• Part-time permanent role at 0.6 FTE (hybrid)

• Work with passionate colleagues at a progressive, values-led organisation

• Make a genuine impact on IWDA's culture, diversity & inclusion.

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.

VISION: Gender equality for all

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 a resilient and vibrant feminist movement

2.      Promote systemic change towards gender equality for all

3.      Build a resilient and relevant feminist organisation

IWDA works in partnership with gender equality focused organisations in Asia and the Pacific; with international women’s movement coalitions; and with government and academic institutions in Australia to address the practical and structural barriers to gender equality. IWDA’s partnership work seeks to achieve transformational systemic change in order to realise our vision of gender equality for all.

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.

Our journey towards Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism

IWDA’s Board and staff is committed to addressing racial injustice wherever it pervades, including within our own organisation. We endeavour to listen, learn and act to become an explicitly anti-racist feminist organisation.

Sparked by a wave of Black Lives Matter, the world has witnessed a historic moment of reckoning on racial justice. This long-overdue reckoning has awoken many white people and others to the realities of systemic racism. We acknowledge that this awakening is a privilege that many have not been afforded, as they have been all too privy to the ways in which racism manifests in our societies.

IWDA’s herstory is rooted in the international development sector – a sector with has often served as an instrument of neo-colonialism. We acknowledge that the struggle for racial justice is tied to the struggle to dismantle colonial agendas. As a Global North organisation partnering with Global South organisations, it is paramount we apply a de-colonising lens to our work.

As a feminist organisation, we must also reckon with the ways in which some feminist movements have excluded, marginalised and dismissed Women of Colour. IWDA is committed to intersectional feminism both internally and externally, and we see this as inextricably linked to our anti-racist and decolonising approach.

ABOUT THE ROLE

This is a newly created role, reporting to the CEO, that will work across IWDA to deliver initiatives associated with our River of Change plan.

IWDA’s River of Change was developed in 2021, after we commissioned a transparent and participatory review of all elements of organisational culture at IWDA. Post-review, a collaborative process involving all staff resulted in a suite of actions across a three-year timeframe aimed at developing our culture so it is more inclusive, safe and embodies our values.

These actions focus on 12 key areas including representation of Women of Colour, reporting of racism, committing to First Nations justice, enhancing intersections, addressing high workloads and building capacity in staff in skills and professional development.

This position will lead change management at IWDA, alongside the Board and Leadership team, and play a critical role in driving genuine systemic and individual change at IWDA across staff, volunteer and Board levels. The Culture and Transformation Advisor will work closely with the Leadership team and Board, People & Culture and IWDA staff to prioritise and embed IWDA’s commitments to diversity and inclusion, at every level of the organisation.

THE OFFER

Permanent part-time role classified at SCHADS 6 (Paid above award) plus superannuation and salary packaging.

Benefits:

• Flexible work arrangements such as compressed hours

• Salary packaging options

• Employee Assistance program

• Professional development and study leave benefits

• 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 and submit your application by 13 November 2022.

We are seeking a candidate who brings lived experience of diversity to the role.

Find the full position description here.

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

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 Child Protection Code of Conduct. All applicants must be legally entitled to live and work in Australia.