Impact Advising

What Impact Advising does

Impact Advising (legally SBP Pty Ltd, ABN 60 673 510 186) is a specialist recruitment consultancy headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with additional offices in Adelaide and Perth. Founded in 2024 by three co-founders — Nadia Pachon, Rosheen Singh, and Chloe Barton — the firm places candidates across the Australian not-for-profit, health, and community sectors. Service coverage spans five core disciplines: Health & Community Services, Fundraising, Marketing & Communications, Corporate Services, and Executive Search. The company positions itself as a trusted advisor rather than a high-volume transactional recruiter, emphasising values and mission alignment in candidate matching.

The firm generates revenue through professional services recruitment placement fees, structured as either contingency or retained search arrangements (pricing is not publicly disclosed). Its only disclosed technology dependency is JobAdder, a third-party recruitment software used for job board postings; there is no proprietary platform, mobile application, or API offering. Beyond core placement services, Impact Advising operates The Impact Fund (an annual initiative reinvesting a portion of profits into NFP organisations including Lou's Place, Take 3 for the Sea, and Tough Guy Book Club), an "Impactful Conversations" podcast featuring sector experts, and an Impact Referral Program offering $500 gift vouchers for successful candidate referrals. Go-to-market relies on content marketing (blog, podcast, LinkedIn) and direct client engagement, with no channel intermediaries or resellers.

The firm maintains RCSA Corporate Membership and FIA Organisational Membership, and co-founder Rosheen Singh received the RCSA Recruitment Professional of the Year award in 2020. The team of approximately eight to ten-plus people operates nationally across Australia, serving clients that include Royal Flying Doctor Service, ChildFund Australia, Heart Foundation, Amnesty International Australia, and NORTH Foundation.

Name

Impact Advising

Legal name

SBP Pty Ltd

Website

https://impactadvising.com.au

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Impact Advising is an Australian specialist recruitment consultancy placing candidates across the not-for-profit, health, and community sectors nationally. The Sydney-based firm serves organisations across five disciplines, including fundraising, health services, marketing, corporate services, and executive search.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

HR Policy, Governance, Compliance & Risk Advisory (BPACAJAF)

Keywords

• Not-for-profit recruitment
• Executive search services
• Health sector recruitment
• Fundraising talent placement
• Community services hiring

Headquarters

HQ city

Sydney

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Placement Services: Impact Advising generates revenue through recruitment placement fees for placing candidates in permanent, contract, and temporary roles within not-for-profit, health, and community organisations. Their revenue model is likely success-based (contingency placement fees) or retained search arrangements for executive positions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Impact Advising is a specialist recruitment consultancy placing candidates into not-for-profit, health, and community sector organisations across Australia. The firm delivers permanent, contract, and temporary placements across five practice areas — Health & Community Services, Fundraising, Marketing & Communications, Corporate Services, and Executive Search — using a consultative, partnership-based engagement model rather than high-volume transactional recruiting.

Product overview

Impact Advising operates as a unified recruitment services platform offering specialist placement services across five core disciplines: Health & Community Services, Fundraising, Marketing & Communications, Corporate Services, and Executive Search. The offering is a single integrated service rather than modular software architecture. Supporting offerings include The Impact Fund (annual grant program reinvesting profits into the sector), a podcast series featuring sector insights, and an Impact Referral Program incentivising candidate referrals. All services are delivered through a partnership-focused approach, combining personal consultation with sector-specific expertise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Specialist Recruitment Services Full-service recruitment placing candidates into not-for-profit, health, and community sector roles in Australia, from entry-level through to leadership positions, using a consultative, values-aligned matching approach.
• Client Recruitment Partnership Collaborative recruitment engagement for not-for-profit organisations covering brief development, candidate sourcing, screening, interview coordination, and offer management with a focus on mission and culture alignment.
• Candidate Career Placement Services Career placement and job search support for candidates seeking roles in the Australian not-for-profit sector, including CV review, role matching, interview preparation, and placement guidance.
• Executive Search Senior leadership and C-suite executive search for not-for-profit organisations, covering CEO, CFO, COO and other executive placements requiring deep sector knowledge and mission-aligned candidate identification.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 people placed into impactful roles
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• House of WelcomeminorOthers · 1 January 20252026 Impact Fund winner. House of Welcome creates safe, welcoming communities for refugees and people seeking asylum, providing emergency accommodation, food and financial assistance, trauma-informed casework and settlement support. Impact Advising contributes a portion of profits to support this organisation.
• Women & Children FirstminorOthers · 1 January 20252026 Impact Fund winner. Women & Children First supports women and children escaping domestic and family violence, providing refuge, counselling, children's services and practical support through trauma-informed care and specialist recovery programs.
• 4 VoicesminorOthers · 1 January 20252026 Impact Fund winner. 4 Voices provides immediate, practical and trauma-informed support to women experiencing crisis, including domestic and family violence, homelessness and social isolation through mobile outreach and advocacy.
• Lou's PlaceminorOthers · 1 January 20252025 Impact Fund inaugural recipient. Lou's Place is a safe haven for women in crisis, offering practical support, connection, and care through meals, essentials, and therapeutic programs for women experiencing homelessness, violence, and trauma.
• Take 3 for the SeaminorOthers · 1 January 20252025 Impact Fund inaugural recipient. Take 3 for the Sea is an award-winning global movement protecting oceans from plastic pollution by inspiring simple, human-sized actions that create ripple effects for lasting change.
• Tough Guy Book ClubminorOthers · 1 January 20252025 Impact Fund inaugural recipient. Tough Guy Book Club is a nationwide movement fostering connection, conversation, and community among men with 110 chapters across Australia, promoting mental and physical wellbeing through monthly book discussions and challenges.
• RCSAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Corporate member of the Recruitment, Consulting & Staffing Association (RCSA) - the peak industry body for recruitment and staffing professionals in Australia and New Zealand. Provides access to industry standards, professional development, and industry recognition.
• Fundraising Institute Australia (FIA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Organisational member of FIA - the peak professional body for fundraising in Australia. Demonstrates commitment to the fundraising sector and access to industry best practices and networking.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ccentric: Australian executive search firm specialising in healthcare leadership. Overlaps with Impact Advising's health sector and executive search service lines, particularly for senior appointments in hospitals, health services, and health-related NFPs.
• Beaumont People: Australian specialist recruitment firm focused exclusively on the not-for-profit, charity, and purpose-driven sectors. Direct head-to-head competitor to Impact Advising with an overlapping service portfolio across fundraising, marketing, and executive search within NFPs.
• NGO Recruitment: Australian recruitment boutique dedicated to the international development, humanitarian, and NGO sectors. Closely comparable business model — placements, sector specialisation, and consultative approach — with overlapping customer base across Australian NFPs.
• Hardy Group: Australian health and NFP executive search firm. Directly comparable in executive-level placements and sector specialisation, with shared client base across health and community services organisations.
• The Orchard Talent Group: Australian specialist recruiter covering the not-for-profit, health, and social impact sectors. Comparable in vertical specialisation and executive search focus, targeting the same kinds of customers in fundraising, corporate services, and program leadership.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: One of the world's largest staffing firms with significant Australian presence. Offers broad-based recruitment services across sectors, including elements that overlap with Impact Advising's corporate services and health placements.
• Robert Half: Global staffing and recruitment firm with Australian operations. Provides overlapping capabilities in finance, accounting, and corporate services placements but without the NFP sector focus.
• Michael Page: Global generalist recruitment firm with significant Australian operations. Overlaps with Impact Advising on marketing, communications, and executive search roles, but lacks equivalent sector specialisation in NFP.
• Hays: Large global generalist recruiter with an Australian presence and dedicated NFP/health practice. Competes for the same mandates but as part of a much broader portfolio rather than the pure-sector specialisation that Impact Advising offers.

Others

• Pro Bono Australia: Australia's leading NFP-sector media and jobs platform. Not a direct recruiter, but adjacent ecosystem participant — its job board reaches the same candidate pool that Impact Advising targets, and it represents both a potential channel partner and indirect competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/impactadvising

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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