• Permanent Full Time (1 FTE)
  
• La Trobe Street Office
  
• SCHADS Level 8, $122,745 (plus super and salary packaging)

Role Purpose

As the Principal Policy & Advocacy Advisor at Good Shepherd Institute (GSI), your primary responsibility is to lead and execute the organisation's policy and advocacy-related initiatives. With your expertise in social policy and research, this role will focus on executing policy and advocacy-related work, collaborate across teams to guide decision-making and project execution aiming to drive impact for audacious and bold reform, and ensuring that policy projects and research support the organisation's strategic impact areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifying opportunities and prioritising, coordinating, and allocating policy and advocacy strategies/projects and relevant research across the PASI team in collaboration with internal and where relevant external stakeholders, in line with the Good Shepherd strategy impact areas.
• Identify and incorporate emerging national and international research and policy developments relevant to Good Shepherd’s impact areas.
• Ensure projects comply with relevant Good Shepherd policies regarding quality, ethics, and reporting.
• Work closely with all areas of Good Shepherd and Good Shepherd Institute to identify emerging trends that can inform policy, research, and evaluation priorities.
• Provide supervision and support to direct reports, PASI team members, interns, post graduate students, and other GSI and GS staff as required.

About you

• Relevant post-graduate (Masters of PhD) tertiary qualifications in social sciences, social work, law, policy or other related disciplines and experience working within a not-for-profit organisation.
• High level writing skills that can be applied to a range of documentation and audiences, as well as facilitation and presentation skills.
• Extensive and demonstrated research and evaluation experience and knowledge (5+ years) in the areas of social-ecological models, climate justice, social justice, family violence, child and family services, CALD, gender equality, economic abuse, and / or financial wellbeing. In particular, experience working in the community sector, peak body, government department or statutory authority.

About Us

Our 2023-2027 strategy outlines the world we want to see and our role in advancing it. We aspire for all women, girls, and families to be safe, well, strong, and connected. We strive for equity, dignity and social justice for women, girls and families by collaborating globally and acting locally, supporting our communities in Australia and New Zealand to thrive.

We want women, girls and families to live full and dignified lives, have dignified income and enjoy financial wellbeing. We aim to provide place-based, people-centred, holistic services while working at the system level to achieve bold and audacious reform. We currently offer micro-finance programs and products, financial counselling and coaching, family and domestic violence support services, family and youth programs, playgroups, education programs and community houses. These services are complemented by research and strong advocacy to address the underlying structural causes of injustice, exclusion, and inequality. 

Good Shepherd employees are committed to inclusive practice that responds to the specific needs, context, and circumstances of service participants. We embrace the diversity and intersectionality of individuals and recognise a person’s right to a unique identity comprising culture, language, ability, community, gender, sex, sexual orientation and lived experience.

 Benefits

• Salary packaging (which can add up to $15,900 in tax-free pay per year)
• Paid study leave
• Paid parental leave
• Gifted leave at Christmas and Easter
• Flexible work hours/working from home where possible
• Employee Assistance Program, a free and confidential counselling service + more

How to apply

To apply click 'Apply Now' and please submit a short covering letter outlining your relevant skills and experience along with your CV.  Please apply as soon as possible, applications are considered as they are received.

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We recognise the rich diversity of people across Australia. We are committed to ensuring that our team is reflective of the diverse community we serve and to supporting a culture of equity, inclusion and diversity.