Paper Giant is a strategic design consultancy made up of a creative and welcoming team who help organisations deliver better products, services and policy in order to create a more just, equal and sustainable society.

We’re most known for our experience in design research, visual design, co-design and product strategy. We strive to create positive impact through work that considers the perspectives and lived experience of the people our projects effect.

In the past year, we've worked on diverse projects including: co-designing better outcomes to support people leaving prison, facilitating conversations on a national strategy on energy performance, and delivering a design system for one of Australia's most progressive financial institutions.

We have offices in Naarm / Melbourne and on Ngunnawal country / Canberra and we strive to create flexibility to support you to do your best work wherever you are. We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and life experiences, and are an equal opportunity employer. If you're not sure you meet all the criteria, we absolutely encourage you to apply.

Who we are looking for...

We’re looking for a Business Development Lead to join our team. Our ideal candidate is a clear, effective communicator who can craft proposals that respond to client needs. You care about delivering impact in the world and convincing clients that we’re the right team for the job.

You’ll work with the GM of Business Operations to contribute to achieving revenue targets and driving growth. You are skilled in implementing business development processes and are committed to enhancing our tools, systems, and processes. Knowledge of Human Centred Design and experience in agency or technology contexts is essential.

What you will do:

Deliver impact in the sectors we target

• Sell Paper Giant’s work and value to prospective clients in business development meetings and pitches;
• Inform marketing activities to target specific clients and sectors that Paper Giant wants to work with;
• Identify opportunities that match Paper Giants expertise and purpose; and
• Propose ideas and methods for generating new business.

Lead responses that win

• Show clients we’re the right choice through high-quality return briefs and correspondence;
• Respond to specific client needs (opportunities, proposals, RFQs) in a timely fashion;
• Design projects which align Paper Giant’s skills, expertise and team availability to client needs in collaboration with practice teams; and
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to respond to client needs (proposals, RFQs), bringing in expertise and resources from across the studio as required.

Improve business development processes and systems

• With the Resourcing and Operations Lead, find opportunities to make Paper Giant’s business development process more efficient, consistent, reliable and effective;
• Lead internal projects to make changes that improve our business development systems and processes;
• Upskill other team members on effective business development; and
• Help us to design and build a positive, collaborative, inclusive studio culture.

Essential skills and experience

• 4+ years experience in business development, sales, or a similar role, with a focus on achieving revenue targets in an agency context;
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills including pitching and proposal writing;
• Demonstrated experience in obtaining repeat business, managing client relationships, and identifying new high-value opportunities in desired sectors;
• Experience working in an agency or consulting environment;
• Familiar with human-centred design methodologies and mindsets;
• Fluent in written and spoken English; and
• Full and current working rights for Australia.

Your application

Please supply a resume and answer the following questions:

• Why do you want to work at Paper Giant?
• What’s the business development achievement you’re most proud of in the past two years?
• What do you think makes an effective business development function in an agency?

Flexible, part-time and remote working arrangements will be considered.

Remuneration

The salary range for this role is between $120,000 - $140,000, depending on your experience.

What’s it like to work at Paper Giant?

Working at Paper Giant means working as part of a passionate and supportive team of design and research practitioners.

We work together on projects and the company, and our culture is one of generosity, sharing, inventiveness and openness.

We offer flexible work hours, a generous professional development allowance, and support volunteering and learning opportunities for all our staff.

We work on diverse, complex, interesting and challenging projects, and are passionate about using design to solve complex problems at all scales.

We welcome people from diverse backgrounds and life experiences, and are an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

Control Risks' Embedded Consulting Practice is growing in Sydney, Australia, and we have a great opportunity for someone with a few good years of business continuity experience to join us.

Working as part of a dedicated team, this role will be embedded within a leading tech sector client and will provide holistic Business Continuity services including proactive consultation, guidance, and direct support to corporate and other stakeholders as required.

Responsibilities will involve:

• Executing the BC strategy as developed by the Head of Corporate BC and Regional BC managers.
• Working with regional business teams to conduct business impact and risk assessments, identify critical services, define recovery objectives, and map critical dependencies.
• Working with business teams to document BC plan needs in Corporate Continuity tool to drive consistency and attestation.
• Partnering with the Business, and Global Real Estate and Facilities team to coordinate recovery strategies as identified through the Business Continuity planning process.
• Facilitating business continuity exercises and tests, to identify potential gaps in plans, as well as functionality of work transference processes supporting recovery.
• Work with large amounts of data and create meaningful reports
• Support in launching and maintaining tools and POC for conducting trainings
• Liaison with support teams to implement the program
• Supporting workplace resilience initiatives by working with multiple stakeholders to include facilities, business continuity, information technology, security and crisis management, for the purpose of seamlessly integrating within the disaster response cycle, as required.

