• Permanent, Full-time position

• Based in Melbourne CBD (combination WFH and office )

• Great opportunity to work with talented communications & Equality Insights team and in the International development sector.

ABOUT IWDA

IWDA is an Australian-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.

OUR VISION: Gender equality for all

OUR PURPOSE: To defend and advance the rights of diverse women and girls

VALUES: Feminist, Accountable, Collaborative, Transformative

OUR GOALS 2020-2023

1.     Resource and contribute to resilient and vibrant feminist movements, primarily in the areas of power, leadership and civic space; freedom from violence; and gendered climate justice

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 in the world at north-south partnerships.  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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Communications Coordinator, Knowledge Translation is responsible for leading research communications for IWDA’s flagship program Equality Insights and driving uptake of IWDA’s knowledge products.

The role involves communicating and promoting knowledge products (i.e research reports, policy briefs, toolkits and other resources) to expand their reach among target audiences and contribute to transforming discourse on gender equality.

This role sits in IWDA’s Communications Team, working closely with IWDA’s Knowledge Translation Team, and particularly with the Equality Insights program.

Equality Insights is a flagship program of IWDA that aims to redefine how poverty is understood and measured in order to inspire change. Equality Insights deploys a gender-sensitive, individual-level survey that asks questions about many aspects of life to better understand how poverty is experienced by men and women. The result is an evidence base (of otherwise invisible) insights to inspire targeted and transformative change.

The Communications Coordinator, Knowledge Translation will play a critical role in marketing Equality Insights to global stakeholders, as well as IWDA’s knowledge creation in other key areas.

Find the full position description here.

THE OFFER

This is a permanent, Full-time role. Classified at SCHADS 4 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

• Compressed hours option

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 and submit your application.

IWDA is committed to the wellbeing and safety of our staff including with respect to COVID-19. 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 trans women).

IWDA welcomes people with different skills and life experiences, and encourages women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, women with disabilities and First Nations women to apply. Preference will be given to applicants who have experience in, or strong community ties to, one of the countries in which IWDA supports partners, especially within 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.