Organisation : Johnson Recruitment
Location : Melbourne (Melbourne)
Work type : Full-time
Sector : Education & Training
Salary type : Annual Package
Salary : 115000-126000 per Year
About the organisation
Organisation Name : Johnson Recruitment
About the role
- Highly regarded community organisation
- Salary package initially $115k moving to $126k including Super by end of year.
- Hybrid flexible working environment, with generous leave entitlements.
The Organisation:
Our client provides information to and represents the interests of, its youth-oriented community group. It undertakes strategic policy and advocacy work for the benefit of its members.
The Role:
In this newly created position, reporting to the CEO, you will manage the Policy and Advocacy Team to implement and execute the client’s advocacy and campaign work. The role will:
- Develop organisational goals and strategy recommendations for the CEO, Board and Representative Council.
- Report to the CEO and Board the Policy & Advocacy Team’s activities and alignment with the client’s strategic direction.
- Undertake regular planning sessions to ensure Policy & Advocacy Officers’ work aligns with the client’s operational plan.
- Develop engagement frameworks and regularly consult members to influence policy strategy and submissions.
- Prepare letters, media pieces, submissions, lobbying documents and other relevant documents for the clients’ campaigns and their spokespeople.
- Work with other managers to plan and deliver events and activities that engage members with the client’s representation and advocacy.
The Person:
To be successful in this role you will have:
- A degree and subsequent relevant experience of at least 4 years in public policy, social policy, sociology or related fields.
- Leadership skills in similar organisations.
- Experience managing staff and overseeing campaign and policy work.
- Ability to create high-level operational project plans that drive the success of the organisation’s Strategic Plan.
- Highly developed project management skills and exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- An understanding of the broader student political landscape and its key advocacy areas such as education quality and accessibility, mental health, diversity and inclusion, research, sustainability, academic integrity and employability.
- Experience managing and responding to submissions at all government levels.
The Offer:
This is a full-time role with an attractive salary package circa $115K including superannuation. There is an EBA negotiation under way with the annual salary package moving to circa $126k by the end of the year, with annual 3% increases for the next 3 years.
This hybrid role also includes a generous 25 days of annual leave, 15 days of sick leave provisions, 10 days of mental health leave and 1 rostered day off per month.
If you have exceptional skills and are looking for a new and exciting challenge, please make an application by clicking the ‘Apply’ tab below to submit your resume in Word format. To confidentially discuss this role further, please feel free to call Nick Body (0477 013 709) from Johnson Recruitment.
This is a retained, exclusive assignment and any direct applications or referrals will be forwarded to Johnson Recruitment.
How to apply
Please quote in application: Manager - Policy & Advocacy via Pro Bono Australia.
Sector: #Education_and_Training
