Job Description
Community and Events Manager, Apropela
(formerly Heads over Heels)
Part time role, with hour flexibility.
Applications open to candidates with 5+ years' experience post tertiary qualification only.
Based at Stone&Chalk/Tech Central, Sydney, and with the ability to also WFH.
Apropela is a unique organisation that supports female entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Previously known as Heads over Heels, we have been operating for 15 years and have supported over 140 female founders with business introductions to enable them to scale and grow.
We are looking for a skilled, confident, creative communicator to join us in a lynchpin role. If you are a resourceful self-starter who is passionate about supporting women entrepreneurs to grow iconic businesses, keen to build on existing skills, and get more exposure to start-ups, event management and community engagement, then we’d love to talk to you!
Currently we are based in Sydney’s Stone & Chalk and will be moving to the exciting scale-up community in Tech Central (477 Pitt St.), from August. The role is Part Time, attracting a market competitive salary, experience dependent, and with the ability to WFH.
The Community and Events Manager will play a key role in shaping Apropela’s image, values and ongoing success. Reporting directly to the CEO, the successful candidate will be responsible for engaging and overseeing our community and will have end-to-end involvement in delivering Apropela’s calendar of high-quality events, which are extremely well attended by senior leaders in the business and community sectors.
Here is a brief overview of the work you will do:
Community management: We’re looking for a personable, digitally savvy individual to be fully across and engaged with our entrepreneurial and vibrant community. You will have oversight of our CRM and website and help to curate engaging and informative communications, for use across our digital marketing assets and social media channels.
Event management: Our hotly anticipated events are extremely well-attended by senior figures across the public and private sectors. You will support the delivery of both online and in-person events. The successful candidate will have a keen eye for event logistics, and the resourcefulness to troubleshoot any mishaps that inevitably occur!
Supporting relationships – Apropela exists to foster warm relationships between female entrepreneurs and senior members of the business and community sectors. You will assist in facilitating the development of these warm relationships and by helping to ensure that the game-changing introductions that are ‘offered’ at our events occur.
The successful candidate will likely have the following:
1. Comfort building relationships with senior business and community leaders, female entrepreneurs and others in the startup eco-system:
Managing and resolving queries
Creating mechanisms for gathering community feedback, analysing patterns and themes and identifying opportunities to improve processes
2. Superb attention to detail and aptitude for logistical event planning both online (via Zoom) and in-person:
Managing and coordinating events and webinars, liaising with speakers, hosts and contractors, updating the calendar of events, setting up event registration pages, and monitoring RSVPs
Helping to coordinate Female Founder and Board events such as the annual retreat, and social founder gatherings
3. Strong digital platform skills – ie confident use of Salesforce, Microsoft 365 tools, Mailchimp Campaign management as well as design tools such as Adobe products, Canva, Wix. Familiarity with Jotforms and Zapier would be helpful:
Ensuring our website content is up-to-date and our marketing materials look fantastic and align to our brand guidelines
Coordinating email campaigns
Keeping our CRM (Salesforce) up to date
4. Ability to contribute to social media channels (e.g. predominantly LinkedIn)
Keeping an eye on response and engagement rates, comments and sentiment on social media and other media, coordinating helpful and appropriate responses
Assisting on team projects and marketing activities, coordinating LinkedIn posts
The following prior experience will be viewed favourably:
· Successfully managing professionally run events
· Crafting engaging and compelling community communications: newsletters, running and maintaining Slack channel, Whatsapp group
· Prior experience with CRMs
Applications to Kate Harper, CEO of Apropela [email protected]
Start date: July 1, 2026 (with the ability to work on 14th and 15th May at Sydney Portfolio Event)
Apropela is based in Sydney in the vibrant shared workspace of Stone & Chalk Sydney Startup Hub/Tech Central. While we require attendance at our Events and a weekly presence in the office, we also support remote working.
About Us
Apropela is a Not For Profit with a mission to increase the representation of women entrepreneurs leading high growth companies. We create game-changing outcomes for carefully selected outstanding women - by providing them with quality, personal, business connections from senior business, government, and community leaders.
Apropela has helped over 140 female entrepreneurs and has an active Portfolio of businesses founded and led by women, with additional Pipeline companies and a further group of alumnae companies. Over 7000 connections have been generated through our structured Portfolio Events, which have included introductions to potential customers, investors, advisors, and other connections that female entrepreneurs need to successfully accelerate their businesses.
Apropela is privileged to enjoy incredible support from its Strategy Council, Board, National Ambassadors and Platinum Partners – Ashurst Lawyers, Optus, Macquarie Bank, NAB and Steadfast Group.
To learn more please:
· Visit the website: http://www.apropela.com
· LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/63+6772
· Check out the Company Director magazine highlighting the important role we play in the start-up ecosystem: https://www.aicd.com.au/board-of-directors/diversity/women/networking-opportunities-for-female-entrepreneurs
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(formerly Heads over Heels)
Part time role, with hour flexibility.
