The Position
Leads the methodology and practice across the Australia First Nations Program (AFNP) of partnering and transition of programming from WVA to First Nations partner organisations.
You will be coordinating input from staff, partner organisations, peak organisations, strategic partners and others to the documenting of consolidated practice guidelines for AFNP partnering and programming transition, including existing materials that capture AFNPs partnering principles and approach.
Location - Sydney or Melbourne
Responsibilities:
- Advise and collaborate on the development and implementation of the consolidated practice guidelines for AFNP partnering and programming transition
- Advise on the alignment of partnering and programming transition guidelines with the strategic plans of regional partner organisations and AFNP regional plans, project implementation plans and budgets
- Draw on the insights and evidence of successful and unsuccessful partnering and programming transition to local and First Nations organisations and NGOs in Australia and internationally
- Lead discrete projects of work which support AFNP evidence building or impact reporting
- Document and collaborate with strategic partners to share evidence and insights to enable First Nations people and organisations to lead their own development
- Provide technical support to AFNP staff to locally contextualise, apply and adapt the practice guidelines for AFNP partnering and programming transition
- With a focus on regional priorities, support the Partnering & Planning Managers, Program Managers, partner organisations and Safeguarding Advisor to make practical, high-quality transition and capability plans and collaboration agreements
- Play a key role in the development of regional plans for Eastern, Central and Western Australia
- Engage with current and prospective supporters of AFNP partnering and programming
Who we’re looking for
We are looking for someone self-driven with experience partnering and collaborating on community development programming with First Nations organisations, large NGOs, government agencies and people from diverse cultures and disadvantaged communities.
You will also have:
- Experience developing and delivering guidelines for effective community development partnering in a range of contexts
- Experience documenting and sharing development practice & evaluation
- Sophisticated understanding of First Nations community contexts and organisational challenges across Australia
- Experience conceptualising sustainable development models and approaches
- Program design, monitoring and evaluation expertise
- Strong communication and reporting skills adaptable to context and driving collaboration
- Training, coaching and mentoring skills
- Tertiary qualifications in community development, social science and other relevant qualifications
Working for World Vision means you are making the world better
It’s not every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world. Working for World Vision means looking forward to turning up at work because you know you’re about to do something meaningful. It means working with 35,000 staff and 3.3 million supporters in 100 countries who will stop at nothing to help children live better lives. Join a team that is bold and courageous, and where job satisfaction goes beyond financial reward.
The selection process
For your information, the interviews will start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.
We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We take our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we are committed to providing an environment that is safe for children. Our stringent recruitment procedures make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks which is inclusive of a criminal record check. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with vulnerable children and their families. World Vision Australia participates in the Inter-Agency Scheme for the Disclosure of Safeguarding-related Misconduct in Recruitment Process within the Humanitarian and Development Sector.
Who we are
For more than 40 years, World Vision has been partnering with First Nations communities through our Australia First Nations Program. The program is dedicated to helping First Nations communities build on their strengths and achieve their own development goals. Working at World Vision as a First Nations staff means you will be well represented and supported within the team. Through the program’s staff network, you will have a safe space to connect, collaborate and seek advice no matter where you are based.
World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work.
We offer great benefits such as salary packaging, flexible working arrangements, free on-site parking and an onsite café for our employees.
For more information on World Vision and the work we do, please visit our website: https://www.worldvision.com.au/about-us
World Vision Australia is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation that is dedicated to transforming the lives of children and communities by tackling the causes of poverty. We are dedicated to increasing opportunities for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in line with our Reconciliation Action Plan
