• Permanent, part-time role
• Based in Melbourne CBD (Hybrid)
• Key role in managing the risk and compliances across organisation and a great opportunity to work in a progressive international development

ABOUT IWDA

IWDA is an Australia 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

STRATEGIC GOALS 2025:

1. Resource and contribute to a resilient and vibrant feminist movement, primarily in the areas of freedom from violence and power, leadership and civic space
2. Promote systemic change towards gender equality for all
3. Build a resilient and relevant feminist organisation

We resource the work of diverse women’s rights organisations, enable them to be more effective by providing support that goes beyond money, and we make our own contributions to feminist movements through advocacy, knowledge creation and translation.

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 at partnerships across the Majority and Minority worlds. 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

SIT WITH uncertainty, embrace communal learning and deep listening, and accept that time is needed to collectively discern the best course of action.

Our 2023-2025 Strategic Plan outlines a third way between the models of women’s funds and international development NGOs.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Working in collaboration with teams across the organisation, and under the guidance of the Operations Manager, this newly-created role takes ownership of the development, implementation, and ongoing evaluation of risk and compliance systems and processes to support IWDA’s effectiveness and sustainability.

The Risk and Compliance Officer takes a lead role in managing risk and compliance processes across the organisation. With support from the Operations Manager and the Executive Leadership Team, the role will improve and rollout efficient and robust risk and compliance measures across IWDA and support our diverse staff to use these consistently. The role will also create processes to monitor and evaluate our use of these systems.

This role will work collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary People, Finance & Operations team.

Find the full position description here.

THE OFFER

This is a permanent, part-time (0.6 FTE) role. Classified at SCHADS 5 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 Now and submit your application.

A position description is attached.

IWDA is committed to the wellbeing of our staff. 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 cis or trans).

The successful candidate will work closely with our partner organisations based in the Pacific and South East Asia, to meet the specific needs of women in those regions. Accordingly, IWDA seeks applications from women (cis or trans) with lived experience in the Pacific or South East Asia; that is, from individuals who are native to a culture of the Pacific or Asia including to an Indigenous culture in a settler society in 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.