About the Organisation

Palliative Care Queensland (PCQ) is a leading charity and independent peak body representing palliative care providers, consumers and their families and those with an interest in palliative care in Queensland. PCQ was established in 1988 and is a membership-based organisation, supporting the individuals, families, carers, community members, as well as specialist and generalist health care professionals working with Queenslanders experiencing serious illness, dying, death and grief. Collectively, the PCQ membership body holds tremendous knowledge and wisdom about the challenges the sector faces and the opportunities those challenges can bring. PCQ is a founding member of Palliative Care Australia. Palliative Care Queensland operates programs such as Ambulance Wish Queensland, PalliLearn, Last Aid and PalliChat.

About the role

• Location: Brisbane (Spring Hill)
• Position Description: Download from our website, palliativecareqld.org.au/careers-at-pcq
• Salary: $34.50 per hour + superannuation + salary packaging options
• Type of Employment: Fixed term (until 30 June 2022)
• Hours: 0.6FTE to 0.8FTE

This position will be part of the PCQ Policy and Engagement team, with a focus on policy and related advocacy initiatives for PCQ. The position will play a role in taking the palliative care agenda forward in Queensland. The position will support the development, implementation and evaluation of policy plans and influencing activities to achieve change.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Support the development, implementation and evaluation the PCQ Policy Plan to put forward Palliative Care Queensland (PCQ) position, and to influence decision-makers, including, but not
  limited to:
  • Conduct environmental scans and key interviews of similar peak bodies and related
    activities
  • Draft a framework of key issue and map to solutions within our policy agenda
• Collate advice for policy submissions and coordinate basic campaign strategy for new and existing
  campaigns
• Coordinate consultation on policy issues including disseminating and collating feedback, conducting stakeholder interviews, participate in forums and drafting surveys into summary reports/policy briefs on policy issues
• Assist with the development of position statements

Key Attributes

• A passion for social justice
• Experience in project coordination and administration skills, with ability to follow, monitor and report to
  plans
• Experience in planning and delivering on projects, consultation and research
• Excellent spoken and written communications skills, including capacity to draft executive reports, government submissions, position statements, comprehend complex written information, produce verbal and written summaries and develop presentations
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders