Work Type: Full time (38 hours per week), 12-month fixed-term contract

Classification: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 – Social and Community Services Employee, Level 6

Total Remuneration: $106,389.92 - $111,092.80 per year (pro rata where applicable), plus 11.5% Superannuation, 17.5% leave loading, with the option to salary sacrifice up to $15,900 to increase your take home pay

Location: 338 Turbot Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane.

66 Bowen Street, Spring Hill Brisbane

Travel: Some travel required

About QDN

QDN has been making a difference to the lives of people with disability for over 20 years. We are a human right based, membership representative body of over 2500 people with a disability and their supporters. Our vision is that people with disability are active and valued citizens of Queensland. Our mission is to empower people with disability to be fully included as citizens in the social and economic life of the community. Our motto is ‘Nothing about us, Without us’.

QDN’s work is centred around a strong state-wide network of people with disability across Queensland, to inform, connect, lead, and influence change to deliver an inclusive Queensland community.

About the role?

QDN actively works to influence change around key issues of inclusion for people with disability and their communities. To do this effectively, this role leads on key engagement and co-design activities to deliver on QDN’s peak body work including the activities to deliver on the Queensland Disability Stakeholder Engagement and Co-Design Strategy focused on disability reforms.

This is a hands-on role actively engaging with people with disability, community stakeholders and Government and your work will have considerable impact. You can expect to be working to build capacity of people with disability and other key stakeholders in engagement and co-design, undertake research and deliver accessible and inclusive information based upon reports, data, legislation and developing key strategic pieces such to inform reform implementation.

What will you bring to the role?

• High level of knowledge and awareness of issues, policy and legislation that is important in the lives of people with disability.
• High level analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically; using data to drive policy positions or activities to influence change.
• Excellent writing skills: the ability to turn complex information into succinct, easy-to-understand and engaging material; and the knowledge and experience to produce high quality literature reviews.
• The successful applicant will work closely with members of the leadership team and have supervisory responsibility for staff in policy team and work effectively with colleagues in other teams across the Organisation.
• The ability to co-ordinate under the direction of the Manager – Policy, the workflow for the team including contractors, and exercise appropriate initiative and judgement to solve problems and seek guidance where appropriate.
• Demonstrated supervisory skills.
• Effective engagements skills across a broad range of consumer, community and government stakeholders; with engagement experience in the disability, health or human services areas that enable you to build relationships and communicate with influence.
• Experience working with Microsoft 365 and other software applications.
• The ability to comply with relevant State and Commonwealth legislation and frameworks including Work Health and Safety requirements, QDN’s processes, NDIS Quality and Safeguards and Queensland Human Rights Act.
• We value lived experience. People with disability, or family connections of people with disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

What will you do in the role?

1. Undertake effective engagement and co-design with people with disability, families/carers and other key stakeholders to inform Queensland’s disability reform implementation.
2. Undertake analysis, anticipate and identify policy issues, and report on trends of engagement and policy reform work across multiple intersecting content or thematic areas.
3. Deliver on activities to implement the Stakeholder Engagement and Co-design strategy which includes engagement and leading facilitation, co-design with diverse stakeholders to inform design of policy, programs and legislation.
4. Provide thematic analysis and translation of engagement activities to produce comprehensive reports, briefings, publications and communication material that incorporates feedback from the activities as part of Stakeholder Engagement and Co-Design Strategy.
5. Establish and maintain strong and effective working relationships with people with disability, families, carers, peak organisations, advocacy and disability, community organisations and Government departments to deliver on the strategy and the disability reforms.
6. Lead the day-to-day functions of the Queensland Stakeholder Engagement and Co-Design Strategy (Strategy) workplan including prioritising workflow, staff supervision and reporting requirements.
7. Contribute to the capacity building of people with disability and families/carers and workshop content and frameworks to enable them to participate meaningfully in engagement and co-design processes.
8. Coordinate the work of project delivery partners to deliver on project outputs and outcomes.
9. Contribute to the development of a data collection tool to measure impact and outcomes of the Strategy and contribute to project evaluation.
10. Participate actively in QDN’s culture of a safe and inclusive work environment.
11. Other duties as directed by your line manager.

What can you expect from working at QDN?

QDN has a rich history as a unique and diverse disability membership organisation. Every day you’ll have the opportunity to learn from and work alongside people with disability to work together towards creating a more inclusive community.

We are a small, supportive, and friendly team with strong belief in human rights and working to make change happen. We are a supportive organisation and we want you to grow and develop whilst working here.

Key Relationships

Under the supervision and direction of the Manager – Policy, this position, works as part of a team where interdependencies and collaboration with colleagues, QDN members and internal and external stakeholders are critical to the successful delivery of research and advocacy. The position has one direct report.

Key Job Requirements

Relevant tertiary qualifications (or demonstrated equivalent experience) or relevant experience in the areas of disability, human services and/or policy experience would be highly desirable.

Some screening and/or licences are required to fulfil the role as per the list below:

Positive Exemption Notice (Yellow Card) - Essential

Police Check - Essential

Drivers Licence - Desirable

A position description is attached.