• Location: Sydney preferable or remote working for the right candidate
• Salary: $90,000 (pro rata) plus super
• Hours: 0.8 FTE
• 6 month position

ABOUT JUBILEE AUSTRALIA RESEARCH CENTRE

Jubilee Australia is a dynamic not-for-profit research and advocacy centre based on Gadigal Country (Surry Hills, Sydney). We partner with and amplify the voices of local communities in the fight against an extractive and unequal economic system, produce quality investigative research and advocate for just solutions that centre communities.

Our vision is a future where corporations and governments respect the voices of communities, do no harm, and people and their environments thrive in the Asia Pacific region.

Geographically, our work is focused on Australia, Papua New Guinea (including Bougainville), Fiji and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific region.

WE WORK ON MANY ISSUES, INCLUDING:

• Empowering communities in the Pacific to exercise their right to free, prior and informed consent for mining projects on their land;
• Fighting the first-ever coal mine and coal-fired power station being developed in PNG (and the Pacific);
• Campaigning to prevent public finance from backing up the fossil fuel industry;
• Fighting to stop Australia’s dirtiest offshore gas project: Santos’ Barossa Gas Project in the NT;
• Collaborating with our PNG partners to Save the Amazon of our region, The Sepik, from a destructive copper and gold mine;
• Advocacy targeting Australian connections to illegal logging, especially in PNG;
• Changing Australian government policies that undermine sustainable economies and livelihoods and economic justice for our neighbours in the Pacific and beyond.

For more information, visit here.

Jubilee Australia is an equal opportunity employer, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, LGBTIQ+ people, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to apply for this role.

We are a small team that values people, and we are all deeply passionate about the work that we do. We are seeking a candidate with a commitment to our mission and is passionate about economic justice and corporate accountability.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

The primary responsibility of this role will be conduct research and advocacy on two of Jubilee’s key work areas: aid and development policy, and public finance for fossil fuels.

As our staff work closely with indigenous communities and partners across Australia and the Asia-Pacific, lived experience in a cross-cultural context is a highly sought-after attribute for this position.

This role reports to the Executive Director, and will work closely with other members of the Jubilee Team.

This is a 6 month position, with the possibility of extension if funding permits.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Produce a major research output on the role of public financing of fossil fuels in the Asia Pacific region;
• Lead policy and advocacy work on Australia’s aid and development policies;
• Lead the organisation’s policy work on government debt/economic justice for Global South countries in the Asia-Pacific region;
• Work with the campaigns and communications staff at Jubilee and other partner organisations to help develop materials on these topics for public consumption;
• Engage with partners and external stakeholders;
• Contribute to administrative tasks when needed.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential:

• Deep knowledge of a Pacific, Asian or Global South culture or lived experience in a cross-cultural context;
• Demonstrated experience in research, writing and publishing policy reports and papers;
• Good interpersonal skills and demonstrated experience in working as an effective member of a team.

DESIRABLE:

• A degree in international development, politics, economics, climate science or a related discipline;
• Experience in lobbying and advocacy with government officials and elected representatives.

If you don’t have all of the skills listed above but believe that you’re a good candidate, please reach out to us for a chat. For any inquiries please email [email protected] using the subject line: Policy Specialist – Aid/Climate Justice enquiry viaEthicalJobs.

WHY WORK FOR US?

We are proud to offer our staff great working conditions, and are constantly looking for ways to improve. Here are some of the perks our staff receive:

• Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home within allocated days
• Four weeks of annual leave a year plus an additional three days off over the Christmas / New Year period
• Ongoing professional development opportunities

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. We encourage people to apply as soon as possible.