At Scyne, we are public purpose sector specialists who support governments and their agencies, and not-for-profit organisations, to deliver services to Australians, helping to build more resilient, equitable, secure and prosperous communities. We are guided by our values of Stronger Together, Amplify Impact, Build Trusted Relationships, Value Every Person, Think Beyond Limits, and Defined by Ethics.
Our purpose-driven professionals provide clients with access to the skills, capabilities and expertise to support the delivery of government agendas and public purpose projects, with specialist teams across three national practices:
Our Transformation practice brings together the skills and capabilities to support our clients to address their big agendas and deliver transformation programs. We look for passionate individuals with diverse backgrounds who can bring new perspectives to support our clients to address critical challenges across:
We are seeking an experienced Director to lead delivery across our Workforce Capability portfolio. This is a senior client-facing leadership role, accountable for the quality and commercial performance of complex transformation programs spanning Australia's skills, employment and training ecosystem.
You will bring deep domain credibility, the ability to originate and shape work, and a track record of building trusted relationships with senior stakeholders.
Our Change & Capability team in the Transformation practice empowers our clients to plan, prepare for and take advantage of the rapid changes to work and their workforce. We work across elements including:
As a permanent member of our team, you’ll have the chance to develop your consulting skills and experience, and advance your career as a trusted advisor to our clients in the skills, employment and training sector. You’ll also benefit from mentorship by industry leaders, helping you build on your existing expertise.
In this role as a Director, you will:
We are searching for purpose-driven and passionate people who share and can live our values.
Ideally, you have experience across some of the following domains:
Previous consulting experience is favourable. This will allow you to hit the ground running, leading consulting engagements and being directly involved in the day-to-day management of our local Transformation practice. As a Director, you will also develop new project work with existing clients and through creating new client relationships.
We champion a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion, recognising that collective intelligence and varied perspectives are crucial for delivering exceptional outcomes for Australia's public sector. We actively encourage applications from individuals within marginalised and historically underrepresented communities. Please advise us if you require any adjustments during the application process.
We are deeply passionate about improving outcomes for First Peoples, collaborating with government and community sectors on programs focused on First Nations clients, consumers, and communities. We highly value the profound knowledge, insights, capabilities, strength, resilience, and cultural competence of First Peoples.
Our recruitment process is fair and inclusive, seeking a skilled and diverse workforce reflective of the communities we serve. We consider ability, performance, potential, and alignment with our values, valuing unique experiences and contributions. Background checks and, if required, valid Commonwealth security clearances are part of our process.
For recruitment partners, please note that candidate submissions from search firms and recruiters are only accepted in alignment with a pre-existing, signed agreement for a specific position. Unsolicited resumes will not incur financial obligation.

Scyne are public purpose specialists uniting people, ideas and potential to shape solutions.
Scyne is an Australian company, registered with ASIC, with a Board including an independent Chair, a staff appointed director and two additional non-executive independent directors alongside two directors from the majority shareholder.
We are an independent, contemporary, national business with the scale and capabilities to support public purpose projects and governments at all levels right across Australia.
Setting a new standard for public purpose advisory services in Australia, Scyne is conflict free from the for-profit private sector, with rigorous governance and accountability frameworks and standards.
Our vision is to be the public purpose specialists, focused on helping governments and their agencies build more resilient, secure, equitable and prosperous communities.