Employment opportunity: Engagement Manager
Sefa is looking for two Engagement Managers to strategically shape Sefa’s professional service offering and to build partnerships to strengthen Australia’s for-purpose financial ecosystem.
The Engagement Managers will be responsible for supporting the Head of Engagement in driving cross sector business and product development and delivery. This would include supporting the delivery of the fee-for-service offering at Sefa, ranging from investment readiness and due diligence to bespoke funding and capability building programs in collaboration with partners.
We are a small, dynamic, impact investment organisation.
We offer a flexible working environment and the opportunity to influence the future success and direction of Sefa.
About Sefa
We partner with for-purpose organisations and investors to unlock social impact. While supporting the growth and scale of purpose-driven organisations, we generate positive returns for investors. Learn more about some of our clients.
Team Sefa are avid tea drinkers, each with a strong case of wanderlust. We balance our dedicated focus on helping others with a healthy love of chocolate. Above all, we're united in our commitment to bringing great social enterprises to fruition. Won't you join us?
The Engagement Managers will:
Assist in the delivery of advisory engagements, with a focus on capability building for investment readiness, due diligence, capital structuring, capital raising support, payment-by-outcome tenders and bespoke funding solutions
Support the Head of Engagement in managing relationships with key stakeholders and partners
Augment business development efforts to reinforce Sefa’s unique positioning in the impact investing ecosystem
Support Sefa’s fee-for-service advisory offering with a focus on developing long-term partnerships and programs
Conduct research and engage in market sounding on new trends, gaps and opportunities
Work with Sefa Partnerships on joint projects and proposals, with a focus on blended finance and capacity building
You should also consider:
There will be some domestic travel involved.
Our office is based in Ultimo, Sydney. We share an office with like-minded organisations including World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The office is Green Star Accredited by the Green Building Council Australia.
Sefa operates a flexible work environment, with the option for working from home. The Sefa team enjoys five weeks of paid leave each year to recharge.
You have:
Passion, energy, commitment and understanding of the impact investing / social finance / social enterprise / for purpose sectors.
Confidence to multi-task and contribute to multiple projects at any one time.
Relationship building skills with a focus on patience and resilience given the nature of the evolving impact investment sector in Australia.
Highly developed analytical skills, e.g. around financial analysis and/or investment assessments.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with a variety of audiences and levels of technical expertise.
Proficiency in business language and ability to develop compelling proposals and deliver succinct and insightful reports
Highly developed MS Excel and PowerPoint skills.
It would be helpful if you have:
Experience working in a high tempo professional services environment
Demonstrated responsibility for project leadership and delivery
Existing network in the for purpose/social impact sector
Understanding of the policy development cycle and government procurement
For more information please contact Hanna Ebeling on hanna.ebeling@sefa.com.au.
To apply send your CV and a one-page cover letter to Linda Carseldine, Chief Operating Officer on linda.carseldine@sefa.com.au by 1 July 2021.