Business models for impact: resourcing for sustainable development and delivery
Consultancy Title: Business models for impact: resourcing for sustainable development and delivery
Time Commitment: Work to occur between May and June 2026. The Consultant must complete the Services by 30 June 2026.
Budget: Up to $30,000 AUD. This is a milestone-based contract with no specific day allowance.
Location: Remote
INTRODUCTION
IWDA is an Australian-based organisation, resourcing diverse women’s rights organisations primarily in Asia and the Pacific and contributing to global feminist movements to advance our vision of gender equality for all.
Equality Insights is a systemic change program focused on addressing gender-unaware poverty and inequality measurement and data collection methodologies that underpin global efforts to understand and respond to poverty and gender inequality. Alongside development of a world-leading individual-level measure of multidimensional poverty and inequality and an associated survey instrument generating intersectional data, the Equality Insights program engages with the political economy of global data standards to influence recognition of, and demand for, individual-level gender-sensitive and inclusive measurement.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
As a gender-sensitive measurement of poverty, Equality Insights provides world-leading survey tools that collect inclusive data about poverty and inequality, providing important insights into the experiences of individuals who are often rendered invisible in poverty data. The intersectional insights we generate inform policy solutions, fuel feminist advocacy and inspire social change.
We use inclusive data to drive transformative change in three ways:
- We build high-quality data collection tools and collect inclusive poverty data.
We have developed innovative tools that collect high-quality, inclusive data about poverty and inequality. We take a different approach to collecting poverty data that reveals important insights that are essential to creating a just, equal and sustainable future for all.
- We work in partnership to increase and strengthen the use of gender data.
Together with our partners, we use inclusive data to drive social change and improve the lives of many. Our data is used by governments, national statistics offices, Women’s Rights Organisations and gender data advocates to develop effective solutions that reduce poverty and inequality. The Equality Insights program works with governments and CSOs to support capacity and uptake and use of Equality Insights data. We provide accompaniment support to data users to use Equality Insights data for reporting and provide tailored data interpretation support for specific policy requests.
- We push to make inclusive data the norm
When it comes to data, we are on a mission to raise the standards and make inclusive data the norm. We highlight solutions and innovations, raise awareness about gender data gaps, and advocate to ensure that everyone is visible in the data that affects their lives.
CONSULTANCY BACKGROUND
This consultancy is designed to assess viability of the program’s current business model in the context of the current funding environment for overseas development assistance and resourcing for development data. The assessment will consider the adequacy and sustainability of the program’s current business / resourcing model in this context, compared to alternatives previously considered by the program, and generate other options. The expected deliverable is a propositional way forward for sustainable resourcing models and approaches that will allow us to stabilise and enhance the value that has been created over 15 years, while also maximising delivery against the interest in, and emergent pipeline for, Equality Insights.
The emphasis of this consultancy is on recommendations for the future, including detailed pathways forward to a fit-for-purpose model and approach to resourcing, including initial overview of associated scaffolding requirements as relevant (e.g., governance arrangements, policies, legal and regulatory steps).
CONSULTANCY OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this consultancy are to:
- Snapshot the development data funding landscape, considering both traditional and non-traditional funders, to ascertain the viability of the existing business model;
- Assess those findings against existing internal work regarding potential, alternative structures for ongoing impact;
- Consider business models that are feasible for the program’s goals, and operational in the current funding environment, and outline at least two recommended options, in addition to the current model should this be identified as a recommended option and detail strengths in the current context ;
- Design and propose a next-steps pathway for one of the business models (as determined by the Equality Insights team) that would enable a transition and to sustain impact, with financial sustainability at the core.
REQUIREMENTS
The consultant(s) should possess the following skills and experience:
Essential
- Good knowledge of, and/or experience in, the data (and gender data) funding landscape
- Knowledge and prior experience using business model tools and frameworks to create viable models for implementation
- Strong research, evaluation and analysis experience
- Excellent attention to detail and communication skills
- History of innovative thinking and problem-solving including finding ‘out of the box’ solutions
Desirable
- Experience with developing fee for service or licensing structures
- Knowledge of women’s rights organisations and feminist movements
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
Candidates are invited to submit expressions of interest addressing the following:
- A short proposal outlining the process and timeline to complete all outputs
- A detailed budget indicating daily rate and total days proposed to complete the work.
- A Statement (no more than 2 pages) addressing the criteria as set out in Section 11. requirements
- Current CV (including a CV or bio for any additional team members that will be involved)
Expressions of interest that do not cover these requirements will not be considered. Expressions of interest are required by 11.59pm Sunday 3rd May 2026 (AEST) and should be sent to info@equalityinsights.org with the subject title ‘EOI Sustainability Consultant’
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