Advocacy Campaigns Manager

2 days ago


St Leonards, Australia Guide Dogs. Full time

Posted: 04/04/2024

Closing Date: 25/04/2024

**Job Type**: Permanent - Full Time

Location: St Leonards

Job Category: Community Services & Development

We are committed to providing services for people with low vision or blindness by tailoring solutions to help overcome barriers and build independent and fulfilling lives.

We are united in our shared mission of creating opportunities, championing the rights of people with low vision or blindness, and building communities who share our mindset and ambition for accessibility and inclusivity.

With a strong culture of innovation, learning, flexibility and belonging, we live our values and allow our team members to be the best version of themselves inside and outside work.

Social Change is a new team in Guide Dogs NSW/ACT and our key aim is to advocate and educate on behalf of our community with a focus on upholding the rights of our community.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Develop and deliver on our advocacy campaign plans from end to end.
- Ensure that GDN’s advocacy campaigns are informed by lived experience, putting people with low vision or blindness at the centre of the campaigns.
- Facilitate the work required within Social Change and across the broader GDN team to meet our campaign goals.
- Provide leadership and expertise around advocacy campaigning to Social Change, Marketing and senior management.
- Advise on online and offline campaigning techniques, and manage effective campaign planning tools to ensure the success of campaigns.
- Support the community education strategy as required.
- Support GDN political engagement work, advising the most appropriate course of action to achieve our policy and campaigns objectives with parliamentarians.
- Keep abreast of the political and legislative climate and advise the organization on the opportunities these provide to further GDN’s objectives.
- Build and track the Social Change stakeholder plan to ensure consistency across our external relationships within Social Change.
- Identify and support the build of a coalition of supporters among like-minded peer organisations.
- Work closely with our external agencies to identify opportunities to promote GDN’s advocacy campaigns to the media, and ensure that campaign messages are accurate and well targeted.
- Deliver high-quality written recommendations, briefings, publications and other materials that communicate complex messages clearly to a range of audiences.

**Essential Experience**:

- At least 5 years experience in Advocacy Campaigning or other relevant areas.
- Excellent project management skills, including planning, implementing, devising and prioritizing multiple projects to meet agreed deadlines and targets.
- Knowledge of Australian political environments.
- Experience in the disability sector, preferably blindness and low vision.

**Benefits that Guide Dogs offer**:
As a member of the Guide Dogs team, you will have access to a wide range of benefits tailored to your needs.
- A competitive remuneration package is available commensurate with skills and experience, which includes tax free salary packaging of up to $15,900.
- EAP - Get support when you need it with Employee Assistance Program counselling sessions.
- Me Days - Receive two paid days per year to support your health and wellbeing.
- Paid Parental Leave - take time to bond with your new child with 13 weeks paid leave after qualification period
- The option to purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave each year.
- Employee benefits program and Reward and Recognition program.
- Annual flu vaccinations.
- Support for your professional development including paid study leave and educational assistance.
- Join an organisation that makes a meaningful and positive impact on our society.

Guide Dogs NSW/ACT are proud to be an inclusive workplace that reflects our clients and the broader community and are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We offer equal employment opportunity regardless of your disability, gender or gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital or domestic status, carer status, or political opinion.



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