Business & Commercial Manager (Education)

About the prospect Humero Recruitment Partners is recruiting on behalf of Carinity for a Business and Commercial Manager (Education), a newly created senior leadership role supporting its growing Education Services division.

Carinity's Special Assistance and Majority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander schools provide young people with a different pathway through education. Across the school network, teaching, youth work and wellbeing support help students overcome barriers to learning, build confidence and work towards a stronger future.

Reporting to the Executive Manager Education Services, you will be a key member of the Education Leadership Team and the principal commercial and business adviser to the division. Working in close partnership with Corporate Finance, you will connect enterprise financial expertise with the operational needs of schools to strengthen financial performance, commercial management, business planning, investment, resource allocation and sustainable growth.

This is an opportunity to shape how an expanding Education division plans, invests and performs. You will bring together financial, enrolment, workforce, operational and market information, translate complexity into clear recommendations and constructively challenge assumptions to support sound and sustainable decisions.

What you will do

- Act as a trusted commercial adviser and constructive challenger to the Executive Manager Education Services and Education Leadership Team.
- Provide commercial leadership for Education while drawing on Corporate Finance’s expertise, financial frameworks, controls, analysis and reporting capability.
- Partner with Corporate Finance to lead divisional budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, modelling and performance reporting through one agreed financial approach.
- Translate complex financial, operational, workforce and market information into practical options and recommendations.




- Lead business cases, viability assessments and investment analysis for recent schools, service expansion, capital proposals and major initiatives.
- Identify and lead improvements in funding, procurement, contracts, workforce deployment, resource utilisation and operating efficiency.
- Partner with principals to strengthen financial literacy, commercial discipline and accountability for sustainable school operations.
- Coordinate divisional business planning, long-term planning and the Education project portfolio.
- Lead financial, commercial and business system workstreams for approved growth and improvement initiatives.
- Monitor investments and improvement initiatives against agreed costs, benefits, milestones and sustainability expectations.
- Balance financial and commercial sustainability with educational purpose, student need, accessibility, cultural context and community impact.

About you

You are a commercially astute senior leader who can move confidently between strategy, analysis and practical execution. You make complex information accessible, test assumptions constructively and provide clear advice that enables leaders to make informed decisions.

You understand that sustainable financial and commercial performance supports better outcomes for students. You will bring the judgement and sensitivity to apply strong commercial discipline within schools working with young people who may face significant barriers to education.

You will bring:

- A degree in business, commerce, finance, accounting, management or a related discipline.




- Significant financial or commercial leadership experience across multiple sites, services or business units.
- Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling capability.
- Experience developing business cases, assessing investments and supporting organisational growth.
- Strong partnering and influencing skills, including working effectively with non-financial leaders.
- Sound knowledge of financial controls, funding accountability, procurement and organisational governance.

Experience across education, community services, faith-based or not-for-profit organisations will be highly regarded. Knowledge of Queensland and Commonwealth education funding, Special Assistance Schools, Majority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander schools, or geographically dispersed service networks would also be valuable.

CPA, CA, an MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification or professional accreditation would be advantageous.

About Carinity

At Carinity, true care begins with seeing the person - not just their needs, but their story, their strengths and their hopes. Every interaction is an opportunity to offer kindness, dignity and respect that goes beyond the moment.

Whether providing aged care, walking alongside young people, supporting families or offering spiritual comfort, Carinity's care is deeply personal. Its people take the time to listen, to understand and to respond - because meaningful care should be based around each person’s unique needs.

And because Carinity cares personally, the impact lasts. It’s felt in the confidence of a student finding their path, the peace of an older person feeling safe and valued, and the strength of a family supported through life’s challenges.

With Christian faith at the heart of everything it does, Carinity is here to make a difference - one person, one moment, one lasting impact at a time.

📌 Business & Commercial Manager (Education) (Brisbane)
🏢 Humero
📍 Brisbane