Posted:
3/12/2026, 4:18:02 PM
Location(s):
Metro Manila, Philippines ⋅ Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Experience Level(s):
Senior
Field(s):
Finance & Banking
We're reimagining the way Australians live, work, and play. We own and manage some of the most recognisable and loved retail destinations across Australia.
We’re evolving our portfolio into destinations that offer a broad selection of retail, residential, and office spaces. Through our diverse portfolio, data-led decision-making, and nationwide development pipeline, we do things differently.
We are Vicinity.
Shape the future of community impact at Vicinity
At Vicinity, we’re committed to creating places where communities thrive. As we deepen our long-term community ambition, we're looking for a passionate and strategic Community Investment Lead to design, shape and operationalise our emerging Community Investment (CI) agenda across our national portfolio.
This is a rare opportunity to build something from the ground up – executing the strategy and delivering the programs and partnerships that will meaningfully strengthen Vicinity’s connection with the communities we serve.
About the role
In this influential role, you will define the direction, scope and scale of Vicinity’s Community Investment strategy and translate it into a clear roadmap for delivery. You’ll lead program design, partner engagement, and the governance and measurement frameworks that will bring Vicinity’s community ambition to life.
Working closely with the Group Director C&AM, Sustainability & ESG, Brand & Marketing and Centre teams, you’ll ensure our community programs are aligned to Vicinity’s purpose, asset strategies, and the needs of our local communities.
What you’ll be doing
Strategy & Program Delivery
Lead the design and rollout of Vicinity’s Community Investment strategy, aligned to our purpose, vision and social impact goals.
Translate the CI “Brief” and “Program Concept” into a detailed roadmap for design, pilot and phased delivery through to FY27.
Develop fit for purpose program outlines aligned to priority focus areas and asset needs.
Identify and engage partners who can support delivery of Vicinity’s CI principles and program plan.
Build implementation plans for key programs, including timelines, roles, responsibilities and resource needs.
Governance, Reporting & Measurement
Establish clear reporting structures and governance parameters for the Community Investment program.
In partnership with the Sustainability & ESG team, define intended outcomes, KPIs and evaluation methodologies to measure impact.
About you
You’re a strategic thinker with a passion for meaningful community impact, and you thrive in environments where you can design, influence and bring new initiatives to life.
Experience you bring
Proven experience in community investment and managing corporate-community partnerships from identification to implementation and review.
Experience in cross-sector stakeholder engagement, particularly across the corporate and community sectors.
Background designing frameworks, governance structures, reporting tools and evaluation methodologies.
Experience working within property, place-based development, or retail precinct environments.
Knowledge you hold
Strong understanding of community partnership and community engagement principles, program design and evaluation frameworks.
Awareness of centre level consumer, community and social behaviour dynamics.
Capabilities
Exceptional program management, communication and facilitation skills.
Ability to build strong relationships and influence senior leaders.
Who you role model Vicinity’s values each day:
Respect – listening, acknowledging and engaging with care.
Integrity – doing what’s right, always.
Customer Focus – ensuring decisions reflect community and customer needs.
Collaboration – bringing the right people together and driving decisions.
Excellence – striving for better and celebrating success.
Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised. This includes:
Flexible working options
Birthday leave & purchased additional leave
$1,000 worth of VCX securities rewarded for eligible team members
Generous Parental Leave
We live and work by our values of Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration and Excellence. They are the foundation to everything we do and provide us a north star with which we can shape meaningful places where communities connect.
At Vicinity we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where we attract, retain and develop our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
We are aware of current limitations with our website accessibility and are working towards improving this. Should you experience any issues accessing information in this job advertisement or the application form, and require this in an alternate format, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team. Similarly, if you would like to discuss workplace accessibility, any reasonable adjustments we can make to better support you during the recruitment process, or your potential future role please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +61 3 7001 4000 (request to speak to our Talent Acquisition team)
Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level.
Website: https://vicinity.com.au/
Headquarter Location: Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Employee Count: 1-10
Year Founded: 2019
Last Funding Type: Seed
Industries: Advice ⋅ Communities ⋅ Financial Services ⋅ FinTech