• 4+ years' experience implementing and managing business continuity or risk management programs
• Ability to travel across assigned regions and internationally as needed.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree in business or related field
• Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII), Business Continuity Institute (BCI), or other business continuity professional certification
• Experience with commercial Business Continuity tools
• Experience managing and analyzing data from various sources to align to strategic goals
• Experience in responding to significant disruptive events.
• Ability to dive deep into data, existing processes, people, and technology challenges in order to identify risks and opportunities.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the written and oral communication skills necessary to build relationships and positively influence decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines while managing multiple complex projects.

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.

Senior Construction Documentation Architect Parramatta, New South Wales Work Type: Full Time Architecture is a visual art and the buildings speak for themselves. We’re looking for a passionate architect who specialize in construction design and documentation to excel on Home projects. Our Client:  Our client is a successful mid-tier builder and developer in Australian market. Their primary goal is to build and develop high quality home projects for Australian. Being the No.1 in terms of number or projects in the pipeline for the next decade and has transformed from a small family business to a professional corporate with a great trajectory of success from NSW to national business. Main Responsibilities: Lead projects from Concept Design through the Development approval, modification process and construction documentation Prepare detailed drawings, specifications and constructions plans/documentation utilising Revit software Manage all CC applications through to approval. Will also be required to assist with Construction and Occupation Certifications Prepare Site Plan, General Arrangement floor plans, reflected ceiling plan, elevations, sections, wall type schedule, core and staircase details, construction details Take ownership of designing document finishes, fittings and fixtures schedules/ Trade specification Be the focal point of contacts with relevant Engineers and third-party Consultants Manage key stakeholders’ relationship What you will have Formal Architectural qualifications or similar 7 years experience working in a Private Developer/Builder or architectural firm Experience to manage end to end across the projects to delivery. (DA through to construction) Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills A passion for design and architecture Be able to work across several projects Challenge taker, resilient and determined , hungry for growth and success Strong communication and organizational skills Ready to step up in your career with challenges You will create strong and diverse portfolio in architectural projects What we offer Free on-site parkingLong term, secure employment opportunity (longevity of projects in the pipelines in the next 10 years) Top range salary across Australia market Supportive and friendship team environment A variety of home projects to build your career portfolio Be part of a rapidly growing mid-tier builder and developer Top $$$ p.a. to reward your talent! Apply today! Start in Jan 2022! Submit Your Application You have successfully applied You have errors in applying

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Great opportunity to join a diverse team as an SME RM in Barangaroo dealing with Commercial Lending up to 3m and Home Loans up to 10m. You will need to have experience dealing with both commercial and residential lending and have Permanent Residency / Citizenship in Australia. Please only apply if you have experience already with a big 4 within Australia and are looking for a new challenge! Existing referral network in the SME space would be highly advantageous.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.

Please click here to apply.

A smart human once said, “Do things you

Our people love to work for us, here’s why!

• Officially B-Corp Certified, a Certified Great Place to Work 2023 and 2021 Best Workplaces winner!

• Competitive salary, free weekly lunches, awesome social events (including a social club – winery tours to museum tours), flexible working arrangements, and amazing headquarters in the CBD.
• Receive mentoring and coaching from industry leaders and plenty of opportunities for growth and promotion.
• Learning and development including internal and external training programs to build your career skills.
• An inclusive and diverse workplace culture centered on health, wellbeing and fun.
• The ability to salary sacrifice for their very own BlueRock shares
• Gym membership after one year of tenure and mobile phone allowance after 6 months!
• We have our very own BlueRock public holidays to give our people the day off, on us!

For more amazing perks of working at BlueRock and employee benefits – head to our careers page!

How to apply

If this sounds like you, then please click on the "Apply" button and follow the prompts. If you think you have what it takes, but don’t necessarily meet every single point on the job description – please still apply. We’d love to see if you could be a great fit and we can't wait to meet you! 

For any questions regarding this opportunity or if you require adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected].

BlueRock is a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

For this role, only candidates with the eligible right to work in Australia will be considered.

Please be advised that BlueRock or any of its related or controlled entities do not accept unsolicited contact or resumes from Recruitment Agencies. 

Even in 2023 it needs to be said, BlueRock is a workplace committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, citizenship, colour, disability, gender and gender identity, marital status, nationality, race, sexual orientation, or veteran status.    

The Quantity Surveyor (Risk) primary focus is on the management and coordination of the risk management function, ensuring that all elements of risk to the project are identified, analysed, reported and solutions/mitigations developed and implemented.

The Quantity Surveyor (Risk)  reports directly to the Project Controls Manager and will be responsible for:

• Management and coordination of risk management to ensure effective project delivery to and to the highest industry standards, on time and within allocated budgets.
• Undertaking both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment to support informed and evidence based decision-making within the project.
• Perform QRA for cost and prolongation risk related to time activities.
• Building and promoting a risk-aware culture across the project which includes increase levels of awareness, understanding and commitment to risk management issues, facilitating risk workshops as required.
• Ensuring a program of individual and small group risk reviews and reports are completed to facilitate an accurate understanding of actual and potential risk exposures across the project and assisting in providing solutions and mitigations, including any required controls and actions.
• Completing risk reporting associated with monitoring project contingency and potential scope modifications made during the project.
• Updating the risk register to facilitate the management of the project risk profile.
• Providing subject matter expert advice to the project management team in relation to risk management.
• Coordinating and reviewing project status reporting and assisting with arrangements for key governance meetings.
• Supporting the project controls and contract management functions as required.

