Policy Advocacy Lead

Position reports to: Strategic Advocacy Manager
Employment status: Permanent
Hours: 0.8 FTE to Full time
Salary: Pro rata of $107,115 to $111,967 per annum, plus 11.5% superannuation, annual leave loading & generous salary packaging options
Location: HJA has office hubs in both Sydney and Melbourne that enable collaborative working and are available for staff use.
Our staff outside of these two metropolitan locations work remotely.
All HJA staff may be required to undertake travel, particularly as it relates to team time as part of their role.

The HJA team come together in person (usually in Sydney or Melbourne) from time to time for events, and to facilitate team learning and collaboration opportunities (3-4 times per year).

Closing: Close of Business Friday October 25, 2024.
First round interviews will be held online on November 6, 2024.

To apply: Email with 'Policy Advocacy Lead' as the subject.
Application should include a letter outlining your interest and experience against the essential and desirable criteria (3 pg max); & CV (3 pg max).

About health justice partnerships Health justice partnerships (HJPs) are collaborations to embed legal help into healthcare services and teams.
They have formed in response to a growing body of evidence that shows there are groups of people who are vulnerable to intersecting legal and health problems, commonly compounded by broader disadvantage, but who are unlikely to turn to legal services for solutions.
And yet legal solutions can address social issues or determinants – such as housing, money issues, employment, and family safety and stability – that in turn impact upon health and wellbeing.

About Health Justice Australia Health Justice Australia (HJA) is a national charity established in 2016 as a centre of excellence for health justice partnership.
Health Justice Australia supports the expansion and effectiveness of health justice partnerships through:
Knowledge and its translation: developing evidence and translating that evidence into knowledge that is valued by practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and funders.
Building capability: supporting practitioners to work collaboratively, including through brokering, mentoring and facilitating partnerships.
Driving systems change: connecting the experience of people coming through health justice partnerships, and their practitioners, with opportunities for lasting systems change through reforms to policy settings, service design and funding.
We are committed to an inclusive work environment.
Advancing HJA's work to achieve our intended impact, we seek to work with people whose skills and behaviours are aligned to our values, culture and strategy.
Core capabilities that reflect the skills and behaviours we seek in prospective HJA team members include:
Willingness to make use of digital innovation to support organisational effectiveness and efficiency.
Ability to exercise judgment in decision-making.
About this position Health Justice Australia's advocacy strategy seeks to influence transformation across health, legal and social policy, by building an understanding of the need for collaborative approaches in response to intersecting health, legal and other needs; and of what it takes to fund, design, and deliver those approaches to improve health justice outcomes in people's lives.
If you are passionate about bringing together research and practice-based evidence to advance practical, applied policy for lasting impact, then this position is for you.

The Policy Advocacy Lead will work with the Strategic Advocacy Manager and the CEO to implement Health Justice Australia's advocacy strategy.
Activities include development of policy content that translates research and practice evidence into feasible solutions for government, health and human (including legal assistance) services; supporting HJA's strategic relationships with government and other policy-makers and influencers; and driving collaborative opportunities with cross sector organisations and networks to advance our policy solutions.
This position is ideal for someone with policy and advocacy experience in areas including, but not limited to, social determinants of health, access to justice, public health, law, human rights, community sector or service innovation or social impact.

Roles and responsibilities Supervised by the Strategic Advocacy Manager, this position will collaborate both internally and externally to implement activities under Health Justice Australia's advocacy strategy by:
Drawing on research and practice-based evidence, to draft concise policy content, such as discussion papers, submissions, parliamentary and departmental briefings, and position papers.
Tracking and identifying emerging policy reform processes that are relevant to HJA's advocacy priorities.
Identifying strategic campaigning and influencing opportunities, and planning and developing policy content for social media and other external communications, in collaboration with HJA communications team.
Supporting the convening of consultative processes including roundtables and workshops to identify shared agendas and build momentum for collaborative activities across a range of actors working towards systems change.
Supporting HJA government relations including planning, correspondence and logistics for parliamentary engagement and departmental meetings.
Maintaining accurate and timely records of policy advocacy engagement through HJA's CRM platform.
Mapping, developing, and maintaining relationships with external stakeholders across a range of constituencies including lived experience and representative organisations, sector peaks, professional bodies, service providers, and not-for-profit research and advocacy organisations.
Supporting collaborative advocacy activities with leaders and practitioners across the national HJP network.
Attending consultations, conferences and seminars and representing Health Justice Australia in working groups and sector forums as required.
Undertaking other duties as directed and required.
Qualifications Demonstrated capacity to develop and implement a range of strategic policy advocacy activities across health, justice and/or social policy contexts.
Highly developed written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate confidently, persuasively, sensitively and articulately to a range of government and non-government stakeholders.
Experience analysing policy-relevant research, and synthesising this research into relevant, compelling policy advice.
Good organisational skills, and the capacity to manage multiple and changing priorities in a dynamic and evolving policy environment, without compromising quality of work.
Demonstrated commitment to, and experience working effectively and collaboratively as part of a team.
Well-developed relationship management skills, with a capacity to ensure that various stakeholder interests are recognised and managed positively and professionally.
Experience in fostering collaborative relationships, and supporting collaborative advocacy across sectors, organisations, and networks.
Commitment to the values of social justice, and a genuine interest in and awareness of the challenges of improving outcomes for clients vulnerable to complex needs.
A bachelor degree or higher in public health, social science, law or a related discipline.
Demonstrated understanding of the social determinants of health, legal need and justice issues.
Government relations experience and existing relationships of influence.
Skills and experience in working towards systems change.
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