- Part time (0.8 FTE), 8 months fixed term parental cover
- Based in Melbourne (combination WFH and office as per COVID restrictions)
- Excellent opportunity to lead Equality Insights team and to work in the International development sector.
ABOUT IWDA
IWDA is an Australian-based organisation, resourcing diverse women’s rights organisations, primarily in Asia and the Pacific, and contributing to global feminist movements to advance our vision of gender equality for all.
VISION: Gender equality for all
PURPOSE: To defend and advance the rights of diverse women and girls
VALUES: Feminist, Accountable, Collaborative, Transformative
OUR GOALS 2020-2023:
1. Resource and contribute to a resilient and vibrant feminist movement
2. Promote systemic change towards gender equality for all
3. Build a resilient and relevant feminist organisation
IWDA works in partnership with gender equality focused organisations in Asia and the Pacific; with international women’s movement coalitions; and with government and academic institutions in Australia to address the practical and structural barriers to gender equality. IWDA’s partnership work seeks to achieve transformational systemic change in order to realise our vision of gender equality for all.
As part of this contribution, we take actions to decolonise our approach to feminism and development. We want to become the best we can be in the world at north-south partnerships. This means we seek to understand and leverage our locational power so that we know when to:
STEP UP: and use our power to leverage resources and access for women’s rights organisations, and make our own contribution to feminist movements
STAND WITH: feminist movements in solidarity and amplify the work of global south actors
STEP BACK: when others are better placed to take the lead.
ABOUT THE ROLE
IWDA works in partnership with gender equality focused organisations in Asia and the Pacific; with international women’s movement coalitions; and with government and academic institutions in Australia to address the practical and structural barriers to gender equality. IWDA’s partnership work seeks to achieve transformational systemic change in order to realise our vision of gender equality for all.
Equality Insights is a flagship program of IWDA that aims to redefine how poverty is understood and measured and inspire wider change, in measurement standards and approaches and in gender equality outcomes. Built on more than 14 years of research and refinement, Equality Insights deploys a gender-sensitive, individual-level survey that asks questions about many aspects of life to better understand how poverty is experienced by men and women. The result is an evidence base of (otherwise invisible) insights to inspire and enable targeted and transformative change.
The Equality Insights program sits within IWDA’s Knowledge Translation Team. The Senior Program Manager (SPM), role supports the program to realise its ambitious objectives and maximise the value and impact of the current funding, while supporting a transition to a more diversified resourcing model. The position is responsible for team management as well as leading and enabling implementation of the Equality Insights program.
The Senior Program Manager ensures program planning, implementation and adaptation is in line with IWDA’s Strategic Plan, and meets contractual requirements of all funding agreements. The role will ensure systematic approaches to program implementation, financial management, monitoring, evaluation and learning.
The Senior Program Manager manages a team of quantitative data specialists (4); a communications specialist (1) and a research coordinator (1). The SPM collaborates with the Director of Knowledge Translation and the Equality Insights Special Advisor on sustainability of the program.
The SPM will ensure the delivery of contractual obligations and contribute to the integration of this program with other relevant areas of IWDA’s work.
Find the full position description for complete position context and focus here .
THE OFFER
This is a fixed term (late May 2023 – Feb 2024), part time role (0.8 FTE) . Classified at SCHADS 6 plus superannuation and salary packaging.
Some of the benefits:
- Flexible work arrangements such as compressed hours
- Salary packaging options
- Employee Assistance program
HOW TO APPLY
If you are looking for an opportunity to make a key contribution to a rights-based international development agency committed to gender equality for all, click apply and submit your application.
International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) has an Equal Opportunity exemption (H69/2022) and requests applications from women (including trans women) only.
IWDA welcomes people with different skills and life experiences, and encourages women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, women with disabilities and First Nations women to apply. Preference will be given to applicants who have experience in, or strong community ties to, one of the countries in which IWDA supports partners.
Any offer of employment will require a National Police Check and endorsement of IWDA’s Child Protection Code of Conduct. All applicants must be legally entitled to live and work in Australia.