Marketing Business Partner

Full Time, Permanent Role

Location: Sydney, NSW
Salary $102,679 + Super + NFP Salary Packaging

Make a meaningful difference to the lives of Australians in need

Life at Mission Australia

When you join the team at Mission Australia, you become part of a community who are determined to end homelessness and ensure people in need can thrive. United by our Christian purpose and values, we advocate for a fairer Australia, to meet the growing needs of people across the country. Together we’re building hope and possibility for all. Find out more about us and our purpose.

Your opportunity

At the heart of our work is a commitment to creating positive change, as our Marketing Business Partner you will play a pivotal role in connecting our mission with the communities we serve; partnering with business units to shape and deliver integrated marketing initiatives that align with organisational priorities and create measurable outcomes. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role driving impactful marketing initiatives and project, project managing marketing and communications that is audience-led and insight-driven, while building trusted relationships and elevating how we connect, engage and make a difference.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Act as the primary marketing partner for assigned business units, building strong and trusted stakeholder relationships.
• Provide marketing advice aligned to organisational priorities and guide stakeholders toward effective, audience-led approaches.
• Translate business needs into clear project plans, ensuring clarity on outcomes, audiences and success measures and covering messaging, channels, timelines and performance metrics.
• Develop integrated campaign plans covering messaging, channels, timelines and performance metrics.
• Lead end-to-end project coordination, from planning and direction through to execution and completion in collaboration with the Marketing & Communications team.
• Coordinate with specialist teams (digital, content, brand, communications) to deliver projects and initiatives effectively and on time.
• Oversee a portfolio of marketing activity, balancing competing priorities and maintaining visibility of upcoming work.
• Monitor and report on performance, providing insights, measuring against KPIs and driving continuous improvement.

Requirements for success

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Marketing, Communications, Business or a related field.
• 3–6 years’ experience in marketing, campaign delivery, or related roles.
• Proven ability to work with multiple stakeholders or business units, building strong and effective relationships.
• Experience in campaign planning and coordination, ideally across multiple channels.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to act as a trusted advisor.
• Ability to translate business needs into structured, strategic marketing plans.
• Solid campaign management capability, including planning, coordination and delivery.
• Confidence interpreting campaign performance data and metrics to drive insights and improvement.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.

Your benefits

To ensure our employees feel valued, empowered, and celebrated, we provide a range of employee benefits including:

• Rewarding work – every day you know you’re making a real difference
• Not-for-profit salary packaging, reducing your tax (details via AccessPay)
• Free external, confidential counselling and access to chaplaincy support
• Volunteering opportunities
• Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Extra leave including: Mission Australia Thank You Day & Work Anniversary Day off

Our culture

Our innovative and inclusive culture will ensure you feel valued at Mission Australia as you help Australians in need and develop in your career. We prioritise the safety and wellbeing of everyone, both within our team and the individuals we serve. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. We actively support and encourage people of all backgrounds; gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background, disability, religion, and sexual orientation to submit an application and aim to ensure that the recruitment and employee experience is as accessible and inclusive as possible. So, whoever you are, if you’re skilled and actively support our purpose and values, you would be welcome at Mission Australia.

If you live with disability and require support to submit your application, please email talentattraction@missionaustralia.com.au or visit our Careers page for additional contact details. We strongly encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. For culturally safe support or assistance with your application, please contact us at Deadlycareers@missionaustralia.com.au.

Find out more about a career with Mission Australia.

How to apply

Click ‘Apply’ and send your application today! As a committed Circle Back Initiative employer, we will respond to your application. Applications are shortlisted as they are received. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered. Thank you.

Mission Australia is a national Christian charity motivated by a shared vision of an Australia where everyone has a safe home and can thrive. Since 1859, we’ve been standing alongside people in need across Australia, offering real hope that has lasting impact. Backed by our supporters, churches, partners, and funders, we work together for the long-term wellbeing of anyone who needs us, reflecting our values of respect, compassion, integrity, perseverance and celebration. We collaborate with people experiencing homelessness or disadvantage to tackle the root causes of their challenges through providing access to safe, affordable homes and innovative, evidence-based support services. Every day we deliver homelessness crisis and prevention services, provide social and affordable housing, assist struggling families and children, address mental health issues, fight substance dependencies, support people with disability and much more. Mission Australia believes a person’s circumstances shouldn’t define their future and that given the right support, everyone can reach their full potential. That’s why we stand together with Australians in need, until they can stand for themselves. Learn more about Mission Australia and our purpose.