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Job no: 504696
Work type: Contract Full Time
Location: Various
Categories: Projects, Strategy & Planning, International Development
- Location: Melbourne (preferred) or Adelaide
- Contract vacancy for approximately 12 months
- Base $96K - $117K (commensurate with experience)
The Role
ABC International Development (ABCID) is looking for an experienced Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Specialist to join its team.
Based in the Research unit, the role will work closely with a team based across Australia and the Indo-Pacific region on projects that support a more professional, diverse and inclusive media. The GEDSI specialist will be able to conduct high quality, evidence-based GEDSI analysis based on a strong understanding of Australia’s GEDSI framework and policy.
The role is responsible for ensuring our international development projects actively contribute to gender equality, disability and social inclusion, meeting contractual obligations. This will involve research, monitoring and evaluation activities as well as supporting project teams with advice – from community level actions to strategic high level inputs and oversight.
You may liaise with stakeholders, prepare reports and project plans and ensuring activities embed GEDSI approaches delivered to a schedule. You will work collaboratively with our team, developing strategic partnerships and contributing to a positive team culture.
Position Description: 50067654 RESEARCH ANALYST .pdf
About You
We are seeking a well organised, flexible and enthusiastic relationship builder who has experience in GEDSI and in international development project management. This is a hands-on role. You will be implementing as well as managing. Ideally, you will bring to our team:
- GEDSI expertise - experience working with Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and/or non-government organisations that demonstrates your project management skills to advise on best-practice GEDSI approaches within design, implementation and reporting phases of programs, in line with DFAT requirements.
- Diversity of perspectives and cultural knowledge – such as Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander and/or Indo-Pacific lived experience or heritage.
- Research expertise – leading various stages of research operations such as research design, methodology, quality control measures, data analysis, reporting and learning. Monitoring and evaluating GEDSI commitments within programs is critical.
- Communication skills – such as facilitating workshops, training across different cultural contexts, providing high quality advice and reporting, mentoring teams and liaising with stakeholders
- Commitment to public interest media – through having worked in the media or being committed to the role media operating in the public interest plays in societies.
As a child safe employer, you will be required to comply with Child Protection and Preventing Sexual Exploitation Abuse and Harassment policies, including provide a police check.
About ABC International Development (ABCID)
The role of ABC International Development is to support better democratic governance by promoting public interest journalism and media that holds businesses, governments and other institutions in the Indo-Pacific region to account. It also enables media in the Indo-Pacific to connect with Australia and Australian values.
As part of ABC International, ABCID works with media organisations and communication partners across the Indo-Pacific region to connect them with communities and empower people to have a voice on issues affecting their lives. It supports storytellers through training, sharing media expertise and providing technical and program support to partners, in three areas - skills and abilities, content creation and broadcast, and research.
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In line with our focus on diversity and inclusion, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability and LGBTQA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.
To request recruitment and selection information in alternate formats, request adjustments, or have accessibility requirements please contact accessibility@abc.net.au
If you want to know more, please contact Prashanth Pillay, Research Manager on pillay.prashanth@abc.net.au
We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.
Applications Close: 11:55pm, Thursday 1 May
Advertised: AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: AUS Eastern Standard Time
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