Turner & Townsend will provide an opportunity to work with world class clients on cutting edge projects and to build a successful career with a company that will offer the highest levels of support at every stage.

We work on projects of all sizes from one-off developments to mega-programmes, from planning the future development across Infrastructure projects to site based construction of individual projects, while helping the largest companies in the world. We cover everything from leading teams, planning works, tracking progress and business case delivery to bringing assets into use. 

In the Quantity Surveyor role you will have knowledge in:

• A natural relationship builder with excellent communication skills and strong technical expertise to ensure the supply chain is aligned with the rights and obligations of the head contract.
• Lead contract negotiations with client and various subcontractors.
• Measure the project works and submit monthly claims and disputes.
• Undertake quantity measurements, cost planning and quantity surveying as required.
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders to deliver sound commercial outcomes.
• Ability to identify and implement value engineering initiatives and prepare Bills of Quantities.
• Prepare weekly and monthly commercial reports and plans.
• Strong commercial forecasting (including anticipated final account and cash flow).
• Agree Bill of Quantities rates and final accounts.
• Complete site surveillance reports and diaries and review contractor’s progress reports.
• Liaise with stakeholders i.e schedulers/planners, finance, risk.
• Help/Assist in reviewing monthly contractor payment claim submission for major contracts.

Rest’s Data, Technology and Delivery (DTD) business unit is accountable for planning and preparing the organisation for the future through strategic technology innovation, as well as charting our business strategy and executing for today and tomorrow.

Situated in the Business Analysis Practice, the Business Analyst has two main priorities:

• Supporting the Senior BA/Product Owner/Business Owner/Sponsors to ensure that business needs and solutions options are understood
• Ensuring the product/platform/project team have a shared understanding of the requirements, through written and verbal communication.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Gathering and documenting requirements: Gather, review, analyse, validate, evaluate, and map business systems, processes and user needs and translate them into requirements/user stories with acceptance criteria
• Managing stakeholders: Engage, inform and negotiate with stakeholders to elicit and validate requirements and prioritise them
• Analysing and modelling: Analyse documents, programs, logic, process flows and specifications.  Model the requirements using a range of techniques such as process mapping, story mapping, user stories and acceptance criteria, business rules
• Managing the requirements lifecycle: Ensure that requirements/user stories are prioritised based on their value, complexity, and feasibility, ensuring that the most critical items are delivered first
• Team communication and collaboration: Work closely with Engineers, Testers, Change Managers Third Party members within the product/platform/project team to ensure everyone understands business requirements to be able to develop a fit-for-purpose solution
• Risk and issue management:  Identify risks and issues and develop effective mitigation/management strategies according to Rest’s risk framework, and communicate risk assessments and plans to the necessary stakeholders.

Rest’s Data, Technology and Delivery (DTD) business unit is accountable for planning and preparing the organisation for the future through strategic technology innovation, as well as charting our business strategy and executing for today and tomorrow.

Situated in the Business Analysis Practice, the Senior Business Analyst has two main priorities:

• Supporting the Product Owner/Business Owner/Sponsors to ensure that business needs and solutions options are understood
• Ensuring the product/platform/project team have a shared understanding of the requirements, through written and verbal communication.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Gathering and documenting requirements: Gather, review, analyse, validate, evaluate, and map business systems, processes and user needs and translate them into requirements/user stories with acceptance criteria
• Managing stakeholders: Engage, inform and negotiate with stakeholders to elicit and validate requirements and prioritise them
• Analysing and modelling: Analyse documents, programs, logic, process flows and specifications.  Model the requirements using a range of techniques such as process mapping, story mapping, user stories and acceptance criteria, business rules
• Managing the requirements lifecycle: Ensure that requirements/user stories are prioritised based on their value, complexity, and feasibility, ensuring that the most critical items are delivered first
• Team communication and collaboration: Work closely with Engineers, Testers, Change Managers Third Party members within the product/platform/project team to ensure everyone understands business requirements to be able to develop a fit-for-purpose solution
• Risk and issue management:  Identify risks and issues and develop effective mitigation/management strategies according to Rest’s risk framework, and communicate risk assessments and plans to the necessary stakeholders.

At March Networks, our goal is to create a positive working environment where all of our employees can thrive. When you join our team, you’ll enjoy flexibility and support for a healthy work-life balance, as well as the professional development opportunities needed to advance your career. You’ll be part of a growing global technology company that encourages teamwork and innovation, and where friendships are forged with colleagues all over the world. At March Networks, we value your hard work, creativity and your passionate desire to deliver only the best to our customers, partners and each other.

