Policy Lead

**Work options**: Flexible
**About Dairy Australia**:
Dairy Australia's role is to provide services that benefit and advance dairy farm businesses and the industry. These services deliver value by enhancing farm business management, supporting farm employment needs, driving herd and feed innovation, managing climate and environment, promoting Australian dairy and commitment to sustainability, supporting policy development, growing international markets, and responding to critical issues and events such as floods and bushfires.

**Our Vision and Values**:
At Dairy Australia, our vision is simple, to be leaders in shaping a profitable and sustainable dairy industry. 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**:
We're seeking a dynamic, values driven, and experienced **Policy Lead
- Environmental Sustainability** to champion policy development, research, and stakeholder engagement in crucial areas impacting our industry. This role presents an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the future of the Australian dairy landscape.

Lead the charge in researching, analysing, and advising the Australian dairy industry on key issues such as water policy (including Murray Darling Basin Plan), climate action (GHG adaptation and mitigation policy), energy policy (e.g. coal seam gas, renewables, transmission, and pricing), land use planning, and other environmental concerns (this may include effluent and waste management, sustainable packaging etc). You will develop evidence-based policy proposals, recommendations, and solutions, ensuring they align with the industry's goals and objectives.

This role will sit within our Sustainable Dairy team and will report into our Environment and Sustainability Manager.

**About you**:
With tertiary qualifications in Natural Resource Management, Agricultural Economics, Science, Environmental Sustainability, Public Policy or equivalent experience in a similar role (ideally within the agricultural and/or food manufacturing sector), you will bring a mix of technical knowledge and the ability to find solutions that align to our values and strategic aims.

This role will continue to build on your strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, well-honed project management skills, and ability to develop, implement, lead, and deliver policy outcomes in a multi-disciplinary and cross-functional team environment.

You will also be able to demonstrate understanding of climate, water and natural resource management policy and regulatory developments at national (State and Commonwealth) and international levels while understanding the potential implications of these on the dairy industry's productivity.

**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 work)
- 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.