Our People

Extraordinary People

At Raise, our extraordinary village wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for the dedication and commitment of our inspiring and professional people.  Raise operates with a variable workforce model which benefits our team with flexibility.  Our team are employed for between 5 and 35 hours per week, mostly in school term time.

We are fortunate to have over 1,000 active volunteer mentors in our team as well, who are instrumental in the delivery of our best practice programs.

If you are interested in joining our team, keep an eye out below for the position description of our current vacancies.  We are not recruiting any team members at the moment, but when positions do become available we ask you to send your application along with a cover letter, your resume and a 2 minute video outlining what you would bring to the role to people@raise.org.au so watch this space!

Our Village

The people in our village include our huge number of generous volunteer mentors from the community, our dedicated staff team, our Ambassadors and our professional Board of Directors including Leon Condon (Chair), Andrew Birch (Non Executive Director), Leanne Ralph (Non Executive Director), Jenny Moulder (Executive Director) and Vicki Condon (CEO).  Our Board is supported by our Patron’s Advisory Committee, Chaired by David Gonski AC.

PHOTO:  (L-R) Mark Beretta (Ambassador), Jenny Moulder, Andrew Birch, Vicki Condon, Leon Condon, Shemara Wikramanayake, Leanne Ralph, David Gonski, Jean Kittson (Ambassador)

Our Expertise

David Gonski AC is an Australian public figure and prominent businessman. He is a leading philanthropist, is passionate about education and mentoring, and has advised the Government about education reforms.  David is often described as one of the country’s best-connected businessmen. Our Patron’s Advisory Commitee (PAC) meets quarterly with our Board with the purpose of giving guidance and direction on the most pressing issues we are working on in the Raise village.  Members of our PAC include David Gonski AC, Lisa Paul AO, Chris Bond, Emma Flowers, and David Knowles.  We are very privileged to have such a wealth of knowledge, skills and experience guiding the growth and development of Raise Foundation, and previous members of our PAC included Shemara Wikramanayake who remains a strong supporter of our work.

PHOTO: (L-R) Andrew Birch, Emma Flowers, Lisa Paul AO, Shemara Wikramanayake, Jenny Moulder, Chris Bond, David Gonski AC, Leon Condon