Senior Policy Officer

Senior Policy Officer - NFP 

About the role: 

We are look for a Senior Policy Officer who is passionate about ending homelessness for children and young people. This role will be a temporary contract until the EOFY.

This role will be developing policy, publications, reports, research and submissions to bring attention to the issue of child and youth homelessness or other related social issues. 

You will have an ability to analyse data and translate it into a format that clearly articulates a social issue and provides pragmatic policy solutions. 

Essential for the role: 

• Experience in developing policy and advocacy activities in the homelessness or a related sector.
• Demonstrated ability in policy analysis, social research and knowledge translation.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to write clearly and succinctly for a variety of purposes.
• Effective organisational and time management skills, including the ability to work with minimal supervision as part of a small team. The role will be responsible for managing the Policy Officer and other team members as required.
• Understanding of the issues affecting children and young people at risk of or experiencing homelessness and domestic/family violence in Australia.
• Strong IT skills, including experience using the Microsoft Office suite.
• Current New South Wales working with children check.

How to Apply

If this sounds like something that you would be interested in, please apply directly to the advertisement with your full resume or please feel free to email me your resume to ***********@beaumontpeople.com.au

At Beaumont People we believe a diverse workplace is a happy workplace, and we love working with organisations that feel the same way.  We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from CALD backgrounds and people with disabilities. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital or parental status. Should you require a reasonable accommodation to be made for your application to be assessed we would be more than happy to discuss how that can be arranged.