Job Description:

• Two-year contract – 4 days per week

• Diverse role in a supportive and dynamic team making positive change happen

• Hybrid working arrangements

About Us:

Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) is a peak body for the Leaders of around 150 religious institutes across Australia. CRA is the national voice for our members and provides a broad range of services to support Religious Institute Leaders, at this time of change within the Catholic Church. CRA focuses on justice, advocacy and leadership. The CRA Secretariat is a warm, motivated and friendly team of professionals engaged in multiple projects.

About the role:

The key aim of the Director of Stewardship and Engagement is to work effectively and collaboratively alongside the National Executive Director (NED) in serving the mission and vision of CRA. The Director of Stewardship and Engagement fulfils both a strategic and operational role, with a focus on relationship building, membership engagement, communication management and operations and has two reports. The primary purpose of the position is to work with the National Executive Director (NED) in:

• facilitating, coordinating and implementing the initiatives of CRA groups with a particular focus on stewardship, engagement, communications management and operations

• provide the membership with services which promote their ministry of leadership

• extend the profile and influence of CRA in Church and public arenas, supporting the management of CRA’s communications within the broader community

About You – essential criteria:

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Tertiary qualification or significant experience in stewardship or engagement or communications.

• Understanding of governance, including governance in the Catholic Church.

• Demonstrated commitment to the mission and values of the Catholic Church.

• Experience in translating strategy into successful operational outcomes.

• High-level communication skills and experience in communications.

• Capacity to deal with complex and multifaceted issues and projects.

• Capacity to build networks across internal and external stakeholders.

How to apply:

The position description is available here. Your application should include your Curriculum Vitae and a Cover Letter addressing the essential criteria with references to the elements of the role. Applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

Please send your application to Taylor Coutinho at [email protected]. Applications close on 19 October 2024. Interviews will likely take place on 29 October 2024 at North Sydney.

CRA is committed to safeguarding all people, particularly children and adults at risk and has a zero-tolerance to abuse.