AddressOur Client, NSW Farmers is a member based advocacy body representing the interests of farmers across NSW. As a grassroots organisation they are a significant voice for of farmers with a primary purpose to listen, engage, provide value, and act on their behalf to drive and deliver meaningful outcomes that directly benefit farmers. They are fiercely independent and champion the rights of farmers to external organisations including the Government.
NSW Farmers is seeking to appoint the Policy Director for their socio economics portfolio, overseeing a diverse portfolio of issues facing farming. In this role you will listen to industry and then develop key policy recommendations that directly benefit members/farmers and further assist their interests.
The Role: To have a confidential conversation please call David Jackson on 1300 380 701, email at ********@rimfireresources.com.au, or apply with an updated resume and a cover letter addressing the criteria within the advert.
In advancing issues for the farming community, you will research, analyse, and develop policy and advocacy strategies while at all times engaged with and listen to members to ensure policy development progresses farmer issues. Your ability to listen, interrupt, engage, and interpret are vital skills.
You will be ultimately accountable for clear and complete policy solutions on behalf of members.
Specifically you will:
The Candidate:
By nature you will be inquisitive, willing, and wanting to engage with multiple stakeholders and be consistently looking at new ways of doing things. Engagement, listening first, policy next.
To be successful in this role you will have:
If successful you will join a dynamic team who genuinely share their passion for agriculture to contribute to NSW Farmers mantra to sustain and grow agriculture. No doubt you will be an initiative-taker and driven to succeed, but critically have the highest standard of integrity and professionalism in all actions you perform.
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