Business Development Manager

The ASRC team is made up of around 200 staff and more than 600 dedicated volunteers, passionate about supporting and empowering people seeking asylum.

The ASRC is a diverse and thriving workplace, providing support and services across a number of organisational streams. This not only provides people seeking asylum with wrap around support but also offers varied career opportunities. Join a dedicated and passionate team of employees working within a range of disciplines. Each program works collaboratively to provide critical services to people seeking asylum, within a supportive and engaging workplace.

Whether your skills, experience and passions are aligned with our advocacy work, frontline humanitarian services, human rights and migration law services, fundraising and marketing activities, or our education, health, employment or human resources services - you'll find a rewarding role at the ASRC. Each of the specialised programs at the ASRC will support you to utilise your knowledge and experience to improve the lives of people seeking asylum in Australia.

About the Role

The ASRC is seeking an experienced part time Business Development Manager for a 12 month period, who will focus on driving sustainable revenue growth for ASRC social enterprises through expanding and strengthening the commercial customer base of ASRC Cleaning.

Working in this fast paced, high impact role, the Business Development Manager will focus on identifying new business opportunities and conversion of new business across corporate, government and community sectors, securing contracts, partnership and procurement opportunities that support financial sustainability while advancing ASRC's social mission.

Qualifications

• Strong demonstrated success in obtaining new business and generating B2B sales.
• Previous demonstrated ability to build a sales pipeline and successful ability to pitch sales to business clients.
• A mix of commercial acumen (business, management, finance).
• Strong networking skills to engage with diverse partners, and ability to manage and maintain relationships with stakeholders.
• Passion for social change and the ability to connect commercial activities to community benefits.
• Strong research and analytical skills.
• Experience in business development, sales, and the tendering process.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Lived experience of seeking asylum.
• Bi lingual or multi lingual (including proficiency in English and identified community languages) in the following languages: Farsi, Tamil, Urdu, Hazaragi, Arabic or Pasto.

Employee Benefits

• Annual Leave Loading of 17.5%.
• Additional discretionary leave provisions.
• Free onsite car and bicycle parking.
• Salary packaging (up to $15,900 per year tax free).
• Entertainment Packaging (up to $2,650 per year tax free).
• Discounts via HR systems provider at grocery and retail outlets.
• Close proximity to public transport (100 metres from Footscray Station and buses).

Position Description

See the Position Description here to address the Selection Criteria:

Application Process

Only applications that include a CV and cover letter addressing the Selection Criteria will be considered.

Applications close 11:59pm Sunday 9th August 2026.

All offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check, and provision of a valid Working with Children Check prior to commencement.

We are proud to be a child safe organisation. All forms of employment with the ASRC - paid or voluntary - are subject to continued compliance with our Child Safety Reporting Policy.

The ASRC promotes diversity and inclusion holistically. We strongly encourage people who identify as LGBTQIA+, people with lived experience of seeking asylum, First Nations people, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people with disability or with lived experience of disability to apply for a career at the ASRC.