Policy & Advocacy Lead

Who you are (selection criteria)

• You hold relevant qualifications in public policy social sciences law or a related field or have equivalent professional experience.
• You have experience working with victims and survivors or in sectors where lived experience informs policy and advocacy.
• You apply trauma-informed culturally responsive and ethical approaches to all aspects of your work.
• You have a strong track record of developing evidence-informed policy and advocacy strategies that influence decision-makers and shape public discourse.
• You are skilled at identifying systemic gaps and translating complex information into clear actionable policies.
• You are experienced in writing high-quality policy documents briefings and reports tailored to diverse audiences.
• You understand how to embed lived experience trauma-informed principles and cultural safety into every stage of policy and advocacy work.
• You build trusted relationships and adapt your communication to engage diverse stakeholders and audiences.
• You translate complex evidence and insights into clear compelling policy and advocacy outputs.
• You are aligned with the National Centres mission to disrupt child sexual abuse and bring about systemic change.
• You demonstrate a trauma-informed ethical and survivor engaged approach to your work and understand the critical importance of working in partnership with people with Lived Experience; ensuring their voices are heard respected and meaningfully embedded in all that you do.

Research indicates that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria women and other marginalised individuals often wait until they fulfil every requirement. If you believe you have the attributes to do the job but dont match every point on the job ad we welcome and encourage your application.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement targeted policy and advocacy strategies that effectively influence decision-makers shape public discourse and advance systemic reform.
• Apply trauma informed culturally safe and inclusive approaches to all policy development.
• Produce and maintain policies reports and briefings that reflect the National Centres focus on victims and survivors and ensure alignment with current research Lived Experience insights and best sector practice.
• Centre survivor and victim voices and experiences as the foundation of all advocacy priorities and policy decisions.
• Facilitate meaningful victim and survivor engagement in policy development and advocacy planning ensuring their voices and expertise influence all initiatives.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with government sector leaders Lived Experience advocates and partner organisations.

How to apply

To express your interest submit an online application through our application portal and include a professional resume. All applicants must also provide brief responses to the application questions that are included as part of the online application.

Note: we do not accept cover letters as part of our application process.

Applications will be reviewed upon receipt and we may close our job advertisement without notice so dont delay your application.

The National Centre for Action on Child Sexual Abuse is an equal opportunity employer and strives to maintain a workplace environment that is fair and free of discrimination is safe and accessible for all employees and provides working arrangements that accommodate the diverse needs of our staff. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people women people from culturally- and linguistically-diverse backgrounds LGBTQIA people and people of every ethnicity faith ability culture language gender identity age and sex.

Employment in this position is conditional upon reception and maintenance of reference checks as part of pre-employment screening and a Working With Children Check (or state equivalent).

As part of our employment screening process we do run police checks. But dont worryhaving a criminal record doesnt automatically disqualify you.