HOURS: 4-5 days per week. We are open to a part-time or job-share arrangement to ensure we have the right skills mix.

DURATION: This is an 18-month position, with the expectation of extension given availability of funding for the role.

LOCATION: Melbourne and Sydney preferred - though other locations considered for the right candidate. The position will be hosted by Jubilee Australia Research Centre.

SALARY: $95,000 + 10.5% Super

REPORTS TO: Jubilee Australia Research Centre Executive Director and the PWYP Australia Steering Committee.

PURPOSE OF POSITION: Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Australia is seeking a passionate and motivated National Director to lead a coalition of humanitarian, environmental, anti-corruption, faith-based, research, union, and community organisations campaigning for greater transparency, accountability, and access to information about the extractive industries sector.

PWYP Australia's vision is a for a world where everyone benefits from our natural resources, environment and a just energy transition. PWYP Australia is part of the global Publish What You Pay network of over 1000 organisations in more than 51 countries around the world. PWYP’s global mission is to build a worldwide movement of civil society organisations making oil, gas, and mineral governance open, accountable, sustainable, equitable and responsive to all people.

The National Director will be responsible for the overall leadership of PWYP Australia, working in close collaboration with local, regional (Asia Pacific), and international coalition members to plan and implement advocacy, policy analysis and research; spearhead PWYP Australia’s communications and campaigns; and oversee finances, including leading fundraising efforts. This is an exciting opportunity for an inspiring, creative, and collaborative individual at a critical and exciting time for advancing natural resource governance in Australia.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Advocacy

• Coordinate and work with the PWYP steering committee and coalition members to develop and implement the Publish What You Pay Australian strategy based on the PWYP Global Strategy to advocate for greater openness, transparency, accountability and public engagement in the extractives sector.
• Develop and implement research, policy and advocacy work relating to Australian mining, oil, and gas companies including financial transparency, environmental disclosures, and access to usable, current government and industry information for communities.
• Produce submissions and statements to Government and the media relating to extractive transparency and broader transparency/anti-corruption issues.

• Work with PWYP Australia members to advocate and build consensus for domestic implementation of global transparency standards, including mandatory payments to government reporting, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, and the Open Government Partnership.
• Represent PWYP Australia’s advocacy positions to external stakeholder groups including; government, industry, private sector, civil society and media.

Campaign Management and Coalition Coordination

• Harnessing the power/skills of coalition members to achieve advocacy aims. This can include activating and working with grassroots organisations on constituent mobilisation, accessing members’ technical knowledge, and expanding and activating the PWYP network.
• Coordinate the communications strategy for the coalition, including managing social media, press releases and liaising with the media.
• Cultivating and maintaining relationships with funders, supporting fundraising, including domestic fundraising, for PWYP Australia activities, in tandem with member organisations as appropriate, managing grant funds and providing high quality reporting to donors.
• Participating in, presenting, and representing PWYP at national and international conferences and events.
• Engaging and managing contractors of other PWYP support staff as required.

JOB COMPETENCIES

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Significant advocacy experience, with an understanding of Australian State and Federal political procedures and processes and experience in contributing to these.
• Experience working in a policy or campaigning capacity, developing advocacy strategies and representing advocacy concerns at a national and/or international level.
• Familiarity with extractive industries, environment and/or natural resource governance, transparency and anti-corruption, good governance standards, or corporate sector issues.
• Project management experience.

Desirable

• Experience coordinating a coalition or network.
• Proven experience of successful fundraising and managing grants.
• Experience using open data and producing research to demand corporate or government accountability.
• Experience applying a feminist lens to research, policy and advocacy work.

Skills and Personal Style

• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to empower others to greater effort, commitment and action.
• Excellent verbal communication skills to inform and advise and to have the confidence and ability to work with a range of stakeholders with differing levels of understanding and experience.
• Excellent writing skills, to produce or edit drafts of policy documents, advocacy letters, fact sheets, press statements, and other correspondence.

• Ability to work cross-culturally and to work with and amplify the priorities of affected communities.

• Pro-active, fast-thinker and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Flexibility and capacity to thrive in a demanding and diverse professional environment and to manage competing priorities

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE POSITION

• Commitment to the ethos of the PWYP movement and a willingness to work within that ethos.
• Occasional evening, early morning and weekend work is required.
• Some domestic and international travel is required.

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, races, cultures, and gender identities. Also candidates who meet some but not all requirements to apply. Most important is a passionate candidate, with a sense of curiosity, a can-do attitude, and an eagerness to learn. We are open to a part time or job-share arrangement to ensure we have the right skills mix.

ABOUT THE HOST ORGANISATION

The position will be hosted by Jubilee Australia Research Centre. Jubilee is a research and advocacy organisation that aims to promote economic justice for communities in the Asia-Pacific region and accountability for Australian corporations and government agencies operating there. Jubilee was one of the founding members of PWYP Australia and has a long history of advocacy on transparency and accountability in Australia and the Asia Pacific region.