Associate Director/director

** Work with a reputable majority-owned business with 30 years’ experience in specialist consulting and training services**:

- ** Support greater opportunity and success for First Nations peoples**

Arrilla is a majority Indigenous-owned organisation celebrating 30 years of operation, jointly owned by Shelley Reys AO and KPMG Australia. We are a small team but collaborate with a broad network of people, including KPMG, who support our work. Arrilla has a strong reputation in the First Nations and reconciliation spaces. We are a market leader in the provision of First Nations Cultural Competency Training, Cultural Safety training, facilitation services, RAP support and a broad range of consulting services for the government sector.

**About you**

We’re now looking for an exceptional individual to be a key interface between Arrilla and our clients. You will lead a small team to deliver high quality consulting services from end to end. You’ll bring a unique combination of qualities to the position, which will include strong leadership skills, sound facilitation skills (face-to-face and virtual) that will support our clients to achieve their goals. You’ll also have sound commercial abilities, quality networks, a strong sense of purpose and passion, as well as a confident Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander voice.
- You will have excellent writing skills
- You will have been part of a project team and have led projects yourself.
- You will have sound client delivery and workshop facilitation skills (face-to-face and virtual)
- Experience in leading people to be and do their best
- Commercial acumen, with an ability to confidently develop, own and lead the company’s Business Development Plan
- You will have strong networks that enable you to reach into new markets to help grow the business
- You will be looking for a development opportunity yet are making a significant impact through your work already
- Excellent organisation skills and attention to detail
- You will be equally comfortable work independently/solo as you are with a small team.
- A commitment to Arrilla’s vision_ ‘to build a reconciled nation, one workplace at a time’._

**About the role**

As Associate Director or Director, Client Relationships, you will be responsible for:

- Preparing proposals outlining how Arrilla’s services can meet their needs.
- Leading a small team
- Developing and delivering face-to-face and virtual training to clients across a diverse range of sectors and industries
- Leading projects on a wide range of client engagements
- Facilitating workshops and undertaking consultations
- Writing project plans and consultation outcomes as well as developing recommendations to enable our clients to be successful
- Working with a team at KPMG on various projects which require First Nations expertise and experience
- Communicating with clients on a regular basis
- Representing Arrilla externally at key conferences and events

**What you’ll be part of**:
Arrilla is a small team but growing and we work within the offices of KPMG, located in every state and territory, and we work flexibly and virtually. We expand our reach by working alongside an expansive group of talented people and organisations across Australia.

Applications are invited from First Nations peoples only and are invited to work from any Country across Australia.

**Additional Information**:
**The Arrilla Difference**:
After around 30 years of operation, Arrilla is one of the longest-serving Indigenous businesses in Australia and one of the first organisations to engage the corporate sector in the Indigenous and reconciliation spaces. We have a reputation for providing high quality, consistent and strong leadership with an exceptional client list to match.

By working in Arrilla you will be exposed to a high calibre corporate environment working with people who are focused on creating a diverse and dynamic environment that embraces and values differences.

We lead with purpose and impact, every day.

KPMG is a professional services firm with global outreach and deep sector experience. We work with clients across an array of industries to solve complex challenges, steer change and enable growth.

Our people are what make KPMG the thriving workplace that it is and what sets us apart is that we know great minds think differently. Collaborate with a team of passionate, highly skilled professionals who’ve got your back. You’ll build relationships with unique and diverse colleagues who will provide you with the support you need to be your best and produce meaningful and impactful work in an inclusive, equitable culture.

At KPMG, you’ll take control over how you work. We’re embracing a new way of working in many ways, from offering flexible hours and locations to generous paid parental leave and career breaks. Our people enjoy a variety of exciting perks, including retail discounts, health and wellbeing initiatives, learning and growth opportunitie