relevant senior leadership experience in a relevant field (e.g social science, social policy).
- Commitment to social and ecological justice, and a clear understanding of place-based disadvantage, systems change, and the importance of community-led approaches in addressing inequities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including demonstrated experience implementing strategy; translating ‘big ideas’ into practice, and building broad based coalitions for change.
- Demonstrated capacity to lead, motivate and supervise multi-disciplinary teams of professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to manage financial, operational and compliance responsibilities, including budgets, contracts, and funding requirements.
- Substantial stakeholder engagement experience, with a demonstrated capacity to build and maintain strategic relationships across government, academia

**How to apply**
- Upload your resume and cover letter incorporating your responses to the Key Selection Criteria from the Position Description.
- The position closes on Tuesday 15 July 2025.
- Jesuit Social Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. We celebrate and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, cultural background, age, gender, sexuality, disability or religious affiliation. _
- Jesuit Social Services is a Child Safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. We require all applicants to undergo an extensive screening process prior to appointment._