Team Leader, Disability Rights (TLAus4DisabilityRights)

About the role

The Asia Foundation is seeking a full-time, 12-month fixed-term Team Leader for the Timor-Leste Australia Partnership for Disability Rights (TLAus4DisabilityRights), funded by the Australian government. Reporting to the country representative in Timor-Leste, the team leader is accountable for overall program management, performance, resources and risk, and works with Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) and government leadership on governance, priority setting and accountability. The role is internationally recruited and based in Dili.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical leadership, including rights-based leadership and governance, risk and safeguarding
• Lead and mentor multidisciplinary teams and manage competing priorities
• Build, broker and sustain locally led partnerships with government institutions, civil society and other stakeholders
• Represent the program, mobilise specialist expertise and support inclusive, values-driven teamwork
• Drive rights-based, locally led and system-level change through policy dialogue, facilitation, coordination and institutional strengthening
• Ensure program quality assurance and delivery, and lead outcome-focused monitoring, evaluation and learning

Required profile

• Relevant postgraduate degree in disability, international development, human rights, public policy, social sciences, organisational development, management or a related field
• Senior leadership and program management experience in complex disability rights, inclusive development, civil society strengthening, governance or human development programs
• Technical depth in OPD movement strengthening, disability services, rehabilitation, assistive technology and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Experience building locally led partnerships and achieving change through multi-stakeholder partnerships with government and civil society
• Strong relationships with senior government officials, civil society leaders, development partners and donors
• Experience strengthening equitable access and participation for women, persons with disabilities and underserved populations
• Commitment to safeguarding, prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment
• Professional proficiency in English and Tetun, written and spoken

Required skills

• Monitoring, evaluation and learning, including adaptive management and evidence-based reporting
• Negotiation, representation and communication
• Desirable: lived experience of disability and experience with donor-funded programs

Applications are made via the Asia Foundation's careers page or by email to the Timor-Leste recruitment team, with a CV, cover letter and three professional references. The deadline is 11 November 2026 at 5pm Timor-Leste time; appointments are made on a rolling basis. Candidates must obtain the necessary work authorization to work in Timor-Leste.