Early and Middle Childhood & Youth Program Advisor

The Position

Support the Early and Middle Childhood Partnering and Programming Manager and Youth Partnering and Programming Manager to successfully implement the early childhood, middle childhood and youth technical program. The role includes effectively monitoring and evaluating our work and reporting impact to donors.

Additionally, this role will also support other Impact Partnering and Programming (IPP) initiatives as directed by the Impact Partnering & Programming Manager.

The goal of our Australia First Nations Program (AFNP) is to empower First Nations people and organisations to lead their own development. AFNP delivers a range of impactful programs in partnership with First Nations communities and partner organisations, including Early Childhood Care and Development; Unlock Literacy; Young Mob; IMPACT Club; and Channels of Hope for Gender programs.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with the co-design, adaptation, implementation, transition and monitoring of technical programming for children, youth and families, including relevant project models in alignment with our AFNP strategy
• Support and coordinate partner organisations and AFNP partnering and project model specialists to produce consistent, timely, high-quality data and reporting progress and impact
• Support partners to contribute to strengthening the evidence base for their work and project models working collaboratively with First Nations partners and AFN Program Managers to adapt the learning roots and unlock literacy models to local contexts
• Collate and analyse project data (including our work with First Nations partners) to provide reports on program impact to various internal and external stakeholders and supporters
• Provide support and co-facilitation where appropriate for sector specific training under the guidance of the Partnering and Programming Managers e.g 3a Practitioner training in remote First Nations communities
• Assist the IPP team with community development, regional planning, partnering and First Nations organisation capability development planning as directed
• Contract management in accordance with WVA policies and procedures, including managing contract reporting deadlines
• Team administration and logistics support, including event management for small sized events, e.g face-to-face study trips and online learning forums
• Undertake program resource development, including developing creative resources such as newsletters and posters for AFNP programs
• Ensure compliance with WVA Child and Adult Safeguarding policies and practices

Who we’re looking for 

We are looking for someone who is driven, flexible and adaptable to support project teams. You will have strong communication and reporting skills and be results orientated.

You will also have:

• Experience in project management, including contract management
• Understanding of First Nations community contexts and organisational challenges across Australia
• Community development programming with First Nations organisations, large NGOs, government agencies, communities, organisations peoples from diverse cultures and disadvantaged communities
• Program design, monitoring and implementation experience
• Program resource development experience
• Experience in data gathering, analysis and sense-making
• Tertiary qualifications in community development, social science, program management or 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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.

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