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Policy and Advocacy Manager

Environment Victoria

You are an effective advocate and networker. You are passionate about growing civic engagement in our community and building leverage in our democratic institutions to deliver solutions to the climate and biodiversity crises.

As Environment Victoria’s Policy and Advocacy Manager you will be responsible for systematically building and maintaining relationships across the political system in Victoria, in order to grow our influence and facilitate achievement of our campaign goals.

You understand how public policy is made and how to leverage information and relationships to shape it. You are adept at spotting political barriers and opportunities and finding ways to progress a policy agenda through them.

You love relating to people, meeting them where they are, finding common ground and building mutually beneficial partnerships – even with people who have different motivations, worldviews and institutional constraints to you. Conservatives and progressives feel they can trust you and work with you.

You think critically and strategically about political power and this informs how you build networks and leverage your relationships.

You appreciate the potential power of organised citizens and want to be part of a team that empowers grassroots leaders to effect change.

Reporting to the CEO and managing a small team, the Policy and Advocacy Manager will work closely with our cross-organisational campaign teams to ensure staff and grassroots leaders deliver effective advocacy to policy-makers and influencers.

Whilst senior, this is a hands-on role. Everyone at Environment Victoria is involved in delivering our campaigns.

The Environment Victoria Enterprise Agreement provides exceptional entitlements including more than 5 weeks of annual leave, generous parental leave conditions and sector leading measures to tackle the gender super gap.

For further information, see the position description in the supporting documents below.

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, people of colour, women, people with disability and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

For questions not addressed by the position description, contact our CEO Jono La Nauze on [email protected], using the subject line: Policy and Advocacy Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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