As Head of Growth & Development, you’ll lead the charge in expanding our impact through strategic sales, partnerships and revenue growth. As a key member of the senior executive team, you’ll shape The Resilience Project’s future, lead a passionate team, and help deliver sustainable, purpose-driven growth across education, workplaces and communities.
- Work Hours: Full-time
- Work Location: Collingwood, VIC
- Reports to: CEO
- Direct Reports: 1 (team of 4)
About TRP
At The Resilience Project (TRP), we inspire happiness and change lives by teaching positive mental health strategies to help people be happier and more resilient.
Through education and workplace programs, podcasts, events and wellbeing resources, we share the benefits of gratitude, empathy, mindfulness and emotional literacy along with simple ways to practise these to support positive mental health.
We have delivered programs to over 1,500 schools and 1,000 workplaces around the country and worked with many elite sporting teams, including the Australian cricket, netball and soccer teams, NRL and AFL clubs.
Our vision is simple yet powerful: Wellbeing. Every home. Every day.
Life at TRP
We are driven to have an impact through everything we do. We are guided by our values – curious, humble, inclusive, passionate and professional – and aim to bring positivity to work every day.
We have a great team. We genuinely care about each other, love a bit of friendly banter and are always willing to help.
We have flexibility. We look after each other and the people that are important to us. That’s why we provide great flexibility to balance work and life.
We have autonomy. Our strong working relationships are centred around trust. We are outcomes driven, believe in our abilities and trust each other to deliver.
About the role
As Head of Growth & Development, you’ll lead the charge in expanding our reach and impact across Australia.
In this senior executive role, you’ll drive revenue growth across new and existing channels, lead a high-performing team, and build values-aligned strategic partnerships.
As part of the Executive Leadership Team, you’ll work closely with the CEO and peers to shape TRP’s future and culture – helping us grow sustainably and deliver meaningful outcomes.
What will you be doing?
Growth & Development Team Leadership
- Lead a team of four people, including one direct report.
- Develop the annual sales strategy, set targets and be accountable for existing revenue channels.
- Enhance sales operations, build team capabilities and drive performance to achieve goals.
- Build commercial acumen across the team, while remaining impact-driven.
Revenue Growth
- Identify, explore and pilot new opportunities to expand revenue, reach and impact.
- Drive a personal revenue target through a purpose-driven approach.
- Collaborate with internal teams to deliver on new revenue opportunities.
Strategic Partnerships
- Develop a partnership strategy and support the acquisition of new strategic partnerships.
- Manage key partnerships, including relationship management and retention.
- Oversee and support contract delivery for all strategic partnerships.
Executive Leadership
- Contribute to overall strategic direction and delivery of TRP’s Strategic Plan.
- Help shape an engaged and mentally healthy team culture that is motivated to deliver impactful outcomes.
- Manage budgets, financial forecasts and reporting for the Growth & Development Team.
- Oversee governance, risk, compliance and drive operational efficiency.
- Leverage data and insights for continuous improvement and impact measurement.
- Represent TRP externally and support the CEO with key projects and initiatives.
About You
We are looking for someone who shares the TRP values and is passionate about our purpose to “inspire happiness and change lives”.
You’ll need to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, be driven to achieve outcomes, proactively lend a helping hand and bring a positive, can-do attitude to your work.
Our ideal candidate will also have:
- An empathetic leadership style, fostering a positive team culture, driving staff engagement and motivating performance.
- Proven success in meeting personal sales targets and driving business growth.
- Experience leading a high-performing sales team, including development of sales structures, KPIs and approach.
- Experience creating and executing strategies to boost revenue and enhance organisational sustainability.
- Skilled in establishing and nurturing strategic, values-driven partnerships.
- Strong financial literacy with experience developing, managing, and monitoring budgets to achieve income and sustainability targets.
Interested?
If this opportunity sounds like the right fit for you, please follow the below to submit your application.
For more information on The Resilience Project visit: https://theresilienceproject.com.au/
To apply – click ‘Apply Now’, using reference TRPhgd0126, addressing your cover letter, resume and answers to the five questions below to Kate Wheeler, of Future Leadership™, or call 1300 347 437 for further information or if you have any specific questions about this opportunity.
Questions:
- Why are you interested in this opportunity?
- Our values are Curious, Humble, Inclusive, Passionate and Professional. Which of these resonates most with you and why?
- Where are you based (state)?
- Briefly outline your leadership experience.
- Is there anything else you’d like to share?
