At a Glance
- Tasks: Create a new social enterprise that tackles food insecurity and generates sustainable income.
- Company: Join SecondBite, a mission-driven organisation focused on community impact.
- Benefits: NFP salary packaging, hybrid work, and the chance to build something meaningful.
- Other info: Work with diverse stakeholders and help shape a new initiative from scratch.
- Why this job: Be part of a team that combines entrepreneurship with social impact.
- Qualifications: 10-15 years in commercial or social enterprise roles with strong business acumen.
The predicted salary is between 135000 - 165000 $ per year.
Build something new. Create impact. Generate sustainable income.
Second Bite is on a mission to create an Australia without food insecurity.
Through Second Bite and Fare Share, we work with communities to provide healthy food and nutritious cooked meals while caring for people and planet.
We are now looking for an experienced
Social Enterprise Manager to help us explore and build something new.
This is not a role where you will inherit an established social enterprise.
You will help create it.
Working closely with our Chief of Impact and Innovation, you will identify opportunities where Second Bite’s capabilities, assets and purpose could translate into a sustainable social enterprise that creates social impact while generating new revenue.
Job Description
What you'll do
You will take opportunities from an initial idea through to a robust business case and implementation.
This will include
- Identifying and evaluating potential social enterprise and revenue opportunities.
- Researching markets, customers, competitors and emerging opportunities.
- Understanding the customer need, value proposition and commercial opportunity.
- Developing practical and sustainable business models and operating frameworks.
- Building financial models, budgets, revenue projections and scenarios to assess commercial viability.
- Developing business cases and business plans for Executive and Board consideration.
- Exploring pricing, commercial arrangements, partnerships and investment opportunities.
- Identifying grants, funding and investment opportunities to support enterprise development.
- Assessing legal, regulatory, compliance and risk requirements.
- Developing KPIs and impact measurement frameworks.
- Working with internal and external stakeholders to test, develop and progress opportunities.
- Supporting the transition from concept to implementation.
The role is heavily focused on social enterprise development and commercial opportunity , with 85% of the position dedicated to developing new opportunities that generate sustainable impact and income.
Desired Skills and Experience
About you
You are a commercially minded, entrepreneurial professional who enjoys turning an idea into something real.
You might come from a social enterprise, NFP, commercial, consulting, business development or entrepreneurial environment.
What matters most is your ability to understand an opportunity commercially and work out how to make it viable.
You will bring
- Significant senior-level experience, ideally
10–15 years' experience across relevant commercial, entrepreneurial, social enterprise or NFP environments.
- Strong commercial and financial acumen.
- Experience developing business models, financial models, budgets, forecasts and revenue projections.
- A proven ability to identify and assess new business or revenue opportunities.
- Experience taking an initiative from concept through research, feasibility and business planning.
- The ability to understand customers, markets, value propositions and pricing.
- Experience with commercial partnerships, contracts, tenders, funding or investment opportunities.
- The ability to understand and navigate regulatory, legal, risk and compliance considerations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop compelling business cases, proposals and executive/Board papers.
- A strategic, entrepreneurial and outcomes-focused approach.
Experience in an NFP or social enterprise environment will be highly regarded.
This could be you if...
You are the type of person who naturally asks
Who is the customer? What problem are we solving? What would they pay for? How do we price it? Can we deliver it sustainably? What would it take to get it off the ground?
You enjoy working with ambiguity, testing ideas and turning opportunities into practical business models.
You don't need an established social enterprise to manage. You are excited by the opportunity to help build one.
Why Second Bite?
You will join an organisation with a strong social purpose and the opportunity to create a new, sustainable source of income that can support our broader impact.
You will work across a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including Executive Leadership, Operations, Finance, Marketing and Digital, Program Leads, commercial partners, government, corporates, philanthropic investors and community organisations.
This is an opportunity to combine commercial thinking, entrepreneurship and social impact and help shape something that does not yet exist.
What we offer
- NFP Salary Packaging
- Full-time position
- Hybrid working arrangement
- Opportunity to build a new social enterprise from the ground up
- Work within Second Bite and Fare Share's purpose-driven environment
If you are commercially curious, entrepreneurial and excited by the opportunity to build something new that can create both impact and income , we'd love to hear from you.
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Social Enterprise Manager in Abbotsford employer: SecondBite
SecondBite and FareShare are exceptional employers dedicated to creating a positive impact on food insecurity in Australia. With a strong focus on integrity, innovation, and collaboration, employees enjoy a supportive work culture that fosters personal and professional growth, alongside benefits like salary packaging, employee discounts, and volunteering days. This role offers the unique opportunity to lead meaningful fundraising initiatives while working in a hybrid environment that values diversity and inclusivity.
