Parental leave cover – fixed term (Sep 2023-Apr 2024) , Part-time role
Based in Melbourne CBD (combination WFH and office )
support partnerships team with Women’s right organisation in Cambodia and great opportunity 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.
OUR VISION: Gender equality for all
OUR 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 resilient and vibrant feminist movements, primarily in the areas of power, leadership and civic space; freedom from violence; and gendered climate justice
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 began working in Cambodia in 1985 and currently has funded partnerships with sophisticated and internationally recognised feminist organisations in Cambodia: United Sisterhood Alliance; Rainbow Community Organisation Kampuchea (RoCK); and Gender and Development Cambodia (GADC). IWDA collaborates with these organisations as allies and movement partners, with a focus on mutual learning, joint advocacy and feminist movement strengthening.
The Program Coordinator will support the Program Manager, Cambodia to manage a portfolio of programs. In particular, the position will provide coordination support to IWDA’s partnerships and program implementation of the Movements and Voice for Equality (MOVE) Program funded by the Foundation for a Just Society (FJS). IWDA undertakes a secretariat role in the MOVE program, is a movement partner and provides technical accompaniment regarding strategic advocacy. The program aims to advance long-term structural change towards gender equality, justice and participatory democracy in Asia and the Pacific, particularly in Cambodia and Myanmar.
The role undertakes program coordination, information management, logistics management, contract management support, financial administration, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) inputs, consultant contracting, donor tracking, support to proposal development and administration regarding IWDA’s Cambodia Country Program and the MOVE Program.
Find the full position description here.
THE OFFER
This is a parental leave cover fixed term (7 months), Part-time role. Classified at SCHADS 4 plus superannuation and salary packaging.
Some of the benefits:
Flexible work arrangements
Salary packaging options
Employee Assistance program
Additional end of year leave for all and additional paid personal/carer’s and parental leave
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.
IWDA is committed to the wellbeing and safety of our staff including with respect to COVID-19. All our team members are able to work flexibly from home as well as from our office in Melbourne. All staff are fully equipped to work productively and safely from their homes. As long as it is COVID-19 safe, the candidate will be expected to work from our physical office space at least two days a week.
International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) has an Equal Opportunity exemption (H69/2022) and requests applications from women only(including trans women).
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, especially within the Pacific.
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.
