• Fixed-term position – 2 Years.
• Full Time
• Location: Melbourne (preferred, flexible)
• Salary range: $143,968 + salary packaging + super.

SNAICC strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

Do you want to work in an organisation that makes a difference? Are you passionate about delivering excellent policy, research, and advocacy? Do you enjoy finding creative ways to ensure your work has an impact? If this sounds like you, we might just have your perfect job!

About the role

The Director Policy and Research plays a strategic leadership role within the organisation. The position develops and promotes SNAICC’s role as a national voice for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children and families.

The incumbent will provide high-quality leadership and guidance to further SNAICC’s development and advance SNAICC’s policy reform and research priorities. This includes leading SNAICC input to and secretariat services for the development, implementation, evaluation and oversight of national strategies and plans for systemic reform to improve services and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families. The incumbent will lead a team that provides high-level evidence informed policy analysis of issues relating to SNAICC’s objectives and the rights and needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families and children.

We are looking for someone who:

• Demonstrated capacity to research, analyse, understand, and write concisely about complex social policy issues.
• Demonstrated capacity to manage complex projects and budgets and provide timely compliance with outcome and reporting requirements.
• Demonstrated capacity to manage people and teams effectively to deliver a complex and high-volume program of work while building a positive and supportive team culture.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate policy effectively and strategically to a range of audiences in both written and oral form, ranging from government ministers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members.
• Strong leadership skills and significant experience in a senior management position, including:
• strategic leadership of a team and staff
• development and implementation of strategic and operational plans
• evidence of fundraising skills and experience and understanding of financial sustainability and financial management.
• Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain effective collaborative partnerships at a senior level with a broad range of stakeholders, including non-government organisations, government, philanthropic, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
• Ability to liaise effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations and to secure their participation in work priorities.
• Broad knowledge and a deep understanding of issues impacting upon Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families and strong commitment to the rights, needs and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families, or the ability to quickly acquire this knowledge.

About Policy and Research:

SNAICC’s Policy and Research team leads targeted and large scale projects and policy reform agendas to develop legislation, policies, programs, and practices that support safety, development and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Projects involve close collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled organisations, mainstream services, governments, and other peak bodies.

For more information about the organisation, please visit our Website.

A position description is attached.