• Workplace benefits:
  • Flexible working hours
  • Salary packaging options
  • Leave loading
  • Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Be part of an experienced and friendly team of professionals
• Fixed-term, Part-time (approximately 7hrs per week, with flexibility required)
• Location: Flexible, ideally Sydney CBD

Act for Peace is a dynamic humanitarian aid and development agency.

We believe all people are created equal, and we should love our neighbour's as ourselves. Yet, right now, we’re living in a world of ‘us’ and ‘them’. Divisions are deepening, conflicts are escalating, and climate inaction is placing lives in peril.

It means every day, more of us around the world are forced from our homes by violent conflict and disaster.

For more than 70 years, Act for Peace has brought people together to respond to this injustice. Meeting urgent needs, advocating for change and backing displaced people to reclaim control of their lives.

Founded by the Australian churches, we are a diverse collection of people united by a powerful conviction: to create a just and peaceful society, we must work together. It’s both the right thing to do, and the only thing that will work.

That’s why we work in solidarity with long-term local partners; and collaborate with local, regional and global networks, academics, governments and the UN; to ensure people uprooted by conflict and disaster have a safe place to belong.

Our Vison:

A world where everyone belongs.

Our Purpose:

To create, together, a world where people uprooted by conflict and disaster have a safe place to belong.

For more information about Act for Peace, including our strategic framework, principles and policies, please visit our website www.actforpeace.org.au.

Role Description

Act for Peace is seeking a passionate and experienced National Coordinator to lead the Australian branch of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). This global initiative, led by the World Council of Churches, provides protective accompaniment for communities in East Jerusalem and the West Bank affected by the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

The role involves recruiting and training Australian Ecumenical Accompaniers (EAs), coordinating their deployment to the West Bank, and supporting their advocacy efforts on return. The successful candidate will work closely with the Australian Steering Committee, the World Council of Churches, and EAs to ensure successful deployment, advocacy, and continuous program improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruitment & Training: Oversee the recruitment, training, and preparation of Australian EAs for deployment.
• Deployment Support: Coordinate compliance, security briefings, and ongoing contact during deployment.
• Advocacy: Support returned EAs to engage in advocacy efforts and liaise with relevant stakeholders to amplify their impact.
• Program Management: Ensure high-quality project cycle management, budget oversight, and effective monitoring and evaluation in line with Act for Peace and donor requirements.

Please download the Candidate Information Pack IPC for further details on the role, including the key responsibilities and selection criteria.

To apply:

Please click 'Apply Now', where you will be able to upload your resume and a cover letter addressing the selection criteria.

For further information, please contact our International Partnerships & Programs Manager [email protected] using the subject line: National Coordinator - Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine and Israel enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Act for Peace prioritises the safeguarding of all people, including the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, and the protection of children. Employment and engagement is conditional upon the outcome of an Australian Federal Police Background check, as well as an equivalent police background check for any country in which the applicant has lived for more than 12 months during the last five years and each country of citizenship and Working With Children Checks where possible. Our policies, including our Child Safeguarding Policy, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Policy and Code of Conduct can be found at: http://www.actforpeace.org.au/our-policies.

Act for Peace is an equal opportunities employer. Individuals with lived experience of displacement are encouraged to apply.

A position description is attached.