Director of Impact

The Organisation

Adara Development is an international development organisation that has expertise in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, and Remote Community Development. Adara Development has worked in Nepal and Uganda since 1998 and has touched the lives of more than 600,000 people living in poverty as well as countless others through their influence, networks and knowledge sharing.

Benefits & Culture

• Dynamic executive team
• Highly regarded, well-funded, international development organisation
• Empowering, supportive culture | Sydney location with hybrid / work from home flexibility
• Attractive salary and benefits including tax-effective packaging and additional paid leave

  
The Role

As a key member of the Global Leadership Team, you will play a crucial role in driving impact and knowledge sharing strategy across the organisation.

Leading the strategic oversight and execution of the Research, Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning (RMEL), Knowledge Sharing, Clinical Support, and Risk and Sustainability functions, you’ll drive evidence-based decision making to ensure continuous improvement and excellence across Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) and Remote Community Development (RCD) programmes.
With a commitment to strengthening localisation, your focus will be to provide:

• Leadership, guidance and capacity building across all teams
• Strategic and programmatic support to clinical, M&E and knowledge sharing teams
• Key insights to ensure impact, quality, best practice and inform strategic decisions
• Expansion of Adara’s reach, influence and impact through knowledge sharing

Skills Required

You’re a visionary and influential leader with experience in programme management, and in research, measurement and evaluation methodologies formed within public health, international development, or a related field, ideally with a focus on MNCH or RCD programmes.
  
With proven ability to translate strategy into action, you’re skilled at engaging others in your vision and working collaboratively to lead cross-functional teams and collaborate with stakeholders across a range of geographic regions. Additionally, you have:

• A track record of successfully managing large-scale development programs and initiatives
• Expertise in designing, conducting, and analysing research
• Willingness, fitness and ability to travel internationally approximately twice per year

If you’re passionate about facilitating lasting, positive impact to support communities living in poverty, then please submit your cover letter addressing the skills required and your CV. Alternatively, please call Hayley Martin on 02 8243 0570 for more information.

Please note there is no formal closing date for this role, if you are interested, we would encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

NGO Recruitment values equitable recruitment practices and is committed to representing candidates reflective of the diverse organisations and communities we work with. We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds, ages, and identities, and are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs. If you are interested in this position and have most of the skills or experience we are looking for, please go ahead and apply.