Policy and Partnerships Lead

Position Title:Policy and Partnerships Lead
Team:Policy and Advocacy
Location: Canberra Secretariat
Employment Status: Permanent, 0.8‐1.0 Full‐Time Equivalent
Reports to: Chief of Policy and Advocacy
Position Classification: Senior Officer Grade 3‐4 ($93,798 to $96,055) depending on experience

Main Purpose of the Position

The Policy and Partnerships Lead is responsible for developing ACFID’s positions on international development policy in line with ACFID’s Advocacy Agenda and Strategic Plan.  As a senior member of the team, the role is responsible for managing a number of staff, several external partnerships, and sits on ACFID’s Expanded Management Team.

This role is expected to lead, in close coordination with the Chief of Policy, ACFID’s development of policy content and engagement with stakeholders and decision makers. The position works within the team to ensure that ACFID is positioned to engage in current policy debates including around DFAT’s new International Development Policy, as well as to foresee and predict new areas of policy that meet ACFID’s strategic aims and those of our members.

A key responsibility of the Lead is to manage ACFID’s Grant Agreement and formal Partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. This includes managing the grant workplan, delivering all required reporting and M&E, coordinating partnership dialogues, and ensuring ACFID’s compliance with all DFAT requirements. The role-holder is also responsible for building ACFID’s relationships with other key partners and stakeholders in Government and the wider CSO sector, in Australia and our region.

Scope of Position

The Policy and Partnerships Lead is responsible for:
1. Managing ACFID’s Grant Agreement and formal Partnership with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Partnerships, Stakeholder Engagement and Representation.
2. Contributing to the planning, budgeting, implementation, monitoring and reporting on achievement of key goals
in the ACFID Strategic Plan 2020‐2025 and Advocacy Agenda
3. Contributing to representational functions for the organisation, including with ACFID’s members, Members of
Parliament, senior officials and in the media.
4. Contributing to organisational leadership as a member of ACFID’s Expanded Management Team, leading and supporting whole of organisation initiatives, as required including supporting reporting to the Board, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), members and other stakeholders.
5. Building connections between the policy, and learning, standards, and membership practice areas of ACFID’s
work.
6. Convening ACFID’s representation on selected strategic partnerships.
7. Supporting ACFID’s thought leadership about the future of the sector, as relevant to a Policy and advocacy context