For more than 100 years, Scouting has enabled young people to participate in outdoor adventure activities and push personal boundaries, developing their resilience, confidence, and leadership capabilities. Scouting is shaping the future by giving young people the opportunities and the support to thrive and be heard.
Purpose of the role
As a key member of the Senior Leadership team, the COO works closely with the CEO, key internal and external stakeholder and provides strategic leadership and operational oversight of financial management, technology, project management office, grants & insurance management.
Located at the State Service Centre, the hub for the professional employed team who provide support to the volunteers, all of whom are driven by a shared sense of purpose. The role ensures alignment between operational activities and strategic objectives while maintaining fiscal responsibility and operational excellence.
Key Capabilities & Requirements
- Tertiary qualified and an engaged people leader, your executive leadership has ideally been gained in non-profit organisations, member-based associations or volunteer-driven organisations.
- Enterprise wide experience leading operations including IT, property, grants and finance teams with a priority in meeting regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Solutions focused, you will have significant experience successfully engaging with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
- Expertise in establishing organisational goals, developing strategic and operational plans to lead and drive implementation.
- High level experience in the development, management and analysis of operating budgets and financial policies and models
- Guide organisational transformation initiatives aligned to strategic goals with measurable outcomes, fostering cross functional collaboration and embedding culture of growth mindset
Scouts NSW supports a hybrid working model of up to 2 non-consecutive days working from home and is located at Sydney Olympic Park. Car parking on site is available.
Please note that verbal references and probity checks, including a valid National Police Check and Working with Children Check, are prerequisites for the role.
How to apply
To request a Candidate Briefing Document or to request a confidential conversation with Liska Turner please email Mohanna Watson on mohanna.watson@beaumontpeople.com.au or to submit an application please upload your cover letter and resume.
At Beaumont People, we believe a diverse workplace is a happy workplace, and we love working with organisations that feel the same way. We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from CALD backgrounds and people with disabilities or barriers to employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or marital or parental status. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to be made for your application to be assessed we would be more than happy to discuss how that can be arranged.
