Anglican Overseas Aid (AOA) is an international development agency associated with the Anglican Church of Australia. We are a passionate team committed to seeing dignity, equality, and inclusion for those experiencing poverty and marginalisation, with an emphasis on gender and climate justice. We support and engage the broader Anglican community to see the world as God designed it to be, renewed and restored.

The role - the difference you will make

As the Effectiveness and Learning Advisor, you will provide essential guidance on effectiveness and learning within Anglican Overseas Aid’s International Programs team. Your role will involve leading the continuous improvement of the effectiveness and learning processes and systems for AOA’s international programs, ensuring adherence to best practices and quality assurance in our community development and humanitarian projects. 

This may include advising on key processes such as project design, monitoring, and evaluation, while also ensuring the implementation of cross-cutting issues like gender equality, disability inclusion, and environmental and child/adult safeguarding. You will contribute to enhancing program quality by promoting learning and applying proven best practices across the team and with AOA’s field-based partners. Additionally, you will support the development of partner capacity in areas such as climate justice, gender justice, and disability inclusion.

Key Responsibilities

• Determine, develop and implement appropriate project quality standards, and procedures to ensure effective and accountable program delivery.
• Develop and implement international program effectiveness processes and systems.  
• Design and develop monitoring, evaluation and learning processes and systems to drive best practices. 
• Provide advice and support to the international programs team on key project cycle milestones such as design, monitoring, and evaluation of projects.
• Provide capacity building and facilitate the delivery of technical training and expertise to the international programs team, and international partners to strengthen program quality and effectiveness.

ABOUT YOU

• Minimum of 2-3 years relevant experience, preferably within the international development sector.
• Tertiary qualification in community development, international development, or similar.
• Sympathetic to and aligned with AOA’s Christian faith-based values, origins, and key stakeholders.
• Demonstrated understanding of best practices in effectiveness and learning within the international development sector and experience in facilitating the integration of effectiveness throughout the programming cycle.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate across cultural and faith-based contexts.
• Positive and flexible attitude, while taking the initiative in managing own workload, meeting deadlines and maintaining accuracy.
• Willing and able to undertake occasional travel within Australia and internationally.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

• Employment Status: Part-time (0.6 FTE)
• Location: Melbourne office and hybrid preferred with flexibility negotiable (remote work can be considered). 
• A competitive salary plus superannuation and access to a generous not-for-profit salary packaging program (up to an additional $18,450 of your salary tax-free).
• The opportunity to use your talents and expertise to make a positive impact around the world.
• We value flexibility and seek to support our people in working in ways that meet their work/life commitments and support their well-being.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

• AOA is committed to protecting those who work for us, and those with whom we work, from harm and from harming others.
• AOA is committed to safeguarding all people, especially children and vulnerable adults, who come into contact with our organisation and programs. As a child-safe organisation, all staff will undergo police checks, Working with Children Checks, counter-terrorism checks, and any other compliance checks required.
• AOA is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We support accessible and inclusive working arrangements for all. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply, including people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and identities. All qualified applicants will receive impartial consideration for employment.
• All AOA staff are required to sign and abide by AOA’s Code of Conduct and its related policies.
• All AOA staff must have permission to live and work in Australia.

How to Apply

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A position description is attached.