Are you passionate about inclusion and equity, and have experience in the development or conservation sectors? If you want to use your skills to make a difference to local communities here and overseas, apply now for a role with WWF-Australia.

• WWF-Australia Office location negotiable
• Full time, 2 year maximum term contract
• Join a diverse global network working for people and planet across 100 countries
• Work in a high performing, values-driven organisation

You can find the full position description and selection criteria by clicking here.

About Us

WWF-Australia is an award-winning and innovative organisation determined to do things differently. We use our superpowers to partner in delivering nature-positive solutions, empowering communities, and halting climate change - in Australia, the Asia-Pacific region, the Southern Hemisphere and globally. We are a values-driven organisation with a diverse global network of local organisations working in 100 countries. We work as a catalyst with communities, First Nations, governments, businesses, innovators, and philanthropists towards our global mission: to build a world where people live and prosper in harmony with nature.

About the Role

The Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator supports the advancement of WWF-Australia's commitments to inclusion, equity, safeguarding and diversity across the conservation portfolio of work, both domestically and internationally.

The role provides technical support and capacity to staff and partners to ensure understanding, implementation and compliance of WWF policies and standards on inclusion, safeguarding and risk. The role supports WWF-Australia's participation, reporting, and project-level compliance with DFAT and ACFID policies and frameworks.

Key Accountabilities

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• Champions WWF-Australia's strategic goals and commitments to Inclusive Conservation (IC), by supporting the mainstreaming of gender equity, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI) and safeguarding across domestic and international programs.
• Strengthens WWF Australia's ways of working to integrate approaches to achieve our inclusion, equity and safeguards standards.
• Collaborates with project managers, partners and monitoring and evaluation staff to track progress towards IC commitments and minimum standards, providing key insights and learnings for continuous improvement.
• Advances GEDSI and safeguarding (in particular, PSEAH and child safeguarding) by conducting assessments, strengthening processes, building the capacity of staff and partners, and influencing programmatic improvements.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience

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• Demonstrated technical expertise in the thematic focus areas - gender equity, disability inclusion and social inclusion (GEDSI), safeguarding (particularly child safeguarding and PSEAH), and risk management.
• Project management experience working on First Nations led projects and/or people-centred community development programming, with an understanding of cross-cultural and linguistically diverse environments.
• Demonstrated ability to provide support in the mainstreaming and enhancement of inclusion, equity, safeguarding and risk management throughout the project cycle.

Our Commitment to Diversity: WWF values diversity and is building a workforce that reflects the community we serve. WWF is an equal opportunity employer and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally & linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, sexuality and gender diverse (LGBTQIA+) community members, and people living with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding: WWF-Australia is committed to acting with respect and upholding the human rights, welfare and dignity of all persons we employ, engage with or who are affected by our activities and work, with special regard for vulnerable individuals and children.

As part of your employment, you will be required to undergo background checks relevant to your position (eg. Police Checks, Working with Children Checks, Reference Checks), abide by our safeguarding policies, and sign our Safeguarding Code of Conduct.

You can find the full position description and selection criteria by clicking here.

Applications

Please include the following two attachments:

• A statement against the essential selection criteria, no more than 2 pages in length. 
• Your resume (CV).

We may review applications and interview candidates on a rolling-basis, therefore we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience.

Note that applicants require current unlimited working rights in Australia to be eligible for this role.

Contact: For any questions, please contact [email protected], using the subject line: Inclusion and Safeguarding Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

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