Senior Manager People, Culture and Transformation

International Women's Development Agency – Melbourne VIC

International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) is an Australian-based organisation, resourcing diverse women’s rights organisations (WROs) primarily in the Asia and the Pacific. We provide support that goes beyond money and contribute to global feminist movements to advance our vision of gender equality for all.

Our Vision: Gender equality for all

Our Purpose: To defend and advance the rights of women, girls and gender diverse people

We are committed to building a resilient and relevant feminist and decolonial organisation, and to becoming an explicitly anti-racist organisation. Anchored by lessons from our 40-year history and guided by fiercely held feminist and decolonial values, our Strategic Plan 2025 - 2035lays out IWDA’s path towards realising our vision of gender equality for all.

Our strategic goals are to shift resources to women’s rights organisations, strengthen feminist movements, advance feminist and decolonial knowledge, and model a different way of being as a feminist organisation.

At IWDA, how we work is as important as what we do. Our 4S Framework guides us to step up and use our power to create change, stand with feminist movements in solidarity, step back when others are better placed to lead, and sit with uncertainty through deep listening and collective learning.

About IWDA

International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) is an Australian-based organisation, resourcing diverse women’s rights organisations (WROs) primarily in the Asia and the Pacific. We provide support that goes beyond money and contribute to global feminist movements to advance our vision of gender equality for all.

Our Vision:



Gender equality for all

Our Purpose: To defend and advance the rights of women, girls and gender diverse people

Our Values: Feminist, Decolonial, Accountable, Team-oriented, Transformative

We are committed to building a resilient and relevant feminist and decolonial organisation, and to becoming an explicitly anti-racist organisation. Anchored by lessons from our 40-year history and guided by fiercely held feminist and decolonial values, our Strategic Plan 2025 - 2035lays out IWDA’s path towards realising our vision of gender equality for all.

Our strategic goals are to shift resources to women’s rights organisations, strengthen feminist movements, advance feminist and decolonial knowledge, and model a different way of being as a feminist organisation.

At IWDA, how we work is as important as what we do. Our 4S Framework guides us to step up and use our power to create change, stand with feminist movements in solidarity, step back when others are better placed to lead, and sit with uncertainty through deep listening and collective learning.

The Opportunity

As a key leadership role at IWDA, you’ll shape how we support our people and build an organisation where everyone feels valued, respected and able to contribute meaningfully to our feminist mission. You’ll lead the P&C; function, with the P&C; Manager reporting to you,



ensuring our people practices and services meet the needs of the organisation and our staff.

This is an opportunity to shape our culture, strengthen how we work together and support our people through change. You’ll help challenge existing power imbalances and put our feminist, anti-racist and decolonial commitments into practice, building a workplace grounded in equity, dignity, inclusion and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

- Align P&C; strategy with IWDA’s strategic priorities, embedding feminist, anti-racist and decolonial principles.
- Provide strategic advice on workforce planning, organisational design, employee and industrial relations, remuneration and organisational change.
- Ensure effective, compliant and consistent delivery of P&C; services across the employee lifecycle.
- Lead workforce and succession planning, remuneration frameworks and equitable, transparent employment practices.
- Oversee people policies and complex employee matters, addressing systemic bias and promoting fair, respectful and trauma-informed practices.
- Lead employee listening, analyse workforce data and report insights to inform organisational decisions and action.
- Drive IWDA's progress towards becoming an anti-racist organisations.

Desired Skills and Experience

- Significant experience leading People & Culture strategy, operations and services across the employee lifecycle.
- Demonstrated success leading organisational culture transformation, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, or systemic change.
- Strong experience in organisational development, workforce planning, change management and leadership capability development.
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📌 Senior Manager People, Culture and Transformation (Melbourne)
🏢 International Women's Development Agency
📍 Melbourne