Opportunity:

Working out of our office based in Sydney, the Sales and Business Development Associate will focus on developing new business and ensuring growth of new accounts to achieve sales quota. The Sales and Business Development Associate has a significant revenue impact on the company and will have a sales quota. The Sales and Business Development Associate will use the resources given to meet corporate sales objectives and maintain customer satisfaction. It will be important for the successful candidate to execute on the company's end user pull-through strategy in each of our target vertical markets by applying solutions selling techniques for their end user customers.  Working with end users to successfully sell March Networks solutions should account for 70% of the Sales and Business Development Associate’s time.

The Sales and Business Development Associate will often act autonomously due to time zone differences in the ANZ region; therefore, good business acumen is imperative in this role.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

·       Have direct contact and relationships with key end-customer accounts in the territory to convince the decision-makers and influencers that March Networks is the provider of choice

·       Demonstrate products to prospects and customers as part of the sales process

·       Recruit new Certified Solution Providers (CSP) as needed

·       Structure and manage relationships with new system integrators, strategic partners and end users

·       Set short term and long term sales strategies

·       Maintain and analyze list of regular prospect and customer calls in Salesforce CRM

·       Work closely with local Sales Engineer to design needed customer solutions and create demand for solutions with customers and partners technical staff, IT, and networking, and cybersecurity teams

·       Maintain prospect and customer records to help in preparing sales forecasts, market analysis and assessing competitor activity

·       Submit weekly (or as and when required by your manager) reports pertaining to sales activity, potential sale opportunities and market trends

·       Submit monthly commit forecasts

·       Give constructive and quantitative information to help in maintaining product manuals, sales manuals and pricing schedules.

·       Provide information to customers regarding products and applications

·       Maintain knowledge of industry trends through trade publications and relation information

·       Participate and assist with trade shows, conventions, customer functions and industry wide affairs as needed

·       Maintain knowledge of the March Networks product line and competitive product lines

·       Work and cooperate with all sales, customer service, technical and management personnel

·       Continually assess the ROI of all sales activities

Qualifications:

·       Bachelor’s Degree

·       5+ years’ experience in BDR, Inside Sales or Customer Service role

·       Technically adept with desire to learn consultative skills

·       Experience selling and providing solutions for numerous business and technical clients

·       Experience with end user sales

·       Excellent written and verbal communication, listening, and negotiation skills

·       Ability to articulate complex technical information to customers

·       Demonstrated presentation skills

·       Goal oriented, with a proven history of meeting or exceeding sales goals

 

Assets:

·       Experience in Retail, Financial and Commercial Industrial sales

 

March Networks is an equal opportunity employer and supports a diverse workforce.

To Apply:
Please click on the link https://apply.workable.com/march-networks/j/45BB801A04/apply to submit your application. 

 

The Local Project is Australia, New Zealand, and North America's fastest growing design publication, celebrating extraordinary local design to our global community. With a focus on uncovering and understanding the impact that design makes on everyday experiences, The Local Project celebrates honest and human-centred design through premium print, digital, editorial, video and social content, with over 100,000,000+ impressions per month across our owned, operated and third-party platforms.

Role Introduction...

As Senior Graphic Designer your responsibilities will include working on every aspect of our creative outputs whilst helping mentor and coach the wider design team.

Some of the things you'll be working on...

- Digital content creation for web and social media: designing and managing assets for our website and social media channels including EDMs, social media content, web banners (static and animated) 

- Delivering high-quality design for print collateral and our tri-annual print publications: The Local Project, The Commercial Project, The Local Marketplace 

- Creating and managing documents and presentations for clients as well as internal use 

- Working collaboratively with the wider design team to deliver outputs on time and to brief 

 

Experience you'll need... 

- Proven experience as a Senior Designer, ideally with a minimum of 2+ years operating at a senior level

- Advanced skills across the Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator 

- Intermediate knowledge of After Effects and Premiere Pro 

- A strong portfolio of work across web, print and social media channels

- Previous experience in magazines highly regarded, as is knowledge or interest in architecture

Application process

At The Local Project we believe that skills and potential come in various forms. Don’t be discouraged if you don’t meet every single requirement in our job posting, we recognise that every candidate brings a unique set of skills, experiences and perspectives. We’re interested in potential, enthusiasm and dedication to your craft, as well as your experience, so if you believe you can make a meaningful contribution then we encourage you to apply. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of any race, sexual orientation, gender, age or ethnicity, and those who are culturally or linguistically diverse, gender diverse, neuro-diverse or living with a disability.

Who are GWA?

Since 1886, the experts at GWA have designed innovative, high-quality products for homes and offices. We have market leading, iconic brands including Caroma, Methven, Dorf and Clark.

At GWA our purpose is to make everyday water experiences extraordinary. Water scarcity affects all communities and given that our consumers enjoy experiencing our products every day, we are proud to help save millions of litres of water each year.

Your new role

Due to movements and growth opportunities, we are seeking a Business Development Manager to join our Melbourne Commercial sales team. Your focus will be plumbers and developers in all facets of residential and commercial construction. This includes individual plumbers, plumbing businesses, builders and developers.

Reporting to our VIC Commercial & Design Manager, a ‘typical’ day will see you developing and maintaining relationships with key external decision makers and influencers to our is embedded and business opportunities are identified across the entire construction market.

