Executive Manager-Senior Strategist: Officer Recruitment

at  The Salvation Army

Number of Positions Available:
1
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The Salvation Army is a Christian movement and one of Australia’s largest and most-loved charities, helping thousands of Australians every year find hope in the midst of all kinds of personal hardship. The Salvation Army offers the opportunity to use your professional skills and expertise to make a real difference in the lives of people who need help most.
About the Role
We are seeking a Permanent, Executive Manager/Senior Strategist: Officer Recruitment based in Eva Burrows College, VIC .
The role exists to contribute to The Salvation Army’s leadership and oversight to the Candidate Recruitment team to ensure the development and delivery of annual leadership recruitment marketing campaigns nationally. Ensure consistent delivery of marketing, training, campaign administration, across all national recruitment functions and campaigns.
Key Responsibilities:
You will be successful in this role if you can:

Marketing and Communications

• Design and implement a national 3-year strategic plan and campaign for soldier-ship recruitment and retention.
• Develop and direct national annual marketing & communications strategy for officers’ recruitment.
• Build and maintain a strong national relationship network for future leaders.
• Manage the creation and production of key national resources.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Proactively identify, establish, and build sound networks across TSA at a national, Divisional, Area and Corps level, and work collaboratively with Mission Support Team and Spiritual Life team.
• Engage with key stakeholders to ensure understanding of the strategic impact each annual campaign provides and benefits to TSA.

People Leadership

• Develop department capability and actively supports employee development; coach and train individuals to manage their career and personal development.
• Lead and drive change, provide clear direction around performance goals and provide regular feedback on performance outcomes, and initiate corrective action as appropriate.
• Instill commitment and motivation at both individual and team level; align employee values and behaviours to TSA vision, empower and provide clear direction to achieve outstanding results.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Qualifications in a relevant field (i.e. Bachelor of Marketing, Business Administration, Theology).
• At least 5 years’ experience in leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams within relevant field.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge working in traditional and digital marketing campaign management.
• Proven experience in engaging with and managing the expectations of stakeholder groups at all levels.
• Understanding of and commitment to the mission and values of The Salvation Army.

Why work for us

In return we offer our eligible employees real and meaningful benefits such as:

• Positively supporting and impacting the lives of others through your career contribution
• An inclusive culture of dedicated, passionate and professional team members
• NFP salary packaging ($15,900 tax free) plus meals and entertainment benefits
• Flexible working conditions
• Paid parental leave
• Financial, retail and lifestyle discounts and benefits
• Employee Assistance Program - Independent confidential counselling service
• Opportunity for career development

How to Apply
Should you be interested, please submit a copy of your resume and cover letter. In the cover letter (maximum two pages) explain your suitability for the role including examples demonstrating capabilities and addressing the questions below.
Why are you passionate about working with the Salvos? How do your values and those of the Salvos align?
Describe your experience in culture, organisation and operating model change projects. From your experience, what makes these different to other types of projects?
The Salvation Army is an Equal Opportunity Employer who provides an inclusive work environment and embraces the diverse talent of its people. We value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and/or expressions. We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people.
The Salvation Army is a child safe organisation and is committed to protecting children and young people from harm. All child facing roles will require the successful completion of a Working with Children Check. Applicants for all roles require a mandatory National Police Check.
We value Integrity, Compassion, Respect, Diversity, and Collaboratio

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