Nerang Neighbourhood Centre is looking for an exceptional relationship-builder, business developer and storyteller to take on a newly created Head of Marketing & Partnerships role. This role is about turning the organisation's reputation, impact and network into new partnerships, sustainable income and opportunities. You'll walk comfortably into a boardroom, a local business, a community event or a conversation with a potential donor and see possibilities. You'll be someone who doesn't wait for opportunities to arrive, but creates them.

Key responsibilities

- Develop corporate and community partnerships that deliver genuine value to NNC
- Identify and secure sponsorship, philanthropic support, grants and other income opportunities
- Develop recent and diversified sources of unrestricted income
- Build sustainable financial support for NNC's community Food Service
- Increase the utilisation and profitability of community facilities
- Identify opportunities to leverage NNC's assets, reputation, networks and community reach
- Build relationships with businesses, government, philanthropy, community leaders and potential strategic partners
- Develop sponsorship and partnership propositions that businesses actually want to engage with
- Strengthen NNC's brand, marketing and external profile
- Capture and communicate the stories and outcomes that demonstrate impact

About you

- Background in business development, partnerships, sales, marketing, sponsorship, fundraising, events, communications, entrepreneurship or a combination of these
- Evidence that you've made things happen,



such as building partnerships from scratch, developing and converting a sales or sponsorship pipeline, securing significant funding or investment, growing a business, product, organisation or brand, creating commercial opportunities from underutilised assets, developing compelling sponsorship propositions, successfully pitching to senior decision-makers, building networks across business and community, using marketing and storytelling to generate measurable outcomes, or taking an idea from concept to successful implementation
- Commercial judgement
- Initiative and confidence to represent NNC externally
- Understanding that community-sector success requires partnerships that align with organisational purpose and improve community delivery

About us

Nerang Neighbourhood Centre is a well-established grassroots community organisation based on the Gold Coast. Every day we work with people experiencing housing crisis, financial hardship, family difficulties, social isolation and other challenges. We provide practical assistance, community connection and pathways to other services alongside programs including youth support, food relief and financial and community support. We also manage the Bert Swift Community Centre and work extensively with government, community organisations, businesses and other stakeholders across the Gold Coast. We're small enough to move quickly, established enough to have credibility and ambitious enough to know there is considerably more we could achieve.

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📌 HEAD OF MARKETING & PARTNERSHIPS (City of Gold Coast)
🏢 Nerang Neighbourhood Centre
📍 City of Gold Coast