Responsibilities
- Track and evaluate policy changes in key government areas such as employment, health, disability, veterans’ affairs, and aged care, and assess how they affect service delivery, clients, and operations.
- Conduct thorough research using both qualitative and quantitative methods, including literature reviews, stakeholder consultation, and integration of internal and external data.
- Produce well-crafted written materials including policy briefs, submissions, discussion documents, options analyses, presentations, and stakeholder communications.
- Assist in designing programs and services by interpreting policy goals into practical implementation plans, risk assessments, and operational requirements.
- Support evaluation initiatives by helping define performance outcomes, indicators, and summarizing results for leadership review.
- Work closely with internal specialists, operational teams, and external partners to verify assumptions and strengthen evidence-based decision-making.
- Ensure accurate documentation, version tracking, and recordkeeping to meet governance and audit standards.
Benefits
- Engage in meaningful work shaping policies and programs that assist individuals facing injury, illness, disability, or social disadvantage.
- Gain exposure to diverse government social service sectors and interact with a wide range of public sector stakeholders.
- Work in a supportive, mission-oriented environment that fosters growth in research, writing, and policy advisory capabilities.
- Access flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance.
Work Arrangement
Remote (City/Region)
Team
A growing national team of over 3,500 professionals with diverse backgrounds and perspectives, working across Australia in a mission-driven environment.
Other
- You are welcome here. Our fast-growing team of more than 3,500 people around Australia represent a huge array of life experiences, skills and ways of thinking.
- We value all these differences. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, proudly welcoming people with disability including mental health conditions, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people from the LGBTQI community, veterans, carers and Indigenous Australians to our team.
- We are happy to adjust our recruitment process to support accessibility needs.
