Policy Lead Health and Nutrition

**Work options**: Hybrid

Hybrid working conditions available, preference to have staff in the office one to two days per week and flexible with which days per week they work (role is 3 days/week)

**About Dairy Australia**

At Dairy Australia, our vision is to be a leader in shaping a profitable and sustainable dairy industry. We do this by providing services that collectively benefit and advance dairy farm businesses and the industry. This includes investment in research and innovation, learning and capability development, marketing, policy research, market insights, and trade development.

Our passionate and talented people share this vision and make an impact each day through their commitment to our values of:

- Farmer first - Farmer needs guide our purpose.
- One team - We work together to achieve great things.
- Innovative thinking - We embrace new ideas and learning as we go.
- Decisive action - We make informed decisions and move quickly to implement.

**About the role**

At Dairy Australia, we are committed to ensuring the sustainability and wellbeing of the Australian dairy industry. As part of our dedication to Pillar 2 - Improved wellbeing of people under the Australian Dairy Industry Sustainability Framework (ADSF), we are looking for an accomplished and passionate individual to join our team as the **Policy Lead, Health and Nutrition **in a.6 FTE capacity.

You will play a pivotal role in providing technical policy support and strategic guidance to help the dairy industry achieve its sustainability commitments and targets. Your primary focus will be on sustainable food and nutrition within the industry.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead on the development of policy research, analysis and advice to the Australian dairy industry on issues within the Australian Dairy Sustainability Framework, Pillar 2, Improved Wellbeing of people
- Identify issues, develop evidence and coordinate input into sustainable food and nutrition and food safety evidence-based policy and regulatory proposals, recommendations and solutions for the dairy industry.
- Identify and monitor relevant policy and regulatory developments to industry and proactively communicate those to relevant stakeholders within and external to the dairy industry.

**Skills and Experience**
- A tertiary qualification in Nutrition Science, Public Policy or other appropriate discipline or equivalent experience in similar role
- A good understanding of food and nutrition policy and regulatory developments at national (State and Commonwealth) and international level
- Demonstrated capability in the development of evidence-based policy in a multi-disciplinary and cross-functional team environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to handle several issues concurrently - including prioritising, time management, liaison and communication.
- The ability to convey complex evidence to different stakeholders.

**About your work life with us**

We aim to provide benefits that promote the overall wellbeing of our employees. In joining our team, you will be rewarded with:

- Flexible working environment - a blended working environment (at our office in Southbank with our team, combined with at home/virtual and in the regional teams at times).
- Being a key member in our supportive and high performing team of experts in their field.
- A caring and innovative culture - we are open to each other’s ideas, we love to innovate, we have integrity and are driven to find the best solutions for our employees and stakeholders.
- Be part of a values driven Not-For-Profit organisation.
- Salary packaging.