Most importantly, you will manage key accounts at a senior level, supporting the sale of all commercial offerings. You will deliver this by assisting in the preparation of budgets and sales targets, ensuring that GWA deliver on agreed targets and growth expectations.

This is a great opportunity where you can bring your passion and experience from within the building and construction industry to help GWA bring to life our purpose.

About you

As a Business Development Manager with a minimum of 5 years’ previous experience from the commercial, building and construction industry, you’ll be:

• Great at developing and maintaining relationships with work colleagues and customers
• Able to influence business leaders, distributors and retailers, to achieve improved commercial outcomes for GWA
• Have excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Have knowledge of, and skills in, applying the principles and processes in developing and implementing marketing strategies and sales techniques.
• A good understanding of product development
• And preferably hold a Diploma or Tertiary qualification in Marketing Business, Architecture or Design

 

What’s it like to work at GWA?

Culture is key for us and our people come from a variety of backgrounds and industries. We all share a common purpose of bringing to life all three of our cultural pillars: We are Customer Focused; We are One Team and We Care For Each Other. Our passion and dedication are evident in how we work together to ensure everyone achieves our goals and that we all play in a role in making GWA a great place to work.

Our success is driven by a global team that share a passion to be the trusted and integrated solutions partner in the delivery of sustainable water solutions for bathrooms, kitchens, and laundries.

GWA is on a journey from Good to Great, and we are looking for people who are excited by change and want to make a difference. We care for each other and encourage people to take the lead to deliver superior solutions for our customers and consumers.

What else do we offer?

• Flexible and hybrid working options
• Competitive remuneration and bonus structures
• Paid parental leave program
• Great Rewards program - exclusive access to discounts and cashback rewards at your favourite stores
• Bathrooms & More program - great discounts on a wide range of our products
• Volunteer and Community Service Leave
• Option to purchase additional annual leave

As well as other great benefits like discounted health insurance, financial advice, annual flu vaccinations, access to a range of online fitness programs via our Wellbeing Centre...and much more!

Interested?

Come join us and work with great people, great brands and a business with a history of strong growth. All you need to do is hit the apply button and be part of a company that is focused on delivering great customer experiences!  For more information please contact Emily Jaajaa, Talent Acquisition Specialist ([email protected])

GWA Group does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

You must be a citizen or permanent resident, or hold all the relevant employment visas and other approvals for the location of this position to apply for this role.

Please note that we are not accepting applications from agencies at this time. 

• A unique career-defining opportunity to join and lead one of Melbourne’s most established, innovative and award-winning AU/NZ agencies
• Drive integrated earned-first communications including social and content
• Innovate and define our PR Agency of the Future strategy across corporate and consumer comms
• Collaborate on the Trans-Tasman Leadership Team working with the most talked about local and global brands
• Join a culture that embraces growth and diversity and with ambition that is Limited by Nothing

LOCATION: Melbourne

We are uniquely Thrive helping our people, brands and community to do just that.  We use the power of communications to help our people, partners and community to grow and be successful.

Born and bred in Melbourne, and with offices across AU & NZ, Thrive is a public relations industry powerhouse and for the first time in the company’s 23-year history, we are recruiting externally for a Business Director to lead our Melbourne team.

This is not your everyday opportunity. This is a chance to work directly with Thrive’s Executive and learn why we are Mumbrella PR Agency of the Year and B&T PR Agency of the Year 2022 and how we came to be awarded the Dan Wieden Titanium Grand Prix at the 2023 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which celebrates game-changing creativity, for our work with The Monkeys for Tuvalu, ‘The First Digital Nation’.

This role is a career-defining opportunity to lead our Melbourne location as 2IC to the Executive Director, Melbourne. You will be supported by 25+ consultants as you lead client and team growth and retention while driving new business with the support of national specialist squads.  You will partner with our local and global corporate and consumer clients to devise their communications strategies while leaning into national resources to deliver creative and digital integration impacting our clients’ business goals.

The Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated integrated comms Business Director who is well connected in Victoria with business connections and with the media and who can create new opportunities that take our agency to new heights. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success in the PR industry, across both corporate and consumer PR and have solid social media and creative content experience. The person must demonstrate strategic thinking, business acumen and have strong leadership skills with proven capability to grow a client portfolio.

This role will help drive operational process excellence, ensuring key stages of projects are executed efficiently and within budget, with a strong commercial mindset, managing financial forecasting, profitability and team resourcing.

• Work across a diverse and high-profile  corporate and consumer client portfolio
• Develop and implement strategic plans to drive business growth and achieve financial
• Manage and develop client relationships to deliver client growth
• Identify new market opportunities and trends to stay ahead in the local PR landscape
• Play an active role in lead generation and business development efforts and the conversion of clients
• Devise and oversee the implementation of first-class strategies with their senior reports for clients
• Provide effective leadership to a talented team of PR and social professionals, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Mentor and develop team members, encouraging continuous learning and professional growth
• Oversight of the Melbourne office administration function.

