Director, Membership & Growth
Australian College of Nursing (ACN)
$160-180k plus super (depending on experience)
Full-time, 2 Year contract (opportunity for permanency)
Canberra, Deakin, 2600 or Sydney, Parramatta, 2150
About the Company
Revise Recruitment has partnered with the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) to recruit a Director, Membership & Growth.
ACN is Australia's national professional organisation for nurses, dedicated to advancing nurse leadership and strengthening the profession.
Through membership, education, advocacy, events and leadership programs, ACN connects and supports nurses throughout their careers while contributing to better health outcomes across Australia.
About the Role
This newly created senior leadership opportunity for a commercially minded membership professional with a proven ability to drive growth.
Reporting to the Chief Nursing Officer, you'll lead ACN's membership strategy, with a strong focus on acquisition, expanding market reach and growing revenue.
With an established national profile and broad range of programs, ACN offers significant potential to grow its membership base. You'll review the existing membership offering, identify untapped markets and develop strategies to attract new members, leveraging ACN's education, professional development, events and industry relationships.
You'll have the opportunity to bring fresh thinking, challenge established approaches and shape a commercially focused strategy that delivers measurable results. Alongside acquisition, you'll strengthen member engagement and retention, working collaboratively across ACN to build a high-performing membership function.
The role will commence as a two-year contract, with a view to becoming an ongoing permanent position based on the success of the membership growth strategy.
About the Person
You're an accomplished membership leader with a strong commercial mindset and a proven track record of driving membership acquisition, growth and revenue within a professional association or member-based organisation.
You'll understand what attracts new members, how to identify untapped markets and what it takes to develop a compelling membership offering that delivers genuine value.
Strategic in your thinking and confident in your approach, you'll bring the ability to turn opportunities into practical initiatives and measurable results. You'll be comfortable challenging established approaches, influencing senior stakeholders and working collaboratively across the organisation to drive growth.
Most importantly, you'll be an ambitious, forward-thinking leader who sees opportunity, brings fresh ideas and is excited by the prospect of shaping and growing a national membership portfolio.
Duties
- Develop and lead a national membership growth strategy focused on acquisition, conversion and revenue
- Identify new markets and opportunities to expand ACN's reach across the nursing profession
- Review membership categories, pricing and value propositions to support growth
- Develop acquisition strategies in collaboration with Marketing and Communications
- Build strategic partnerships and organisational membership opportunities
- Leverage ACN's education, CPD and events to attract and convert prospective members
- Use membership data and CRM insights to improve acquisition, engagement and retention
- Lead and develop the membership team, establishing clear priorities and performance targets
- Work closely with senior leadership to influence organisational strategy
Skills/Experience
- Significant senior membership experience, ideally within a professional association, institute, peak body or member-based organisation
- Proven success driving membership acquisition, growth and revenue
- Strong understanding of membership models, member value and lifecycle management
- Commercial acumen, including budgets, forecasting and pricing
- Experience developing new markets, partnerships and organisational membership.
- Confidence using CRM systems, data and digital platforms to improve membership performance
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management and influencing skills
Experience in nursing or healthcare is advantageous but not essential. What matters most is your membership expertise, commercial approach, and ability to deliver growth.
If you're an experienced membership professional with a proven ability to drive acquisition and growth, and you're looking for a role where you can genuinely influence strategy and outcomes, APPLY NOW or email louise@reviserecruitment.com.au for an application pack. Closing date: 12 noon, 29th October 2026
Revise Recruitment embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.
