We have a rare opportunity for a Disability & Inclusion Advisor to join World Vision Australia’s (WVA’s) high performing field programme team. You will be responsible for providing a range of services that support the implementation of quality accessible and inclusive programming, predominantly for WVA’s Australian NGO Cooperation Partnership (ANCP) Program in Pacific countries

While managing a field-based Disability Advisor, this role contributes to the achievement of impact and supports WVA’s donors and Field Offices’ to ensures that persons with disabilities partner with WVA to participate and benefit from ANCP programs. The role engages across the organisation and provides technical and advisory support and input into strategy development and grant acquisition, program learning and evidence building, and undertakes DFAT and external sector engagement.

Your areas of responsibility will include;

• Co-ordinate and consolidate disability outcomes across ANCP projects to demonstrate improvement in living standards and wellbeing in communities in developing countries, in alignment with DFAT priorities
• Strengthen in-country partner capacity, in particular the Pacific, to engage and build the agency of people with disabilities, their representative organisations and other relevant partners
• Strengthen WVA knowledge, skills, and capacity, empowering our internal teams to action best practice principles and sector trends into ANCP and other projects
• Develop and disseminate disability inclusion related tools, standards, and guidance documents for use across the ANCP portfolio and other projects
• Manage field-based disability advisor role
• Support the design and stand-up of new projects in consultation with Evidence Building Advisors and Country Impact Managers
• Support efforts toward implementation of WV inclusion initiatives to strengthen organisation policies for ANCP purposes, including leadership and support of WVA, WV International and DFAT disability inclusion working groups. 
• Demonstrate WVA as a thought-leader in disability inclusion by engaging with DFAT, ANCP sector and WVI Working Groups providing learnings on capacity development, technical support of project models and integration of disability inclusion into GESI policy. 

Who we are looking for…

• Technical qualifications in disability inclusivity and a track record in thought-leadership initiatives.
• Experience in providing technical support to international development programmes including the communication of results.
• People-centred coaching or mentoring attitude with a focus on building long-term capabilities and capacities.
• Training, resource development and capacity building.
• Influencing and negotiation skills, including relationship management with donors and colleagues
• Ability and knowledge of how to engage with persons with diverse disabilities.
• Disability inclusive design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation.
• Understanding of strategies and priorities of DFAT and the requirements of the Australian NGO Cooperation Program (ANCP) desirable.

What you need to know…

This role is a permanent position operating in a full-time capacity and will be based at our head office in Burwood East, Victoria.

For your information, the interviews will start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.

World Vision Australia takes our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we provide an environment that is safe for our child and adult beneficiaries. We have strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo a criminal record and Working with Children check prior to employment. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with child and adult beneficiaries.

Why World Vision…

We offer great benefits such as salary packaging, flexible working arrangements, free on-site parking and an onsite café for our employees.

World Vision is a global community, working together for the one purpose – to bring about positive change in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children. People are inspired to work for us because they want to contribute to making a difference. We are part of an international team, using our talent, determination and influence to invest in a better tomorrow. As a global Christian humanitarian organisation, we provide short-term and long-term assistance and have impacted the lives of over 200 million vulnerable children and people worldwide. With approximately 37,000 staff members working in nearly 100 countries, World Vision has been engaging people to work towards eliminating poverty and its causes for almost 7 decades.

World Vision Australia delivers life changing impact because we are community-led, child-focused and inspired by our Christian faith.

When it comes to our people, as an organisation we embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds.