• Purpose-led, faith-based organisation driving systemic change
• Influence executive decisions and drive organisation-wide impact
• Suited to candidates from social movements driving strategy and reform

The Organisation: 

Wesley Mission is a faith-based organisation delivering essential services and advocacy to support people and communities across New South Wales, the ACT and nationally, including through programs such as Lifeforce suicide prevention.

Guided by its vision of “doing all the good we can because every life matters” , Wesley Mission combines frontline service delivery with a powerful advocacy voice - working not only to support individuals and communities, but to address the systemic drivers of disadvantage.

Grounded in the traditions of the Uniting Church and with a significant and complex operating model spanning aged care, housing, disability, mental health and community services, Wesley Mission is uniquely positioned to influence both practice and policy at scale.

The strategy, advocacy and engagement function sits at the heart of this ambition enabling Wesley Mission to exercise its prophetic voice, shape public debate, and drive long-term, systemic change.

Benefits & Culture

• Purpose-led organisation combining service delivery with advocacy and reform
• A values-driven culture with a clear voice, strong leadership and real impact
• Executive-level salary package
• Central Sydney location with hybrid working (2 days from home)

The Role

Reporting to the General Manager, Strategy, Advocacy & Engagement, this role will lead Wesley Mission’s organisational strategy and policy agenda, stewarding the full strategy lifecycle while driving priority reform initiatives.

This is a highly visible and influential role, working in close partnership with the executive and CEO to embed a clear, organisation-wide approach to strategy, business planning and policy development.

You will bring structure, clarity and momentum to key organisational priorities,  establishing consistent planning frameworks, shaping a coherent and credible policy agenda. Ensuring advocacy is grounded in evidence, lived experience and strategic intent.

You will partner closely with service leaders, subject matter experts and external stakeholders, aligning strategy, policy and advocacy to maximise organisational impact.

Skills Required
  
You’re currently working in a comparable role within government, charity, politics, like-minded corporate or a similarly sophisticated organisation, and comfortable navigating scale, ambiguity and multiple stakeholder groups.

A strategic and outcomes-focused leader, you will bring experience operating in social change environments driving organisation-wide initiatives.

We also welcome applications from potential leaders ready to step into a broader, organisation-wide mandate.

You bring to the role:

• Experience leading strategy, policy or reform agendas
• Understanding of public policy and government decision-making
• Experience translating organisational strategy into clear, actionable plans
• Ability to synthesise complexity into concise and directive outputs
• Experience building structure and process in evolving environments
• A delivery mindset, with the ability to move from concept to implementation

This is a broad and influential role. If you are excited by the opportunity but do not meet every requirement listed, we encourage you to apply and tell us how your experience could contribute to Wesley Mission’s work.
  
An alignment with, and ability to work within, the values and ethos of a Christian organisation is important, while experience engaging with faith-based communities or church structures will be highly regarded.

If you are motivated by the opportunity to shape organisational strategy and drive meaningful reform, please submit your CV and covering letter responding to the skills required above to cv@ngorecruitment.com or contact Judith Marks or Richard Green at NGO Recruitment on (02) 8243 0570 for a confidential discussion or to have a candidate information package sent to you.

Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested, we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

NGO Recruitment values equitable recruitment practices and is committed to representing candidates reflective of the diverse organisations and communities we work with. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds, ages, and identities, and are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. If you are interested in this position and have most of the skills or experience we are looking for, please go ahead and apply.