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Manager, Impact Partnering and Programming

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Work type: Permanent
Location: Australia Wide
Categories: Technical Specialists

Manager, Impact Partnering and Programming  - AFNP 

World Vision Australia (WVA) is seeking an experienced and values-driven leader to guide a high-performing team dedicated to strengthening community-led development with First Nations partner organisations and communities. This role ensures evidence of change is captured, applied and communicated with integrity, while driving high-quality partnering and programming that supports First Nations peoples to lead their own development journeys. 

Key Responsibilities 

  • Lead and mentor a team of technical experts to ensure quality partnering and programming that aligns with WVA’s strategic priorities and First Nations-led development. 

  • Build partner capability through guidance, training and resources that support effective transition of long-term programming to First Nations organisations. 

  • Provide technical advice and oversight for program design, assessment, implementation and quality improvement across all Australian First Nations Program (AFNP) projects. 

  • Ensure strong application of best-practice methodologies, including the AFNP Strong Spirit Practice Framework, trauma-informed approaches and safeguarding standards. 

  • Support First Nations partner organisations with capability planning, learning materials, gap analysis and development of organisational and project strategy. 

  • Lead the collection, analysis and communication of impact data and evidence of change, ensuring alignment to AFNP and WVA monitoring and evaluation frameworks. 

  • Collaborate with internal teams to secure funding, strengthen strategic partnerships and utilise evidence for external engagement and strategy realisation. 

  • Build and nurture a high-performing, culturally informed technical team committed to long-term, community-led development and measurable impact. 

About You 

You bring: 

  • A tertiary qualification in Social Science, Community Development, Health or a related field (or equivalent experience). 

  • Extensive experience in community development, particularly within Australian First Nations contexts, including remote communities. 

  • Proven success in team leadership, coaching, technical guidance and capability building. 

  • Strong partnership development skills and deep understanding of sustainable development models. 

  • Insight into the cultural, social, political and economic factors impacting First Nations peoples. 

  • Knowledge of cross-cutting development themes including gender, environment, disability, safeguarding and peace-building. 

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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  

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, 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   

Please note: Our office will be closed from 25 December to 5 January. We will review and respond to all applications once we return.

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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


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