International Programs Advisor – Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning

Leads and facilitates efforts to strengthen quality of impact reporting, project design, monitoring, evaluation and learning across our partnerships and project portfolio.

• Enjoy a flexible part-time contract role; 19 hours per week for up to 12 months 
• Join a values-driven organisation 
• Location: Sydney CBD, 2000

ABOUT US

UnitingWorld is an agency of the Uniting Church in Australia.

We partner internationally with churches and church agencies to address the causes and consequences of poverty, injustice and violence through community-led sustainable development.

In 2025, we worked with 22 partners in 15 countries on 29 projects to reach 117,745 people.

While we work with and through churches, our programs include all people regardless of their faith, sexuality, ethnicity, ability, or gender. Our programs are initiated and implemented by our partners.

We translate rigorous sustainable community development principles through the lens of our Christian faith. We help to build leadership and organisational capacity. We partner for the long haul. We strive to build an international community, helping connect our partners with each other and our own church.

We maintain the highest standards for international development practice in Australia by being a member of the Australian Council of International Development (ACFID), a signatory of their Code of Conduct, and by being accredited by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to receive Australian Aid funding. We are also a member of the Fundraising Institute of Australia (FIA), and of the international ACT Alliance network.

The role sits within UnitingWorld’s dynamic international programs team, which is responsible for stewarding relationships with church partners internationally, and for ensuring that our program portfolio and budget is delivered effectively, accountably and in line with compliance requirements.

ABOUT THE ROLE 

UnitingWorld is committed to working with local partners to support the development of effective Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) plans and approaches that are locally-led and owned, demonstrate impact, enable learning and improvement, and ensure accountability.

As International Programs Advisor - MEL you will lead our work around annual program performance and impact reporting; facilitate and accompany new project design and evaluation processes; and enable continuous improvement in team and partner MEL capacity and practices.

You will develop and maintain strong working relationships with the UnitingWorld International Programs team, Fundraising and Communication team, and with local partner organisations

This is a 12-month parental leave cover position.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead impact and performance reporting

• Lead annual program performance processes and reporting including UW Program Effectiveness Report, Annual Report, and reporting to donors
• Ensure timely and impactful program performance information are available to Fundraising and Communications team
• Consolidate quantitative and qualitative programmatic data from across all projects and analyse portfolio-level impact and learnings.

 Guide project design, appraisal and evaluation processes:

• Support International Program Managers to faciliate partner project design and MEL plan development processes
• Provide direct technical support and review to project designs, plans and reporting
• Facilitate internal project appraisal processes
• Support evaluation and baseline study processes – including through TOR development, consultant procurement, and report review.

 Strengthen team processes, tools and capacity for MEL

• Facilitate continuous improvement of UnitingWorld Performance and Program Frameworks and accompanying tools and processes
• Maintain and develop tools, templates, support resources, and review processes to support IPMs to work with partners on project design, MELF development, and evaluation processes
• Develop tools, training and other resources to enable partners to continuously improve MEL practices.

WHY CHOOSE US?

• Uniting World is an organisation committed to innovating and leading in adopting locally-led development approaches. We are focused on the biggest challenges our region faces as identified by our partners including climate change, gender equality and poverty.
• You can make a real impact: we are small enough to be agile and for you to make a real contribution to shaping our work and providing leadership in your areas of expertise, but we work with partners who are significant civil society actors in their own countries and have significant potential to influence change.
• We love working with each other: this is a collaborative team with genuine commitment to investing in the relationships within the organisation.
• Flexible working environment with hybrid and remote working possibilities
• Access to salary packing benefits that make your salary go further

UnitingWorld is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Code of Conduct. You don’t need to be Christian, but you must be happy to work within the ethos of the Uniting Church in Australia.

UnitingWorld is committed to developing diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and fostering a culture of belonging for all our staff. We invite all requests for a reasonable adjustment to the recruitment process if this will support your application.

To apply, click the 'Apply Now' below to submit both a CV and tailored cover letter by COB on the advertised closing date. Applications are encouraged early and will be assessed upon submission. Interviews may commence before the closing date, and UnitingWorld reserves the right to close applications earlier if a suitable candidate is identified.

This role is Sydney-based, with flexibility for hybrid/remote work arrangements for the right candidate.

For more information, please email Stephanie Dalton: stephanied@unitingworld.org.au using the subject line: International Programs Advisor- MEL enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

A position description is attached.