The Opportunity to be a Changemaker…

This unique opportunity as the Senior Policy Advisor (Conflict and Fragility) will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to influence the future direction of Australia’s humanitarian strategy and action in conflict-affected and fragile contexts in the wake of COVID-19.

The role is working amongst Policy and Advocacy team. This team drives the strategic engagement of decision makers and influencers for the promotion of justice for human and child rights.

The successful candidate will research, analyse and identify feasible public policy solutions for children and their families living in situations of conflict and fragility.

This will involve:

• Researching the current context, emerging trends and best practice, including distilling insights from World Vision practitioners and technical experts,
• Producing briefs, thought leadership reports and policy analyses,
• Engaging with advocacy and communications experts to translate public policy proposals and solutions into advocacy products
• Building effective working relationships with counterparts in civil society, government and the private sector, and influencing key decision-makers and policy debates.

In this role, you will build on World Vision’s extensive experience in humanitarian response and engagement in fragile contexts to influence decision-makers to change their policies and practices in conflict-affected and fragile settings, especially in the context of COVID-19.  In particular, you will focus on policy solutions concerning children’s mental and physical health in fragile contexts, child safety in conflict settings, and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus to bridge the gap between immediate emergency response and longer-term efforts to build resilience so children can both survive and thrive in these challenging contexts.

Who we are looking for…

Our dream candidate recognises this as their dream job.

They have high-level analytical and public policy development skills, the ability to persuasively influence internal and external stakeholders based on sound and logical reasoning and can handle media as a spokesperson on humanitarian policy issues related to conflict and fragility.

In addition, we are looking for someone who has:

• Experience in policy development related to international humanitarian action, conflict, and fragility
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to build and nurture productive working relationships and partnerships
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Relevant qualifications in public policy, humanitarian action, international relations or similar, preferably at master’s level
• Ability to translate complex policy for others to communicate, often in tight timeframes

Field experience in conflict-affected, humanitarian, or fragile contexts is desirable, but not required.

What you need to know

This role is a six-month full-time parental leave cover position from August 2020 to January 2021. The role can be based out of either our head office in Burwood East, Victoria, or interstate with other offices.

World Vision Australia takes our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we provide an environment that is safe for our child and adult beneficiaries. We have strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo a criminal record and Working with Children check prior to employment. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with child and adult beneficiaries.

Why World Vision…

World Vision is a global community of millions, working together for one purpose: to change the lives of vulnerable children. We are an international humanitarian and development organisation dedicated to working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.

World Vision is committed to helping the world’s most vulnerable children, and we continue to do so in many of the world’s most difficult and underserved places. 

Our organisational culture reflects a "Partnership" of World Vision offices in nearly 100 countries and almost 37,000 staff working towards one vision: Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.  World Vision has profound global impact reaching one person every 10 secs with clean water, and every 60 secs a family gets access to tools and support they need to get out of poverty.

Why you should apply…

A career with World Vision is an opportunity to join a sector-leading humanitarian aid organisation. We collaborate in a high performing and professional culture. Aside from the opportunity for broad and life-changing impact in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable, some of our other benefits include:

• Access to professional development programs that include on-the-job learning, e-learning, workshops, forums, leadership development and internal mobility.
• Policies that may accommodate flexible working and other working arrangements to tailor and encourage individual performance.
• A highly engaged team culture that is dynamic, growing in agility and pace, and committed to serve beyond the call of duty.
• A culture that encourages truth telling with grace that confronts challenges and issues to clear teams for success in a timely fashion.
• Access to salary packaging tax advantages.