We believe that excellence begins with quality leadership, robust governance and clarity of purpose and impact.

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Across Australia we work with individuals, for-purpose organisations, social enterprises and corporates to maximise their social impact.

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Executive search

We have access to the leaders across the for-purpose sector. Let us help you find your right one.
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Events and development for individuals looking to secure executive and board roles.
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Board search

Non-executive director board search opportunities.
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Our contribution to impact

6720

staff hours donated to people and organisations

615

non-executive directors placed on NFP Boards

948

individuals placed in purpose-orientated roles

568

organisations supported and strengthened

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I have worked with many recruiters in the past and it’s hard to get someone who truly takes the time to understand your organisation. We felt Rachael really made an effort to understand our business, our community, and the complexity and intricacies around our faith based organisation. We were impressed with how they cared for our needs, all the way to the final candidate, and on that choice we could not be happier.
Jason Sandler, President - JewishCare

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One of the critical system challenges that needs to be addressed to drive real change in the sector is securing the right talent. People for Purpose think broadly and creatively about how best to source talent, and use their extensive network across sectors to tap into a unique and diverse pool of skills and perspectives.
Michael Traill, Chair - Paul Ramsay Foundation

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BOARD OPPORTUNITY

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EXECUTIVE OPPORTUNITY

Chief Executive Officer: Teach for Australia

Lead Teach for Australia to drive educational equity in Australia.

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BOARD OPPORTUNITY

Non-Executive Director: Humpty Dumpty Foundation

Champion financial excellence to empower life-saving healthcare for Australian children.

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EXECUTIVE OPPORTUNITY

Chief Executive Officer: Cool.org

Lead Cool.org to inspire educators, grow impact, and shape sustainable futures

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EXECUTIVE OPPORTUNITY

Chief Operating Officer: Raise Foundation

Lead operations at Raise Foundation, focusing on strategy & impact to empower Australia’s future leaders via transformative youth mentoring programs.

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People for Purpose came highly recommended to us. Having engaged them for our CEO recruitment, I can now see why. They adopt a very robust up-front process. That is; they invested deeply to understand the ambitions of the organisation, the characteristics of the Board and the range of our stakeholders and constituents. We could not be happier with the results.
Sally Howland, Chair - Support Act

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We had a critical role to fill at Schools Plus. One which required a set of capabilities and expertise which we were unsuccessful in finding through our networks and our own online recruitment search. People for Purpose were relentless in identifying high quality candidates which fitted the brief and thanks to their professionalism we found the perfect person.
Rosemary Conn, CEO - Australian Schools Plus