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 March 31, 2015

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We’re looking for talented individuals committed to excellence, strong customer relationships and quality service delivery - who are inspired to work as part of a dynamic global team advancing female talent.

Experienced with employer branding, recruitment marketing, HR, business development?

Do you have 10+ years client-facing or project management experience?

If you think you’ve got what it takes we’d love to hear from you!

We’re currently looking for highly organised team players with meticulous attention to detail and capacity to work independently, whilst part of a global team helping maintain and forge new relationships to support Where Women Work's growth and expansion.

If you’re deeply motivated and intrinsically rewarded by being valued for the quality service you provide to others, then this unique opportunity could be for you, and involves both new business development and account management .

Who we are:

We deliver female-focused campaigns for corporate clients helping them engage women as candidates or customers. We run the internationalwomensday.com , wherewomenwork.com and wherewomenwork.asia websites and provide gender-focused consultancy services. We develop and manage digital and offline campaigns, as well as amplifying companies own efforts in these areas. Operating for 15+ years internationally, we've an impressive track record with clients, strong robust processes and an innovative cost-effective offering.

What we're looking for:

We’re looking for further entrepreneurial, results-orientated professionals to manage existing accounts plus forge new business under the 'Where Women Work' brand as members of our international team - all with our centralised back-office support offering strong processes, established brand, shared resources and experience.

Unique opportunity:

This opportunity enables successful partners to work under our existing infrastructure, established brand, and proven products and services. We remunerate with a healthy base income from day one as we show you how to build the client base while you help attract and service corporate clients for our gender-focused projects. This is a scalable opportunity for the right partners - and can be done flexibly full or part-time.

Skills and experience you'll have:

Account management and maintaining client relationships will be familiar to you - as will be searching and closing new business. You may possibly have an understanding of candidate sourcing techniques and ability to extrapolate candidates skills and experience relevant to our client vacancies. Your ability to generate new corporate sales and tenacity to close business will be proven and impressive. You’re probably adept with social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & YouTube) and you've probably authored engaging blogs and branded content. You’ll be familiar with corporate environments, and you might have worked in one or more corporations or companies with impressive process structures - ideally in an HR or marketing role. Your relationship building and communication skills will be second to none, as will be your proven ability to self-structure and self-manage your work to meet deliverables and timeframes. Your passion for everything digital will be obvious and proven. You’re a person who adores lists - always focusing on delivery and outputs. You’ll have a keen eye for marketing and a great understanding of working with corporate brands.

Top 10 experience we hope for:

- business development / corporate sales experience
- corporate account management experience
- recruitment familiarity is an advantage
- digital skills (social media, blogging, analytics, etc)
- project management & reporting
- graphic design skills certainly an advantage (photoshop, pixlr, etc)
- comfortable with how CRM systems work
- good writing & editing skills
- good presentation skills (oral, powerpoint, etc) and meeting facilitation
- media skills an advantage (interviewing & being interviewed, media commentary, etc)

Top 10 ways we describe you:

- passionate about women’s economic advancement & corporate diversity
- very client focused & a great listener
- service & results-orientated
- self-structured & self-managing
- innovative & flexible
- trustworthy & reliable
- professional & competent
- previous employers & clients sing your praise
- friendly, approachable & empathetic
- & maybe you're a bit of a digital guru

Remuneration:

This is an ongoing business contract opportunity with set review periods, and payment is comprised of a base from Day One in addition to uncapped commission from new business generated.

Support:

You get to do what you do best - interact with existing and potential clients - and we take care of everything else, performing all the business management and back-office functions. We're also here to provide you with support and business mentoring, working with you to develop growth strategies, or to provide someone for you to bounce ideas off. We also help you scale up your operation, if desired, as you take on further people to assist your client delivery and business development. You'll be connected into our international team sharing ideas, best practice, resources and support. The model has proven to be a great success to date.

Longevity:

Ideally, the successful partner will see this role as a stimulating long-term opportunity to enjoy an area they’re passionate about which fits with their professional skills and interests, within a supportive team, and meets their work life integration goals - all while running their own show under our brand.

Applications:

If you're interested in finding out more about this unique, rewarding and flexible opportunity (even if something in the above criteria is missing from your experience), please contact us to find out more. This could truly be the most excellent opportunity (flexible working, exciting work, excellent reward) that you can't find anywhere else!

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Disclosure: Where Women Work researches and publishes insightful evidence about how its paid member organizations support women's equality.


                       

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