Job description Business Innovation and Development Manager

Job location: Negotiable throughout New Zealand

Hours: Permanent, full-time position (40 hours per week)

Job specific information

We are seeking an innovative and commercially astute leader to join our Executive Leadership Team and help shape the future impact and sustainability of CCS Disability Action.

In this role you will lead our portfolio of business, accessibility and community-facing activities and strengthen the impact, connection and sustainability of what we already do, while identifying and developing new opportunities.

With a strong social-purpose lens, you will identify how our people, expertise, relationships, ideas, property and capital can create greater impact for disabled people and whānau while contributing to long-term organisational sustainability.

You will lead a diverse portfolio that includes BarrierFree, Lifemark, Mobility Parking, Training for Business and Community, and future innovation initiatives.

This is a senior executive role with national scope and genuine strategic influence.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will:

• Ensure existing business and community-facing activities are connected, purposeful, well led and increasingly sustainable.

• Develop and manage a clear pipeline of opportunities that respond to unmet need and make better use of our assets and capabilities.

• Lead investment and development decisions balance social impact, strategic fit, financial viability, risk and opportunity cost.

• Maintain a clear connection between what matters to disabled people and whānau the opportunities CCS Disability Action chooses to pursue.

• Guide promising ideas through disciplined testing to implementation, partnership, scale or an intentional decision to stop.

Our organisation takes a social, rather than medical approach, supporting disabled people to live their best lives. We are guided by the Enabling Good Lives principles, shifting power and authority back to disabled people and their families, to increase choice and control in their lives.

About you

You are a strategic and collaborative leader who can operate confidently at both executive and operational levels. You will bring:

• Senior experience in business development, innovation, social enterprise, community development, service development or a related field.

• Demonstrated ability to turn ideas and unmet need into credible options, business cases, partnerships and implementation.

• Strong commercial and financial literacy, with the ability to balance financial sustainability and social impact.

• Experience leading people, functions or a diverse portfolio of activity.

• Strong relationship-building skills across community, government, business and/or social-sector environments.

• Understanding of disability, accessibility, community housing, government commissioning or social services is desirable.

• Alignment with CCS Disability Action’s values, including a commitment to inclusion and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

We offer a supportive and caring work environment and truly value an environment where you can be your whole self. Te Aronui, our Strategic Priorities, reflect who we are and how we work. We value relationships, wellbeing and knowledge, all while keeping whānau hauā (disabled people) at the heart of everything we do.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future direction of a respected national organisation and create lasting social impact for disabled people and whānau throughout Aotearoa.

Why us?

At CCS Disability Action, we foster a supportive and inclusive workplace guided by the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and the New Zealand Disability Strategy. We uphold a strong human rights framework and promote equal opportunities for all.

Our strategic priorities, Te Aronui, shape how we work – valuing relationships, wellbeing, and knowledge while keeping whānau hauā/disabled people at the heart of everything we do. We celebrate diversity and offer flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance. Join our friendly, values-driven team and make a meaningful impact every day.

With a strong employee value proposition, we offer great employee benefits, job-related training, and clear career growth pathways. Whether you’re with us short-term or long-term, we provide the tools and opportunities for success. Our employee benefits programme includes:

• Exclusive discounts

• Free access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• A paid annual wellbeing day.

How to apply

Please complete the form below and upload your cover letter – where you can share a bit about yourself and your interests – along with your CV, outlining your work experience and education. Once you've submitted your application, it will be sent directly to us for review.

Applications close at 9am, Monday 9 November 2026.

We work within a human rights framework and are committed to equal opportunity in all our employment policies and procedures. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. We openly encourage disabled people to apply.

If you need accommodations or an alternative application method, please contact: Kate.Single@ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz
We’re committed to making our process accessible to all.