Applications open to candidates with 5+ years' experience post tertiary qualification only.
Based at Stone&Chalk/Tech Central, Sydney, and with the ability to also WFH.
Apropela is a unique organisation that supports female entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Previously known as Heads over Heels, we have been operating for 15 years and have supported over 140 female founders with business introductions to enable them to scale and grow.
We are looking for a skilled, confident, creative communicator to join us in a lynchpin role. If you are a resourceful self-starter who is passionate about supporting women entrepreneurs to grow iconic businesses, keen to build on existing skills, and get more exposure to start-ups, event management and community engagement, then we’d love to talk to you!
Currently we are based in Sydney’s Stone & Chalk and will be moving to the exciting scale-up community in Tech Central (477 Pitt St.), from August. The role is Part Time, attracting a market competitive salary, experience dependent, and with the ability to WFH.
The Community and Events Manager will play a key role in shaping Apropela’s image, values and ongoing success. Reporting directly to the CEO, the successful candidate will be responsible for engaging and overseeing our community and will have end-to-end involvement in delivering Apropela’s calendar of high-quality events, which are extremely well attended by senior leaders in the business and community sectors.
Here is a brief overview of the work you will do:
Community management: We’re looking for a personable, digitally savvy individual to be fully across and engaged with our entrepreneurial and vibrant community. You will have oversight of our CRM and website and help to curate engaging and informative communications, for use across our digital marketing assets and social media channels.
Event management: Our hotly anticipated events are extremely well-attended by senior figures across the public and private sectors. You will support the delivery of both online and in-person events. The successful candidate will have a keen eye for event logistics, and the resourcefulness to troubleshoot any mishaps that inevitably occur!
Supporting relationships – Apropela exists to foster warm relationships between female entrepreneurs and senior members of the business and community sectors. You will assist in facilitating the development of these warm relationships and by helping to ensure that the game-changing introductions that are ‘offered’ at our events occur.
The successful candidate will likely have the following:
1. Comfort building relationships with senior business and community leaders, female entrepreneurs and others in the startup eco-system:
Managing and resolving queries
Creating mechanisms for gathering community feedback, analysing patterns and themes and identifying opportunities to improve processes
2. Superb attention to detail and aptitude for logistical event planning both online (via Zoom) and in-person:
Managing and coordinating events and webinars, liaising with speakers, hosts and contractors, updating the calendar of events, setting up event registration pages, and monitoring RSVPs
Helping to coordinate Female Founder and Board events such as the annual retreat, and social founder gatherings
3. Strong digital platform skills – ie confident use of Salesforce, Microsoft 365 tools, Mailchimp Campaign management as well as design tools such as Adobe products, Canva, Wix. Familiarity with Jotforms and Zapier would be helpful:
Ensuring our website content is up-to-date and our marketing materials look fantastic and align to our brand guidelines
Coordinating email campaigns
Keeping our CRM (Salesforce) up to date
4. Ability to contribute to social media channels (e.g. predominantly LinkedIn)
Keeping an eye on response and engagement rates, comments and sentiment on social media and other media, coordinating helpful and appropriate responses
Assisting on team projects and marketing activities, coordinating LinkedIn posts
The following prior experience will be viewed favourably:
· Successfully managing professionally run events
· Crafting engaging and compelling community communications: newsletters, running and maintaining Slack channel, Whatsapp group
· Prior experience with CRMs
Applications to Kate Harper, CEO of Apropela [email protected]
Start date: July 1, 2026 (with the ability to work on 14th and 15th May at Sydney Portfolio Event)
Apropela is based in Sydney in the vibrant shared workspace of Stone & Chalk Sydney Startup Hub/Tech Central. While we require attendance at our Events and a weekly presence in the office, we also support remote working.
About Us
Apropela is a Not For Profit with a mission to increase the representation of women entrepreneurs leading high growth companies. We create game-changing outcomes for carefully selected outstanding women - by providing them with quality, personal, business connections from senior business, government, and community leaders.
Apropela has helped over 140 female entrepreneurs and has an active Portfolio of businesses founded and led by women, with additional Pipeline companies and a further group of alumnae companies. Over 7000 connections have been generated through our structured Portfolio Events, which have included introductions to potential customers, investors, advisors, and other connections that female entrepreneurs need to successfully accelerate their businesses.
Apropela is privileged to enjoy incredible support from its Strategy Council, Board, National Ambassadors and Platinum Partners – Ashurst Lawyers, Optus, Macquarie Bank, NAB and Steadfast Group.
To learn more please:
· Visit the website: http://www.apropela.com
· LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/63+6772
· Check out the Company Director magazine highlighting the important role we play in the start-up ecosystem: https://www.aicd.com.au/board-of-directors/diversity/women/networking-opportunities-for-female-entrepreneurs
Show more
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Community and Events Manager position is now open for candidates interested in the Event Management Jobs sector. This role in Sydney offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Event Management Jobs is a plus.
