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Program Coordinator
Snow Foundation
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Love keeping one eye on the detail, one on what’s coming next, and making sure nothing important gets lost in between? Bring that instinct to work shaping better outcomes for young people across Australia.
Why us?
Help us drive impact in:
The opportunity:
Why you might love this opp:
We're thrilled to be partnering with the incredible Snow Foundation; a family philanthropic organisation that's known for working alongside bold leaders and community organisations who are tackling some of Australia’s toughest social issues. Whether it's advancing gender equity, fostering systems change and advancing First Nations health outcomes, or empowering young people, they have a rich legacy of embracing innovation and backing the trailblazers who are creating meaningful social change in the community.
Why you might love this opportunity
🎒 Work with a bigger goal: In this role, you’ll sit inside the Youth portfolio; helping progress ambitious national and ACT-focused work across education. From curriculum reform and teacher education to school leadership and equity, the role will also support emerging work on digital and gambling harm. It’s a front-row seat to how philanthropy can help shift systems, convene the right people and get good ideas moving.
🌏 Impact in action: In 2025 alone, the Snow Foundation invested almost $16M across 196 grants to partners - strengthening community organisations, elevating advocacy movements and backing 30+ social change leaders in the Snow Entrepreneurs program. Snow’s philanthropy goes beyond giving money; they add value through advice, skills, research, advocacy and capital works. Relationships are at the heart of everything they do.
✨ We know you’re not just a Program Coordinator. You’re part organiser, part researcher, part writer and part trusted right hand, with a knack for taking in a lot, finding the signal and working out what needs to happen next. You can connect the dots between research, relationships, meetings and follow-through, then turn that into clear briefings, smart questions, useful introductions and well-timed action. In this role, you’ll use that muscle to help the Youth portfolio make thoughtful decisions and build momentum across.
📅 Your week: One week you’re in an education meeting with stakeholders turning a big conversation into clear actions, introductions and a sharp follow-up; the next, you’re preparing for a board meeting, helping coordinate funding guidelines or getting ahead of a stakeholder session on an issue like gambling harm. You’ll move between research, briefings, relationships and the practical detail that sits behind them - staying close to the substance and making sure the Executive Director has the right information, people and next steps at hand.
🕶️ Your style: You're the kind of person who gets a kick out of knowing which three things can't be allowed to drift, and leaves a meeting with the actions already taking shape. In the room, you're listening for the bit underneath - what's actually decided, what's still unresolved, who needs to be looped in. You probably have a system too: a spreadsheet with top-notch colour coding, a beautifully kept project board, or a calendar that keeps the week from turning into Tetris. You don't stop at the headline; you'll follow the report into the footnotes and find the detail.
🧞 What you bring: You've spent the past few years being the person who can take a messy brief, a lot of moving parts and a room full of different perspectives, then turn it into something clear and organised. Maybe that's been in professional services, a think tank, a not-for-profit or somewhere else entirely. People trust you to get the details right. What matters most is the transferable muscle: sharp judgement, genuine curiosity and the confidence to take ownership without needing everything mapped out for you.
🧩 Finding the right fit: Snow Foundation is a values-led, highly collaborative team where humility, empathy, social justice and excellence shape how people work. They’re the type to jump in, read the room and make collaboration feel easy. They care deeply about the work, stay open to others’ expertise, and pitch in wherever they can to keep the mission moving.
📍 The detail: Part-time, 3-4 days a week, with flexibility in how those hours are shaped. Canberra-based, on-site role working closely with the Executive Director. Competitive salary. Full, permanent working rights in Australia required. Please note: The internal title for this role is Program Associate (refer to PD attached).
What's involved:
The balance of work will shift over time but to start:
〰️ 50% Program, Research & Portfolio Support
Get inside the substance of Snow’s education work. You’ll organise and actively participate in meetings, workshops and online seminars with the Executive Director; undertake research; capture key notes; track actions, deadlines and follow-ups; manage portfolio correspondence; and bring a critical, informed eye to the work as it develops.
〰️ 30% Briefings, Writing & Follow-through
Turn complex work into clear communications. You’ll draft letters, grant agreements, briefing notes, board papers and partner emails, and work with Snow’s Communications Team to make sure briefs and content are delivered accurately and on time.
〰️ 20% Stakeholders, Convenings & Foundation Support
You’ll help bring people and logistics together by supporting stakeholder meetings, research initiatives and events as needed, liaising with partners, speakers, suppliers and internal stakeholders. You’ll also pitch in across the broader Youth portfolio as the role grows.
Key criteria:
🧭 Coordination Pro: You’ve coordinated complex work with lots of moving pieces and kept the detail tight. Meetings, actions, deadlines, introductions, documents, follow-ups. You’re comfortable using shared tools and systems to keep the work visible.
🔎 Insight Digger: You’ve built understanding of unfamiliar or complex issues, worked out what matters and turned that thinking into something useful. You can digest research, connect the dots, ask sharp questions and add your informed perspective.
✍️ Clear Writing & Comms: You’ve turned layered information into clear, considered writing for the people who need to use it. Briefings, reports, agreements, emails - you know how to distil the detail, adjust for who’s reading and make the important point easy to grasp.
🤝 Relationship Builder: You’ve built trust with people bringing different perspectives, expertise and levels of seniority. You listen closely, communicate with care, keep people in the loop and engage in a way that makes people feel respected and supported.
⚡ High-Initiative Operator: You know how to spot what needs doing, form a view and get moving without waiting for perfect instructions. Maybe you anticipated the follow-up, improved a process or stepped into a gap before anyone had to ask. You know when to run with something and when to pull others in.
🧡 Values-Led: You’ve made choices that show a commitment to something bigger than yourself - through your work, volunteering, or study. You’re passionate about improving outcomes for young people, and Snow’s values of humility, empathy, collaboration, social justice and excellence feel familiar to how you show up.
How to apply:
If any of the above resonated with you but you don't tick every box:
👒 🧢 🎩 You should throw your hat in the ring, whatever those years of experience look like in your personal impact journey. We'd love to hear from you!
We're reviewing applications on a rolling basis and may close the listing if a perfect match is found, so we encourage you to apply early.
Interested?
1. Create a profile (or complete yours if you already have one) on Ripple Opportunities.
2. Submit an application by clicking on the job listing and 'Apply'. Please submit your resume and a cover letter in PDF that briefly outlines what's motivating you to apply for the role and how your experience could be applied in this context.
Your written application (max 1,000 words) should include:
- What's motivating you to apply for this role?
- A brief overview of your experience and how it aligns with the role.
- Tell us about something you’re proud of achieving that shows how you could succeed in this role (e.g supporting a senior leader, coordinating timelines or researching on a topic). What were you trying to achieve, what approach did you take, and what was as a result?
- Let us know your salary expectations, availability (including start date or time away), and anything else that helps us understand your fit.
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