Remote Delivery Leader

Overview:  Work in partnership with governments, foundations, and public sector partners on some of the biggest issues leaders face.

About Delivery Associates (DA):

Delivery Associates (DA) is a global social impact consultancy specializing in transforming the public sector. With over a decade of experience and a foundation in Deliverology®, DA guides leaders through every phase of implementation—strategy formulation, execution, and evaluation. DA partners with governments, philanthropies, and international organizations, employing actionable strategies to achieve sustainable, lasting outcomes. In every one of our services you will find a throughline back to this focus on helping our partners to deliver better results through better implementation. We are a small but global remote organization focused on scaling impact around the world.

Job Description

We are looking for someone to support our teams as we grow our work across Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, bringing a sharp and data-informed analytical problem-solving skill set to support our clients. This may include working with clients to use data to formulate and test recommendations to improve senior level decision making, facilitating problem solving and collaboration through action-oriented routines, design and delivery of stakeholder workshops, and/or engagement with frontline services providers and end users to inform policy and program implementation.

Key Responsibilities.

• Advise government agencies, nonprofits, NGOs and other social impact organizations to develop delivery plans with clear strategies, targets, trajectories and action plans

Monitor the implementation of delivery plans, establishing frequent routines and accountability mechanisms

• Support problem-solving, learning, and continuous improvement within your projects
• Engage in data collection and analytical processes, develop visualizations and storylines, and support decision-making by senior leaders
• Build capacity with clients and their leadership teams in delivery tools
• Participate in meetings and trainings with key client contacts to discuss planning and implementation tools and methods

Skill sets.

We work closely in diverse, global teams, leaning on each other’s strengths. We don’t expect any one person to do all these things perfectly. Our teams are made up of people who can:

• Build relationships: Cultivate trust and influence among diverse stakeholders.
• Facilitate collaboration: Run effective meetings and workshops that drive forward problem solving and consensus.
• Analyze data and visualize insights: Collect, manage and analyze raw data to extract actionable insights and recommendations and visualize it for decision making.
• Model data to identify patterns and forecast future trends: Utilize advanced analytical techniques and tools to reveal relationships within datasets, enabling prediction of outcomes and informed decision-making
• Prioritize andm anage projects: Organize and prioritize tasks to ensure efficient project execution.
• Solve problems: Break down issues to identify root causes and develop solutions.
• Communicate insights: Transform complex challenges and resolutions into clear, concise memos and well-structured presentations.

Stay focused: Navigate complexity, especially in policy and program implementation, consistently steering large coalitions back to a single-minded focus on priority outcomes.

Mindsets.

We work well with people who are:

• Analytical: Skilled in dissecting and solving complex problems.
• Driven: Committed to delivering high-impact work.
• Curious: Eager to learn from clients, colleagues, and partners.
• Collaborative: Team players who value diverse perspectives.
• Resilient: Stay on track and persevere through challenges.

Required Skills/Experiences:

• Educational background: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent requisite experience
• Professional experience: A minimum of 3-4 years of relevant, full time work experience in government, consulting, public policy, project management and/or impact measurement.
• Technical proficiency: Familiarity working in the standard business suite (analysing data in spreadsheets, creating presentations, etc). Demonstrated experience and strong skills in using data to drive decision making and track impact, as well as building capacity in others to use data.
• Communication skills: Excellent verbal and written communication abilities, with business level proficiency in English.
• Project management: Demonstrated experience in managing complex projects.

Authorization + location requirements: Must be based in Sydney and have right to work in Australia.

What we offer:

• Impactful work: Opportunities to engage with senior leaders and work on transformative projects.
• Excellent colleagues: We strive to be as talent-dense and diverse as possible, so we are always learning from each other.
• Growth environment: Everyone’s career pathway is unique-be part of a growing organization committed to continuous improvement.
• Flexibility: Remote working environment with opportunities for global collaboration.
• Healthy compensation: Our colleagues enjoy a comprehensive benefits package for the effort they put in.
• Travel opportunities: Expected travel up to 25-50%.

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Our Values:

These values serve as an anchor, enabling us to stay true to who we are and what we stand for.

• Passion: It is all about impact.
• Excellence: Delivering to the highest standards.
• Humility: Pride without ego.

For more information, visit deliveryassociates.com/our-work or contact our talent team at [email protected].