• Full time (1.0 FTE), permanent position

• Based in Melbourne CBD (hybrid working model)

• Great opportunity to bring your financial expertise to support feminist movements and gender justice

ABOUT IWDA

International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) is an Australian-based organisation, resourcing diverse women’s rights organisations (WROs) primarily in the 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, Decolonial, Accountable, Collaborative, Transformative

Within the ecosystem of women’s rights organisations, IWDA is both for and of feminist movements. We resource the work of diverse WROs, and enable them to be more effective by providing support that goes beyond money. We are committed to building a resilient and relevant feminist and decolonial organisation, and to becoming an explicitly anti-racist organisation.

Anchored by lessons from our 40-year history and guided by fiercely held feminist and decolonial values, our new Strategic Plan 2025 - 2035 lays out IWDA’s path towards realising our vision of gender equality for all.

OUR GOALS 2025-2035

·         Shift resources to women’s rights and aligned organisations

·         Engage in movement strengthening

·         Advance feminist and decolonial knowledge for change

·         Live our values by modelling a different way of being as a feminist organisation

Our 4S Framework supports our commitment to decoloniality 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 Majority World 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.

IWDA’s 10-year Strategy commits to expanding our work in Australia, deepening engagement with domestic feminist movements, and responding to urgent calls for feminist climate justice. We recognise our responsibility to act on issues where our locational power can make a difference – including the climate crisis. Environmental justice and gender equality are inextricably linked – and both are undermined by the same patriarchal, colonial and capitalist systems that exploit the earth and marginalise women, girls and gender-diverse people. Feminist movement actors, including Women’s Rights Organisations (WROs) we partner with in Asia and the Pacific, are calling on Minority World actors to step up, advocate, and take responsibility for the disproportionate damage caused by high-emission countries.

For IWDA, responding to these calls is part of decolonising our practice. Through our 10-year strategy, we commit to leveraging our platforms, networks and analysis to champion feminist climate justice in Australia, centring First Nations leadership and deepening solidarity with aligned movements to disrupt the systems that undermine our collective rights.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a member of the Finance team, this role reports directly to the Financial Controller and is responsible for managing the overall delivery of project financial management for IWDA and our external project funders.

The position provides planning, budgeting, forecasting, accounting and compliance services to IWDA and its grants in accordance with professional accounting standards and contract terms.

This role contributes to the financial management and compliance of all grant projects / programs. It also provides technical guidance and capacity development to support the delivery of IWDA’s work internationally and the success of IWDA’s partners.  This role provides ongoing analysis of the business to support further planning and decisions on projects. The incumbent will liaise with and support managers with budget setting and adherence to budget and will produce analyses and reporting for decision making purposes.

This role also contributes to the ongoing improvement and delivery of organisational financial management and systems as required.

Critical to the role is deadline management and a high level of autonomy.

Find the full position description here

This role is closing on Tuesday 12 May at 11:55 pm.

THE OFFER

This is a full time, permanent position. Classified at SCHADS 6 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

• Shorter hours working*

HOW TO APPLY

International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) has an Equal Opportunity exemption (H69/2022) and requests applications from women only (including cis or trans).

All applicants must be legally entitled to live and work in Australia.

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. IWDA works through a hybrid approach supporting all team members to work flexibly, fully equipped from home as well as from our office in Melbourne. The candidate will be expected to work from our physical office space at least two days a week.

The safety and wellbeing of children and other vulnerable persons engaged in IWDA’s programs is also a priority for IWDA. We have strong recruitment processes in place to ensure the safest and most suitable people are employed by our organisation.

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.

Any offer of employment will require a National Police Check and endorsement of IWDA’s Safeguarding Code of Conduct.