About You

• Australian visa holder - will consider visa sponsorship for a stellar candidate
• Tertiary qualified 12+ years of agency experience in the PR industry
• Proven experience in a senior leadership role within a PR agency delivering integrated earned-first campaigns for global brands
• Strong business acumen and strategic thinking
• Excellent communication, collaboration and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated success in client relationship management and business development
• Ability to inspire and lead a team to achieve exceptional results
• Delivery of best practice multichannel storytelling with exceptional writing skills
• Experience in B2B and B2C storytelling
• Experience delivering in a fast-paced environment and displaying logical thinking, forward planning, and the ability to manage up and down
• An established network of relationships with media, influencers, suppliers and key stakeholders
• Excellent presentation skills
• Team time management and budget experience
• Technology skills (MAC & Google Drive savvy)
• Media measurement/evaluation skills

This is Thrive.

Culture is everything. It's a reason why we have a 100% return rate by working parents, have had consistent leadership for more than two decades, and continue to welcome Thrive 'boomerangs' back to the agency. Our team is made up of in-house media, creative and digital specialists who work across five locations in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Auckland delivering strategic communications services for brands.

Thrive values work-life integration including hybrid flexible working (currently Mondays and Fridays work-from-home) and delivers many benefits from wellbeing days and initiatives through to early knock-off Fridays. Thrive fosters & supports a work environment that is inclusive as well as diverse, where people can, and are encouraged to, be themselves. Every idea and perspective is welcomed and valued so that our service offering reflects our approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion both internally and externally.

Ready to make waves with us locally and globally?

Visit us here for more information - www.thrivepr.com.au.

 

If you value accountability, curiosity, integrity, collaboration and are passionate about what you do then our values are aligned. Please apply via LinkedIn or email a cover letter and resume to: [email protected].

All contact with Thrive will be treated confidentially. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

We are seeking a talented and experienced Business Analyst to join our team at Mindera. As a Business Analyst in our Fashion Tech division, you will play a key role in driving digital transformation and innovation within the fashion industry.

In this role, you will work closely with our clients and cross-functional teams to understand business processes, gather requirements, and translate them into technical solutions. You will conduct analysis, identify potential pain points, and propose optimized solutions to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead high-level analysis activities across multiple workstreams.
• Analyse and define requirements for end-to-end digital eCommerce journeys.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define, prioritise, and document business requirements.
• Provide expertise in defining and refining project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Lead the elicitation and documentation of detailed business requirements for commerce platform, web, and mobile apps.
• Define and implement BA methodologies and best practices tailored to replatforming program needs.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders: project managers, developers, product owners, and business leaders.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders for alignment on project objectives, timelines, and expectations.
• Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical teams, translating business needs into actionable requirements.
• Conduct thorough analysis to identify potential risks and issues related to the program.
• Perform data analysis, modelling, and validation to support decision-making processes.
• Work with senior (Head of & C Level) stakeholders and their teams to help define a clear roadmap for digital products.

• Proven experience leading Business Analysis or large programmes in the fashion or retail industry.
• Proven experience working across timezones with remote teams, ideally in a ‘follow the sun’ model.
• Deep understanding of fashion industry trends, customer behaviour, and digital solutions
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams.
• Proficient in business analysis tools and methodologies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Strong understanding of ecommerce ecosystems, web, and mobile app technologies.
• Experience working in, and driving highly lean & agile behaviours.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to align business analysis efforts with overarching organisational goals.
• Adaptable and able to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, or a related field

• Health Insurance, because health comes first
• Flexible working hours
• Training & conferences, create your own training plan

Most of all You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together in a politics-free environment. Our culture reflects our lean and self-organization attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication. Freedom and Responsibility go hand in hand, and we value commitment, feedback, and empathy.

About Mindera

At Mindera we use technology to build products we are proud of, with people we love.

Software Engineering Applications, including Web and Mobile, are at the core of what we do at Mindera.

We partner with our clients, to understand their products and deliver high-performance, resilient and scalable software systems that create an impact in their users and businesses across the world.

You get to work with a bunch of great people, where the whole team owns the project together.

Our culture reflects our lean and self management attitude. We encourage our colleagues to take risks, make decisions, work in a collaborative way and talk to everyone to enhance communication.

We are proud of our work and we love to learn all and everything while navigating through an Agile, Lean and collaborative environment.

Check out our Blog and our Handbook!

Our offices are located: Porto, Portugal | Aveiro, Portugal | Coimbra, Portugal | Leicester, UK | San Diego, USA | San Francisco, USA | Chennai, India | Bengaluru, India | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | Blumenau, Brazil | Melbourne, Australia l

The Company
exedee is a an entrepreneurial tech business that started out as eCloud Business Services Pty Ltd in 2014. The company recently re-branded as exedee, giving us a single, unified brand that will enable future growth.
Founded by Desi Lorand in 2007 in NZ as an internet-delivered Software-as-a-service (SaaS) company, our mission is to consistently provide highly accurate data sourced from emails, data files and a variety of back-end computer systems, presented in an integrated, effortless and easy-to-use fashion.
Our growing suite of exclusive software eSolutions enables a range of highly automated and business-critical information processing and data management capabilities. While we focus on providing cutting-edge eSolutions to the public sector, we also serve many leading commercial enterprises.
We are now on an exciting global growth trajectory - bringing in the best talent is critical to this journey.

The Role
We are looking for an expert technical lead who has strong skills in Java web development and integration to join our team in developing existing and new web-based applications and also help us with migrating existing applications from HCL Domino platform to Micro-Services. You will be working on an exciting brand new project with the latest tech stack. You’ll also help with building and supervising a team for our new software platform. This is a Permanent Full-time position.
Your responsibilities include
• Build our java platform from scratch on Spring Boot Framework for cloud-native application development. The architecture of the platform will need to cater for gradual migration of our current HCL Domino applications to Java Micro Services.
• Design and build enterprise architectural solutions including automating CI/CD, clusters, failover and load balancing.
• Design and implement integrations external applications using web service APIs and other protocols.
• Design applications suitable for SaaS that is to support multiple clients with adequate security and data isolation.
• Build a robust and secure Identity Management solutions, security, authentication, authorisation and SSO services suitable for supporting multiple client organisations.
• Design and implement suitable solutions to requirements and issues promoting consistency and at the same time utilising new technologies.
• Manage and deliver a broad range of projects for multiple clients.
• Provide second-level technical support.
• Provide advice and feedback on maintenance issues.

We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate
• Strong skills Microservice architecture in scalable cloud-based application architecture including private and public clouds specifically Microsoft Azure Cloud.
• In depth knowledge on full stack development including SpringBoot, Docker, Kubernetes and ReactJS.
• Proficiency in Spring Security SAML, Spring Security OAuth2, Spring Cloud libraries such as Gateway, OpenFeign
• Hands-on experience on providing customizable Identity and Access management solutions using Keycloak
• Strong knowledge on WSO2 Identity Server, WSO2 API manager
• Experience on various types of Databases such as MySQL, Redis, Couchbase
• Hands-on experience on Kafka message broker
• Knowledge in building large enterprise applications that support multiple organisations and strong knowledge in enterprise integration
• Hands-on experience on monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Alertmanager
• Knowledge on big data processing using Apache Spark (Scala/Java), Hadoop, Hive
• Hands-on experience on setting-up and maintaining Docker Swarm clusters
• Hands-on experience on setting-up and maintaining MySQL NDB clusters
• Experience on setting up CI/CD pipelines using Gitlab
• Experience on Scrum and Agile development practices
• Basic knowledge of HCL Domino
• Experience in Process Governance, Team Management, Leading and Mentoring individuals while forming cohesive team environments
• Great communication skills with both customers and technical people.
• Experience in conducting webinars, products and feature demos
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

You must possess the following qualities
• The ability to manage your time independently and as part of a team
• The ability to learn new technologies quickly
• Commit and take pride in the quality and efficiency of your work
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects at a time
• The ability to assess requirements and design solutions consistent within established frameworks
• Be adaptable and adjust to new ways of working
• The ability to communicate effectively, accurately and regularly both verbally and in writing while working remotely

Salary Range is $120,000 to $130,000 plus super

The primary focus of the role is as an HR generalist. This position involves managing a small portfolio of stakeholders within a small team responsible for the employee life cycle, covering onboarding, employee relations (ER), performance management, and offboarding.

The People & Culture team is still in its early stages within the Australian business. In the initial phase of building up the department, our emphasis will be on strengthening company policies, developing employee benefits and recognition programs, and providing regular training and support to managers.

The year 2024 is shaping up to be an exciting one, with several projects on the horizon. There will be a strong focus on Neurodiversity, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), and Training & Development.

With our continued success, we have an exciting opening for an experienced people, project and solutions manager to join as our Global Manager - Business Manager. The purpose of the Global Manager - Business Solutions role is to lead and manage the Business Solutions Management team and other internal departments on new and existing clients to manage the delivery of new client implementations and amendments to existing client systems, including technical account management.

 

The day to day tasks may include but not limited to:

• Provide management of deliverables related to new client implementations and existing client system enhancements through its life cycle, specifically:

• Conduct initial client workshop and requirements gathering.
• Undertake preliminary BA work in scoping the client's installation build. gain a clear understanding of client business workflow and requirements and manage the flow of this information to the development team in the form of solution designs.
• Liaise with relevant departments to finalise client configuration and customisation requests.
• Manage testing with client, including shakedown and UAT through to acceptance.
• Undertake manual configuration in preparation for final delivery of system.
• Manage the quoting process to ensure the quote provided to the client is an accurate reflection of the effort required in order to meet both client requirements and Inlogik profitability.
• Manage client acceptance of the work requests and ensure the invoice(s) for the work request is generated according to the agreed billing schedule.
• Conduct customer demonstrations and system administrator training sessions.
• Work with documenter in relation to creation of user manuals for bespoke client requirements
• Provide excellent customer service, including assisting Clients with the configuration and troubleshooting of products.

