Chief Impact Officer

• Premier children’s healthcare focused charity brand
• Flexible work options and hybrid working model
• Salary sacrifice options
• Additional leave at Christmas and on your birthday
• Reproductive leave available
• End of trip facilities
• Access to various corporate discounts
  
  

The Foundation is deeply committed to ensuring a safe and respectful culture, aimed at fostering inclusiveness and valuing diversity. We drive and promote an inclusive culture throughout our organisation and in the communities we interact with. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

About Us

Now is an incredibly exciting time to join the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation. The Foundation is an iconic West Australian charity with a proud history spanning more than 100 years, and with one single beneficiary, the Perth Children’s Hospital, we are dedicated to ensuring our sick children continue to receive the world class healthcare they deserve.

We are looking for a passionate and driven Chief Impact Officer (CIO) to join our team on the frontline, where patients, families, clinicians, researchers and nurses will inspire you like no other place. This is your chance to make an unparalleled difference in paediatric healthcare, working for an organisation driven by an exciting and ambitious strategy and vision.

About The Role

The CIO is a pivotal executive leadership role responsible for maximising the impact and reach of the Foundation’s grants program. Reporting directly to the CEO, the CIO will provide strategic leadership and operational excellence to ensure grants align with and advance the Foundation’s mission.

Leading a small, high-performing, and experienced Grants team, the CIO will drive high-impact grant making and foster strong external partnerships. As a key internal leader, you will collaborate closely with the Senior Leadership Team, Board, and cross-functional teams to support the Foundation’s growth and funding goals, ensuring investments deliver measurable, world-class outcomes in children’s healthcare.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership as part of the Executive team, driving the Foundation’s grants program aligned with the 2030 Vision.
• Lead and develop a high-performing Grants team focused on continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships with senior stakeholders across healthcare, research, government, and funding bodies.
• Oversee the grant review and recommendation process, ensuring rigorous impact measurement and governance.
• Collaborate with the Board, Scientific Advisory Committee, and internal teams to support growth and funding objectives.
• Ensure grants deliver measurable, world-class outcomes that advance the Foundation’s mission in children’s healthcare.
  
  

About You

You are an accomplished executive leader with extensive experience in strategic grant making within healthcare settings. You excel at building organisational capacity, leading high-performing teams, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Your proven ability to manage complex partnerships and engage diverse senior stakeholders enables you to deliver measurable, impactful outcomes. You think strategically, communicate effectively across all levels, and approach challenges with integrity and innovation. Your values-based decision-making drive success in an agile, mission-driven environment.

If this sounds like the next step in your career, you will possess the following:

• Tertiary qualification in health, medical, or science-related field
• Proven executive leadership with experience building organisational capacity and accountability
• Strong understanding of healthcare research and grant making, ideally with child and youth healthcare experience
• Expertise in strategic grant making and high-level leadership in grant-making environments
• Experience managing complex partnerships across government, health services, universities, and research institutes
• Effective communicator with senior stakeholders including government, healthcare, and boards
• Strategic thinker with collaborative approach to delivering results
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Capable of making tough decisions with integrity and leading through change
• Forward-thinking and innovative, with strong business acumen and problem-solving abilities
  
  

If you would like more information about the role or to request a copy of the position description, please email [email protected].