• CMY449

About CMY

The Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) is a non-profit organisation based in Victoria and has been shaping culture alongside multicultural young people and communities since 1988. Our purpose is to create a society where multicultural young people live a life where they are connected and can fully reach their potential.

CMY works to address systemic barriers that impact multicultural young people by:

• Advocating for social change, challenging inequities and barriers that multicultural young people face.
• Delivering support services and programs to young people and families.
• Connecting and creating innovative opportunities for multicultural young people.
• Amplifying the voices and experience of multicultural young people to shift narratives and influence systems.
• Influencing government and policy makers with evidence-based information and lived experience.
• Developing the knowledge, confidence and skills of other organisations, businesses and government.
• Researching current issues affecting multicultural young people to inform what we do.

Our work is youth-informed, strengths-based, and grounded in diversity, inclusion and anti-racism. At CMY, we all play a part in shaping systems, attitudes and behaviours that create the society we all deserve. Find out more: cmy.net.au/about-us

About the Role

The Policy Officer plays a significant role in supporting the policy advocacy work of CMY through data collection, consulting on, analysing and developing responses to emerging policy issues for multicultural young people/youth issues. The role will work closely with the various teams across CMY to ensure that emerging issues and trends for young people are captured and well documented. The Policy Officer works as part of CMY’s Policy and Advocacy team and reports to the Senior Policy Advisor.

• Hours: 30.4 hours per week (0.8 FTE), Part Time
• Fixed Term: until 30 June 2028
• Base Salary (SCHADS Level 5) : $100,776.00 per annum ( pro rata) plus Super and access to Salary Packaging (Salary Packaging is a great way to increase the value of your salary by allowing you to receive a portion of your income in the form of tax free or tax-deductible benefits.)
• Location: Carlton
• Applications Close: 11:59pm on the closing date
• Interviews: to be held in the week beginning 18th May 2026

You will have

• Demonstrated understanding of and sensitivity to issues affecting young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds.
• Experience in social policy and research, including an understanding of community development principles as they apply to policy development.
• Highly developed interpersonal and written communication skills, including the ability to produce high standard written work for a variety of target groups including policy papers, reports and media articles.
• Demonstrated networking and liaison experience including facilitating consultations with a variety of stakeholders (including young people) in the government and non-government sectors.
• Highly developed analytical skills in a complex policy environment, with the ability to work across a wide range of topic areas and sectors.

For more information

• On the role, please see the position description attached below.
• On CMY, visit https://www.cmy.net.au/about-us.
• Contact person for the role: Edmee Kenny – Senior Policy Advisor on (03) 9340 3725.

How to Apply

• Click ‘Apply Now’ to go to the CMY Jobs Page and complete the application form. If you don't already have a profile, please create one to submit your application.
• Follow the instructions to upload your resume and a document outlining examples/a response addressing each of the key selection criteria outlined in the position description. This can be included in your cover letter or a separate document. Applications submitted without addressing the key selection criteria will not be considered
• Documents must be in MS Word or PDF format
• For guidelines on how to apply for a job at CMY please read here
• For tips on how to respond to Key Selection Criteria, please read here: Careers Vic Gov - Guide

CMY takes Child Safety seriously and short-listed candidates are subject to child safety screening and assessment against child safety standards as part of our thorough recruitment process.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.