Consulting
From helping grow an idea, to measuring long-term impact, we provide specialist consulting services to support organisations increase their social purpose and impact.
Enquire about consultingWe provide specialist consulting to help organisations increase their impact.
We are Australia’s leading not-for-profit consulting team. Each year, we help more than 120 clients tackle their most difficult challenges and do more for the people they serve. With over 17 years’ experience working across the social sector, we understand the sector like no other group of consultants. That’s why we have become long-term trusted partners to so many of our clients.
Our services
We know that every situation is different. That’s why we work with you to develop innovative and effective solutions tailored to your unique needs.
What is your purpose? How are you going to achieve it? Strong governance principles and a clear strategy are essential to delivering your social purpose. We can support you to define, refine and clarify your approach and set the strategic direction of your organisation or program.
- Diagnose your operations
- Asses the market, policy and sector environments
- Establish a foundation and set of principles to guide your strategy.
We can help your organisation to operate more effectively and efficiently to deliver improved outcomes and realise your vision.
- Understand what truly matters for your beneficiaries
- Deliver improved outcomes
- Design, redesign, measure and evaluate your services
- Review your service model against market and sector trends before you scale.
Knowing your strengths is key to success, but so too is recognising the strengths of others. We can help you identify collaboration and partnership opportunities – from informal working arrangements to mergers – to extend your impact.
- Map your ecosystem and stakeholders
- Screen potential partners
- Develop a business case
- Perform due diligence, negotiate and implement changes.
You want to manage outcomes. But what are outcomes, have you defined them and how do you manage them?
As the leader in outcome management, and with an accredited SROI trainer, we have set and continue to set the agenda for social impact measurement
- Develop outcomes frameworks
- Manage outcomes
- Understand and create meaningful, fit-for-purpose outcomes
- Communicate your impact.
Who we work with
We’re experts in our field
Our team of over 40 come from a range of professional backgrounds with deep expertise across a number of areas.
See our expert areasWe know what works
We’ve delivered 900 projects for 400+ clients across social, government and corporate sectors. We’re motivated by driving social change through high quality, evidence-based and pragmatic solutions.
The SVA team helped us to gain valuable insight to better understand the impact of our remote services from all perspectives, most importantly the people, communities and organisations we work alongside … This work has helped us to quantify our impact over time.”Judith Meiklejohn • Senior Impact Manager, Orange Sky Australia
Our membership tasked us to develop a model, which is directly responsive to servicing the strategic aspirations of Traditional Owners in the desert to care for their Country. Working with SVA’s team has enabled us to develop a robust structure which supports this vision, whilst providing the opportunity and security to funders to invest in Indigenous driven conservation projects, backed and supported in their delivery by the IDA.”Lindsey Langford • CEO, Indigenous Desert Alliance
The impact report allows us to clearly articulate what our role is in the communities we support, to use it to inform investment decisions and opens us up to multiple new and innovative opportunities. It will enable us to consider each decision through a community value lens and remain focused on the holistic impact of our portfolio.”Rohan Mead • Group Managing Director, Australian Unity
Critical to the success of the project was the deep, trusting working relationships developed between SVA, VACCHO and our workforce members. Without this trust, and the time invested by staff at VACCHO and our members, critical data needed to develop projections would not have been available.”Jim O’Shea • COO and Company Secretary, VACCHO
SVA have been a very supportive partner for the J2E program … As the program has evolved, there has been a journey not only for the participants, but a collaborative journey between the J2E staff and SVA, all aimed at improving the outcomes for our people.”David Cox • J2E Manager, Wunan Foundation
Meet the team
We believe in the strength of diversity. Our team of experts come from a variety of backgrounds. What unites them is their desire to create an Australia where all people thrive.
