Are you interested in creating meaningful business connections through sport? This is your chance to join Essendon Football Club as we look to appoint an EFC Network Manager.
**About us**
Essendon FC - "The Bombers" - are a professional sporting team in the Australian Football League. As home to 5 sporting teams, we run our AFL men's and women's programs, VFL women's and men's programs, and a wheelchair football team. But we're more than the game. Not only do we strive to win premierships, we aim to give back to our loyal membership base, and importantly, our community. We understand and take seriously the impact we have on social outcomes and work tirelessly to ensure these are positive, from our partnership with The Long Walk, to our indigenous pathway programs. To do this, we have strong commercial partnerships and innovate with non-traditional ventures, such as our Essendon Education Academy and EFC Investment Fund, so that we can deliver world class events, give back to our fans, run community programs and ultimately, strive toward our next premiership.
**About the role**
The EFC Network is the Essendon Football Clubs corporate business network. The EFC Network's strategic objective is to develop the largest corporate network base in Australian sport and drive significant B2B outcomes for all involved. The established EFC Network program involves extensive engagement, encompassing a diverse event series and connection platform both digitally and personally.
Reporting to the Head of Fundraising & EFC Network, this role will be integral in leading B2B introductions, delivering and developing key initiatives, whilst maintaining and securing new business members within the EFC Network. As the EFC Network Manager, you will help to drive the growth, connection, and retention of this important network. You will be responsible for driving sales initiatives and growing the EFC Network pipeline through networking, referrals and research.
**About you**
With a tertiary qualification in a Marketing or Business related discipline, you will be a proven relationships manager with experience across business development, sales and corporate networking initiatives. You'll have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well under pressure whilst managing multiple projects. Your passion and drive to build strong relationships with cliental and team, will enable you to support corporate based activities and work well within a team environment.
**The Perks**
- ** Our work doesn't always fit the 9 to 5.** Your life doesn't always fit the hours around it. We offer flexibility with hybrid office / home working arrangements and hours.
- **More annual leave? **Sure! EFC People* will be gifted additional leave per year taken to coincide with Footy Department mini breaks or at the discretion of the CEO. EFC People may also choose to purchase up to 10 days per annum additional leave during the year for extra time off*.
- ** Parent friendly - **We put family at the centre of our work. We know they are the centre of yours. We offer paid parental leave to both the primary and secondary carer of a biological or adopted child*.
- Access to **our Wellbeing Partner - Converge **which supports a Healthy Mind, Healthy Body and Healthy Workplace.
- ** Continuous professional development**:
- to compete at our best we have to keep learning. It's an expectation and a commitment we make to everyone at EFC. All EFC people will have access to the Essendon Leadership Academy which consists of formal learning, coaching and mentoring, to support you in achieving your career goals.
- ** But wait there's more - **You will have access to great benefits and discounts through our Commercial Partners. Along with two x Flexi Home & Away memberships* giving you access to our Home & Away games at Marvel Stadium and the MCG. Free onsite parking at our premium workspace, The Hangar, and more.
**Please keep reading...**
We pride ourselves on creating an environment of shared spirit of passion, innovation, and inclusivity. As an Equal Opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diversity and inclusion is an important part of how we do business. We are united in upholding our Club-wide values and are consistently setting the benchmark both on and off the field as we strive to win our next premiership. And we wouldn't be an elite footy club if we didn't celebrate. All of our wins matter, on and off the field, we love to reward and recognise our people from monthly barbecues to tickets to the Crichton Medal and Brownlow.
**To Apply**
With our commitment to promoting and protecting the safety and wellbeing of children and young people in our care, we undertake several screening processes to ensure this commitment is upheld. This includes ensuring all of our people hold a valid employee Working with Children/Vulnerable People check and a satisfactory criminal history record check.
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