• Provide systemic project management advice and assistance in the creation of improved project management business practices at Inlogik.

• Pro-actively monitor issues through internal tracking systems to support implementation, new work services and multiple testing phases.

• Ad hoc documentation tasks.

• Ensure that the flow of data is established between the client system and Inlogik. Including the analysis of incoming and outgoing client data files.

• Undertake testing of any custom development required during the course of implementing for client.

• Oversee a successful handover to the support team on completion of any implementation project.

• Design and implement plans and procedures.

• Set goals for performance (including efficiency).

• Oversee daily operations.

• Lead employees to encourage maximum performance and commitment.

• Evaluate performance, prioritization of issues and dependencies.

• Participate with the recruitment, onboarding, offboarding of employee’s process when required within the team.

About the role

 

Do you want to work on the bleeding edge of innovation in the payments industry?  Are you someone who enjoys pursuing and winning new business opportunities?  Do you want to be a part of the team who helps dream, design, and build the future of payments? If so, Digital Partnerships is the team for you at Visa.

 

The Digital Partnership team lead Visa’s engagement with Fintech, Big Tech and Digital Platforms to identify partnership and commercial opportunities for Visa and/or our clients.

 

We are looking for a self-motivated, results-oriented and passionate business development manager to join our team and help pursue new opportunities across Australia, New Zealand & the South Pacific.

 

Why join us

 

• Be part of the team that seeks out and closes commercial opportunities with new clients in new and emerging territories such as Embedded Finance, Cross-Border Commerce & Money Movement, and Digital Money & Assets
• Work with some of the most exciting companies in payments & financial services (Digital Banks, BNPL providers, Crypto players, B2B Fintechs)
• Work with incredible people every day – both internally and externally.  We’re a team of intraprenuers who work hard, have fun and get stuff done

 

Join us and make a difference today.

 

What you will be doing

 

• Developing commercial strategies to win new business and execute new customer acquisition activities
• Building a network of external contacts that you will nurture to build relationships and your pipeline of new opportunities
• Actively monitor competitive landscape for attack and grow opportunities
• Collaborating with regional and local finance teams to develop commercial proposals for regional and global opportunities
• Providing data analysis support for key business decision making and market updates
• Producing relevant sales collateral and pitch presentations for new client opportunities
• Developing content and the engagement strategy for industry bodies and events

 

Life At Visa

• We are known for offering industry-leading compensation
• We have state of the art offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland
• We provide world class benefits including:
  • Mental health and wellbeing resources to all employees
  • Generous annual leave plus carers leave, parental leave, baby bonding leave, and pregnancy loss leave, among others
  • Paid volunteering leave & employee referral program cash awards
  • Ability to work from another location for up to 1 month each year
• Global company with global opportunities.  We can share endless stories of how we’ve supported our employees to accelerate their career progression and pursue opportunities in other geographies around the world.

 

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

The Business Development Manager at AHRI is entrusted with the responsibility of strategically developing and expanding relationships with senior HR professionals in large organisations  to grow AHRI membership. This role focuses on forging new business relationships and effectively managing existing accounts, thereby enhancing AHRI's influence and continuous growth.

 

HR Industry Expertise:

• Leverage a profound understanding of the HR industry to position AHRI's services as essential for organisational growth.
• Stay abreast of HR trends, industry best practices, and regulatory changes to inform business development strategies.

 

Relationship Building and Networking:

• Develop, implement, and maintain a robust account management model to service organisation member accounts effectively.
• Cultivate and nurture relationships with key senior HR professionals, promoting AHRI's offerings and driving commercial success.
• Identify and establish internal and external networks to capitalise on new and existing growth opportunities.

 

Sales and Business Development:

• Execute targeted sales and account management strategies to drive organisation member growth and engagement.
• Showcase AHRI's products and services through relationship-building, engaging presentations, and impactful meetings with prospective organisations.
• Close commercial agreements by adeptly coordinating requirements, negotiating contracts, and aligning them with business operations.

 

Building Strong Relationships:

• Build and sustain strategic relationships with internal and external stakeholders within the HR industry.
• Demonstrate a commitment to teamwork across internal teams and foster a collaborative work environment.

 

Financial Performance:

• Generate direct revenue growth from existing organisation members by understanding their needs and aligning AHRI's offerings.
• Develop and grow sales of organisational and linked memberships, as well as other AHRI products, by identifying organisation needs and providing them with AHRI led solutions 
• Monitor and analyse sales goals, providing insights into organisation membership trends, satisfaction, engagement, and overall sales performance.

• Hybrid, flexible working arrangements, including interstate or international
• Access to Training & Development, including AHRI membership and access to courses, webinars & local events
• Salary Sacrifice - super salary sacrifice & salary packaging
• Employee Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program
• Discounted Health Insurance

If you are passionate about shaping the future of human resource management in Australia, possess a strong HR industry background, and excel in relationship-building and sales, we invite you to submit your application. 

 

AHRI is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences.

 

Join AHRI, where your expertise in the HR industry can make a significant impact!