About Good Return

Good Return's mission is to enable those living in poverty to achieve economic empowerment through responsible financial inclusion and capability development. We do this by engaging with partners across the Asia Pacific, where two-thirds of the world’s poor live. We help them deliver better financial services and economic opportunities to those living in poverty.

Our work focuses on promoting responsible inclusive finance, building financial capability & consumer empowerment, and developing smallholder agribusiness solutions. We also deliver interest free loan capital raised from the Australian public. Together these powerful tools empower people to create lasting change for themselves.

Good Return is an initiative of World Education Australia, an Australian Aid accredited agency and member of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID).  Visit www.goodreturn.org.au for more information.

WEL Women’s Entrepreneurial Centre (WEC) activities:

Within Vientiane, Laos as appropriate:

• Assist with the design, curriculum and delivery of enterprise development training sessions for the WEC in Vientiane in collaboration with WEC staff
• Support quarterly reporting, assisting with English editing and input as needed
  
• Support implement project work for the WEC as required
  
• Collection of case studies, blogs, general reporting and engagement with social media for GR and WEL. 

Good Return activities:

• Manage GR, SHE Investments + LOLC Women’s Enterprise Pilot and LOLC loans on the GR loan portal Review and share enterprise development curriculum/ideas/learnings with GR to assist with CAFE Enterprise Development Module Cambodia and Nepal 
• Identify potential enterprise development or women’s economic empowerment opportunities for GR in Laos, including opportunities for the CAFE (Consumer Awareness & Economic Empowerment) initiative
  
• Research these opportunities for duration, scope, personnel requirements, outputs and budget as appropriate.
  
• Assist and follow up in the preparation of necessary bidding documentation (e.g. expression of interests, proposals, budgets).
  

Partnership Support:

• Support effective communications between partner organisations and GR team Promotion of Good Return partnership (within GR, externally)
• Research and production of content for print and digital including (but not limited to): Long-form interviews & case studies for marketing & promotional materials; Feature stories for e-newsletters; Short blogs, photographs and video for the Good Return website

Citizenship: You must be an Australian citizen or have permanent residency to apply for this position. Applicants not meeting this requirement will not be considered.

Qualifications: A degree in Economics/Finance/Business, International Development, Education & Training, Humanities or similar is required (masters is preferred).

Essential skills and experience:

• At least 1 year of work experience (paid or unpaid) relevant to Good Return’s program areas, such as
  international development, finance/banking or adult education
  
• Experience in coaching, training or mentoring
  
• Independent living or travel experience, preferably in a developing country
  
• Self-motivation and desire to learn
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
  
• Strong writing skills and an ability to adapt content for various channels and audiences
  
• IT skills, particularly Microsoft Word and Excel
  
• Experience working in a cross-cultural context, especially within teams
  
• Teamwork skills
  

Desirable skills and experience:

• Experience living and working in a developing country (preferably in the Asia Pacific region)
  
• Knowledge of/experience in monitoring and evaluation
  
• Interest and understanding in gender equality issues
  
• Foreign language skills (especially Asia Pacific languages)
  

Essential personal qualities:

• Initiative and ability to adapt to isolated settings with limited resources
  
• Independence and resilience
  
• Cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity
  
• Patience, tolerance and open-mindedness
  
• Responsible for own actions & upholding integrity
  
• A sense of humour!
  

The placement will commence in-country in July 2018. Applicants must be available for a one week induction course (held in May 2018 at Good Return’s Sydney office), prior to the commencement of their placement. Later commencement dates and/or periods of less than 12 months will not be considered.

Good Return will provide international airfares, certain pre-departure medical costs, visa expenses, insurance and a monthly living allowance (including accommodation costs).

Position Description: please visit https://goodreturn.org.au/contact/opportunities/?t=alt

How to apply:

Applications can be submitted by selecting the 'I'm interested' link below.

Applicants should provide a CV and a cover letter that clearly states your Australian citizenship/permanent residency status and addresses the selection criteria listed in the full position description, along with your phone and Skype contact details. Cover letters can be included in the messages section or uploaded together with a CV file.

Please indicate which FSO role/s you wish to be considered for (do not need to submit multiple applications) and how you heard about these positions.

Enquiries can be directed via the Good Return website https://goodreturn.org.au/contact/?t=alt

Applications close: COB Thursday 1 March 2018

Note: Recruitment will commence immediately and interviews will be conducted over a number of weeks. Please apply as soon as possible.

Note: Good Return is a child safe organisation. The successful candidate will be required to comply with our child protection policy and will be subject to pre-hire checks.