• Permanent full-time based in Fitzroy, Melbourne

Rare and exciting opportunity to support the delivery of high quality, efficient and effective organisational support services across the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) funded Australian Volunteers Program, with specific focus on compliance.

With a 70-year history, AVI is an Australian not-for-profit organisation committed to achieving economic and social development outcomes across Asia, the Pacific and Africa. AVI manages the Australian Volunteers Program (australianvolunteers.com), in a consortium with DT Global and Alinea International on behalf of DFAT.

The aim of Australian Volunteers Program is to support partner organisations progress their development objectives through the provision of skilled Australian volunteers. The program works across 25 countries in the Indo-Pacific region.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

The Compliance Coordinator will work with key internal stakeholders to ensure compliance with client mandated contractual, policy and regulatory requirements; as well as maintaining key program documentation such as the operations manual.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge and experience of working on a development assistance funded program, preferably a DFAT funded program.
• Ability to identify and contribute to business improvement opportunities related to compliance issues.
• Experience developing and auditing internal controls to ensure compliance with DFAT requirements.
• Understanding of or previous experience with Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment, Child Protection and Safeguarding incident management.
• Demonstrated ability to respond to complex issues in an effective and consistent manner.
• High level verbal and written communications skills which are culturally respectful. Ability to analyse information, prepare reports, and present findings in a clear and professional manner.
• Demonstrated administration and organisational skills with the ability to plan and organise competing projects using highly developed time-management skills.
• Strong interpersonal, networking, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications and demonstrated experience.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

• For a full outline of the position and applicant requirements please see the Position Descriptions on the AVI website and submit a cover letter and a current resume.
• For more information or questions please contact Fiona Dutton, Safeguarding and Assurance Manager [email protected], using the subject line: Compliance Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs.
• A position description is attached.

AVI is committed to child protection and safeguarding the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults in the delivery of all our work.  We are committed to the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH), and fraud prevention. We have robust screening procedures for all staff. This screening includes criminal record checks and referee checks prior to commencement and throughout employment.

AVI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. AVI actively encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability and others who have diverse experiences of our world to apply for this opportunity. AVI will provide reasonable workplace adjustments for applicants with disability.

Your privacy is important to AVI. It is the policy of AVI to respect the confidentiality of information and privacy of individuals. Personal information provided by you as part of your application (whether oral, electronic, or written) will be collected and processed for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. In order to carry out this purpose, your information may be disclosed to appropriate persons in our offices. Any information we hold will be governed by the most current version of the AVI Privacy Policy which is available upon request.

Australian Volunteers Program is funded by the Australian Government and managed in consortia by AVI, DT Global and Alinea International.