Drive measurable change. Lead strategy. Tell our impact story.
Location: Melbourne or Canberra-based (Hybrid)
Type: Full time, permanent
Travel: Occasional national and international travel required
At World Vision Australia, we believe in a world where every child can thrive. As we enter a new phase of strategic growth, we’re seeking a dynamic, strategic and visionary leader to step into the role of Senior Manager – Insights & Impact.
This is not your average leadership role — you’ll be at the forefront of shaping how we measure, communicate, and drive impact across our global programs, while working closely with government and private sector donors and strategic partners to expand our influence and funding.
Your opportunity to lead:
- Inspire and lead a team of 10+ high-performing professionals in strategy, evidence, research, impact reporting, and gender, disability and social inclusion.
- Own and shape how WVA tells its story of change — from scalable impact systems to annual reports and donor briefs.
- Inform strategy by leading market analysis and donor-aligned insights that directly shape WVA’s Institutional Market Strategy, Field Footprint Framework and global program portfolio.
- Collaborate across WVA and the World Vision Partnership, aligning evidence with strategic partnerships, campaigns, and field programming to grow our income and deepen our impact.
- Drive innovation, embedding digital tools and process, research and emerging models in how we design and evaluate our work.
What you bring:
- 10+ years of leadership experience, including strategic advisory, donor engagement, or program impact roles — ideally within international development or consulting.
- Proven success in driving business development and strategic planning aligned with government or multilateral donor priorities (e.g. DFAT, World Bank, EU, UN).
- A sharp eye for insights and a passion for using data, evidence, and storytelling to drive strategy.
- Outstanding leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across diverse teams and partners.
- Experienced in high-quality proposal writing, project management, and commercial negotiations.
- Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field (e.g. marketing, international development, economics, public policy or related disciplines).
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
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, birthday leave, 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
