Salary: $116,000 - $121,000 + Super + NFP Salary Sacrifice benefits and other benefits

Hybrid working/Work from home

Award Winning Culture

ABOUT FARE

The Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) is a not-for-profit organisation with a vision for an Australia free from alcohol harms – where communities are healthy and well and where laws, policies and programs are fair, equitable and just.

We work collaboratively with local communities, people with lived experience of alcohol harm, values-aligned organisations, health professionals, researchers and governments across the nation to raise community awareness of alcohol harms, advocate for policy change aimed at preventing alcohol-related harms and increase accountability of companies that fuel harm.

Working at FARE you will be part of an organisation developing and delivering innovative health programs and policy solutions to reduce alcohol harm to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in Australia.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Policy and Advocacy Lead will be responsible for developing advocacy strategies, policy development, and stakeholder engagement activities in collaboration with the Policy and Research Director.

The role will work with a high degree of autonomy and be required to develop and maintain relationships both internally and externally.

The role includes undertaking complex policy tasks including rapid analysis of legislation and developing high quality written materials. It also includes the development and oversight of advocacy strategies.

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

Lead campaign planning with the Director Policy and Research, developing a program of work including key tactics to achieve advocacy goals over time.

Proactively drive and manage allocated key issues and priorities to reach agreed outcomes in consultation with team members.

Support staff within the Policy and Research team to contribute to the program of work and help the Director coordinate workflow within the team.

Collaborate with the Communications team on traditional and digital media and other communication outputs that are developed to support advocacy strategies.

Map, engage and develop stakeholder relationships, particularly with government and political decision makers, and also with not-for-profit organisations, people with lived experience and researchers.

Draft and review high quality written publications including briefs, letters, submissions and research reports.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE TEAM

Understanding of and experience with government policy processes.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, adaptable to many stakeholder settings.

Ability to work with others across teams and at all levels, as well as developing workflow processes.

Ability to set goals and work productively with minimal supervision.

Experience in project and contract management.

Experience in data analysis and synthesis of data.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Professional experience in government relations, stakeholder engagement, policy and advocacy strategy development.

Academic qualifications in public policy, politics, health, epidemiology, statistics, or relevant experience.

Experience in political or parliamentary work environments highly desired.

Knowledge of domestic, family and sexual violence (DFSV) and current approaches to evidence-based prevention and response highly desired.

Familiarity with systems-thinking or complexity-aware approaches to evaluation and strategy highly desired.

Demonstrated capacity to manage complex projects, coordinate teams, prioritise competing demands, and collaborate effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders.

BENEFITS INCLUDE:

Access to a generous not-for-profit salary packaging program.

Gifted leave over Christmas holiday shut-down.

Great workplace culture: FARE has received Xref Engage’s Best Workplace Award in 2024 and 2025, which recognises best workplaces who have excellent management practices and a highly engaged workforce

Learn more: fare.org.au/about/careers.

Contact: If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected] using the subject line: ‘Policy and Advocacy Lead via Seek’ or phone (02) 5104 9311 for more information.

APPLY:

Applications must be emailed to [email protected].

The position description can be accessed o FARE's website: fare.org.au/about/careers

To apply, please provide an up-to-date resume with contact details for two referees and a cover letter of no more than 500 words demonstrating your suitability for the role, with particular attention to the key responsibilities and eligibility criteria for the role and email to [email protected] by 5pm AEDT, Wednesday 26 June, 2025.

Applications sent through the Seek portal will not be accepted.

Only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.