Job description
- Permanent, full-time role
- Based in Melbourne CBD (Hybrid)
- Support partnerships with Women’s rights Organisation in Myanmar and great opportunity to work in the International development sector.
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:
- Resource and contribute to a resilient and vibrant feminist movement, primarily in the areas of freedom from violence and power, leadership and civic space
- Promote systemic change towards gender equality for all
- 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
IWDA has proudly partnered with women’s rights organisations (WROs) in Myanmar for more than 30 years, with a particular focus on supporting the leadership of, and elevating the voices of, ethnically diverse women.
The Program Manager, Myanmar manages a five-year funding grant and related contracts for five Myanmar partner organisations. This program, which commenced in March 2022, provides core and flexible funding to WROs, enabling them to maintain their organisational operations and lead emergency responses in local communities following the military coup in February 2021.
Responsibilities include ensuring the Myanmar program adheres to IWDA’s Partnerships Framework, contractual commitments, and budgets. The role collaborates with the Partnership’s Senior Program Manager, Quality to lead the monitoring, evaluation, and learning efforts of the Myanmar program, ensuring the timely and high-quality delivery of contractual commitments. This involves assisting partners with their reporting and accountability processes, and translating these for donor-facing reports. Additionally, the position ensures that Myanmar partners comply with safeguarding, risk management, and due diligence requirements.
The Program Manager, Myanmar also fosters a collaborative and supportive relationship with partners to enhance their identified areas of growth. Aligned with IWDA’s Strategic Plan and Feminist Movement Strengthening Framework, the role focuses on cultivating and maintaining productive and collaborative relationships and partnerships for movement strengthening, resource mobilisation, and joint advocacy purposes.
The Program Manager, Myanmar is part of the Partnerships Team and reports to the Senior Program Manager. This role contributes to the positive, collaborative, and supportive culture of the Partnerships Team, participates in IWDA’s organisational learning processes, and is dedicated to fostering an inclusive culture while working collaboratively with teams across the organisation.
The safety and wellbeing of children and other vulnerable persons engaged in IWDA’s programs is a priority for IWDA. We have strong recruitment processes in place to ensure the safest and most suitable people are employed by our organisation.
Find the full position description here.
THE OFFER
This is a permanent, full-time role. Classified at SCHADS 6 plus superannuation and salary packaging.
Some of the benefits:
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Flexible work arrangements
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Salary packaging options
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Employee Assistance program
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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.
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 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.
A position description is attached.