Membership Specialist

Chief Executive Officer Linkwest

Full-time (1.0FTE) role, generous salary (depending on experience), hybrid working, on-site parking and additional paid Christmas leave.

Who are Linkwest? What makes us so different?

Linkwest is the Western Australian Peak Body for Neighbourhood and Community Resource Centres. We support Neighbourhood and Community Resource Centres to develop vibrant, inclusive, and connected communities in Western Australia.

Our Mission

Supporting Neighbourhood and Community Resource Centres to develop vibrant, inclusive and connected communities in Western Australia.

Our Values

• Member Focused: run by our members for our members using a collaborative approach.
  
• Strength Based: recognises and builds on the strength of our members in everything we do.
  
• Responsive: available to our members when they need us
  
• Innovative: offers our members creative solutions
  
• Accountable: transparent and ethical
  
• Inclusive: delivers accessible services to support our highly diverse network.
  

What the CEO role looks like

We are looking for an experienced CEO to join our multidisciplinary team at Linkwest. As CEO, you will provide hands-on leadership, strategic direction and management to Linkwest, working closely with our Board and Linkwest team to achieve our vision - Vibrant, inclusive, connected communities. You will promote and consolidate Linkwest s reputation for providing advocacy and representation across the Sector.

No two days will look the same in this role, but a typical day might entail .

• Influencing, communicating with and agitating government leaders to ensure the voice of community resource centres are included at the table, and pushing for more capacity to provide Linkwest s services.
  
• Being available to and communicating effectively with our small team to support their own and team development.
  
• Engaging with community resource centres and other stakeholders to proactively respond to emerging issues.
  
• Developing tender submissions and reporting on contractual obligations.
  
• Risk management reporting to the Board.
  
• Building alliances with other services and stakeholders to better support and empower community resource centres.
  
• Supporting and driving diverse revenue streams opportunities including fee for service work to ensure long-term sustainability.
  

The ideal person for this role will:

• Have an understanding of place-based approaches to community development
  
• Have demonstrated experience navigating changing political environments and corridors of power, who brings and develops strong stakeholder relationships that can withstand agitation to achieve the advocacy work
  
• Be a servant leader who walks alongside, encourages, develops, and leads from beside and behind
  
• Be entrepreneurial minded with experience in business and strategic development
  

Requirements

Its great you are still reading - that means you resonate with the above! We are searching for someone who can meet most of the following selection criteria:

• Demonstrated commitment to the vision, values, purpose of Linkwest, with knowledge of place-based approaches to community development.
  
• Experience in a leadership position with community organisations with demonstrated values-based leadership.
  
• Demonstrated program, project and funding management and high-level administration experience.
  
• Demonstrated entrepreneurial approach to community organisation management, able to understand financial reports, as well as having a capacity to grow the organisation to meet emerging trends and needs.
  
• Demonstrated ability to plan, organise and prioritise workloads in order to meet agreed timeframes.
  
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, including a proven record in networking, partnering, influencing and negotiating with a wide range of people and entities.
  
• Well-developed verbal, written, interpersonal communication and critical thinking skills, for a range of audiences, confident in advocating, public speaking, and responding to the media.
  

Successful applicants may be requested to undergo psychometric assessment, work sample assessment, and interview and will need to provide references, a recent WA Police Clearance, and their working rights in Australia.

Submitting your application is easy. All you need to do is submit your resume and cover letter addressing why you would be a great fit for the role. Don t be afraid to really showcase your talent and/or potential. We ask that you please upload your application documents as a PDF.

Time to apply! Applications close on Monday 10th April 2023. Apply now!

To view the Candidate Information Pack, please click here.

Linkwest values a diverse workforce with different life experiences, skills, and backgrounds including people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, and people from all cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Dont hesitate to reach out if you need a hand with your application.

Have any questions? Contact Tara Roopra on 0, or via email

Benefits

OK Sounds good so far right? Wondering what else you get for working at Linkwest?

• The opportunity to be part of a vibrant and innovative community organisation that connects communities in Western Australia
  
• Competitive salary plus 10.5% super
  
• Generous leave entitlements, including additional annual leave per year
  
• Flexible, Hybrid working conditions
  
• On-site parking