We have a new and bold strategic direction and are seeking creative, strategic and dynamic people to join the CFI team in new leadership positions.

Who we are

For over ten years Collaboration for Impact (CFI) has been working towards a vision for an equitable and inclusive society where people, place and planet thrive. 

Our underpinning belief is that for society to be more equitable, then how we create our future society needs to be equitable. This means we focus on making the rules, mindsets and practices for how we create social change more equitable, collaborative and systemic.

We are a non-government organisation working in partnership with communities and other networks across the country to:

  • Partner with collaborations seeking to transform systems to strengthen, learn and demonstrate what is possible.
  • Catalyse and support platforms for connection, learning and collective action across community to wider system interventions.
  • Influence and help leaders, organisations and networks learn to work systemically on issues of national importance.

The areas we focus on with our partners and networks include just energy transitions and climate justice; reconciliation and self-determination; and, community-led systems change.

We acknowledge the resilience, knowledge, wisdom and teachings of the oldest living culture on our planet and pay our respect to all First Nations Elders past, present and emerging. In all our relationships and work together, we believe in and strengthen deep collaboration between First Nations and other Australians.

About our team 

We are a national team with team members based all over Australia and we regularly travel to work with communities, as well as regional and national level collaborations. 

Our employment conditions require and enable:

  • Remote working from home –with regular face to face team meetings.
  • CFI is a bring your own device (BYOD) employer with a salary packages allowance to support this.
  • Annual and ongoing professional development  through regular peer learning, a commitment to embedding reflective learning in all our work, plus an individual annual budget for professional learning.

The principles that guide all we do are:

  • Generative 
  • Generous 
  • Stewardship 
  • Shared insights 
  • Redistribute power  

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion

CFI values diversity and encourages applications from candidates of all backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of all ages, and people who identify as LGBTQIA+. We welcome the skills, experiences and perspectives of all people to ensure our workforce is representative of the communities we work with and live in.

How to apply for roles with CFI

All applications for CFI roles will be reviewed progressively, so please apply ASAP. Contact information is provided specific to each role.

If you require general information about working with CFI, please contact admin@collaborationforimpact.com.

Current Opportunities

Head of Networks and Insights

  • Lead a growing team to design and incubate new models of social infrastructure needed in Australia for communities and collaborations to change their systems.
  • Work with communities, organisations and collaborations across the country to create networks for connection, insight, learning and collective action on issues central to creating a more equitable and inclusive society.
  • $150k plus super (pro rata), 0.8 FTE – 1yr fixed term contract (view to extension)
  • Work from anywhere in Australia, flexible working arrangements, some travel

Role Purpose: To lead the design, implementation and learning of key enabling initiatives for the place-based and systems change fields including the Systems Exchange, national infrastructure for place-based change; ChangeFest, and CFIs Learning Framework to create opportunities for greater connectivity, knowledge building and insight generation. 

Head of Networks and Insights

Head of Engagement and Influencing

  • Thought leadership for systems change and collaborative place-based change
  • Lead CFI’s engagement and influencing work – to build the size, momentum and a capability of the Australia field and ecosystem
  • Join us at Australia’s leading systems change intermediary
  • $150k plus super (pro rata), 0.8 FTE – 1yr fixed term contract (view to extension)
  • Work from anywhere in Australia, flexible working arrangements, some travel

Role Purpose: To lead CFIs thought leadership, public communications and engagement; and policy influencing agenda in ways that shift narratives, power and mindsets on how social change happens. 

Head of Engagement and Influencing

Head of Business Operations

  • Are you an experienced & contemporary leader of business operations of innovative social change organisations? Contribute to our vision for an equitable and inclusive society where people, place and planet thrive.
  • $150k plus super (pro rata), fulltime, 1yr fixed term contract (view to extension)
  • Work from anywhere in Australia, flexible working arrangements, some travel

Role Purpose: To manage and oversee the business operations and commercial management of Collaboration for Impact, including business model development, finance, people and culture, technology, risk and compliance to ensure a fit for purpose operating model for the organisation to operate sustainably, effectively and consistent with its mission and principles. 

Head of Business Operations

Engagement & Movement Building Lead, Place

  • Grow and strengthen the movement for community-led systems change in Australia
  • Lead CFIs engagement strategy for the design and establishment of the Nexus Centre, the national infrastructure to support and enable place-based change in Australia
  • Lead the backbone team for ChangeFest, a nation-wide movement for community led systems change in Australia.
  • $150k plus super (pro rata), 0.8 FTE. 1 year fixed term contract (view to extension)
  • Work from anywhere in Australia, flexible working arrangements, some travel

Role Purpose: Lead CFIs movement building work to strengthen the place-based change field through leading the strategy, partnership building, engagement and design activities for the National Centre for Place-based Collaboration and ChangeFest as a national platform for learning and influencing. 

Engagement & Movement Building Lead, Place

Practice Manager

  • Is your super power improving systems & processes alongside strong relationship management? If so, we want you to hear from you.
  • Newly created operational leadership role in the consulting practice of a respected and growing social change organisation.
  • $90-100k plus super (pro rata), full time 1 year fixed term contract (view to extension)
  • Work from anywhere in Australia, flexible working arrangements.

Role Purpose: To lead the operational elements of the Demonstration and Learning team through the management of resourcing, budgets and quality of project administration, as well as implementing systems and processes to contribute to the securing and delivery of projects in line with the Demonstration and Learning strategy. 

Practice Manager

Bookkeeper

  • Accounts processing and reconciliations to support monthly reporting; managing cashflow
  • $75,000 plus super (pro rata), 0.8 FTE – 2-year fixed term contract to June 2025
  • Based anywhere in Australia, work from home, eliminate the daily commute

Role Purpose: Responsible for the finance function; processing, reconciliations, reporting, compliance and process improvement; keep leadership financially informed. Click through below for how to apply.

Bookkeeper - Apply here

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