Campaigns and Strategy Manager

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• Advocate for important issues furthering World Vision's political change agenda
• Impact areas like Child Rights, Economic Development, HEA, and Refugees & Aid
• Join a passionate team of advocates and policy influencers

An introduction to an exciting advocacy campaigner role with World Vision Australia, with the opportunity for broad impact…

An exceptional opportunity has arisen in our Policy & Advocacy department for a Campaigns & Strategy Manager who will develop and manage the implementation of issues-based advocacy strategies and campaigns whose impact will span areas such as Child Rights, Economic Development, Humanitarian Emergency Affairs, and Refugees & Aid. You will be an experienced advocacy campaigner and will work closely with our Senior Policy Advisors and the advocacy team to achieve shifts in policy or practice, over time, in line with World Vision’s political change agenda.

The Campaigns & Strategy Manager role has three primary responsibilities:

• To develop and project manage implementation of issued-based Strategies and Campaign Plans for the Corporate Affairs team which will outline and guide the team’s advocacy on our priority policy issues
• To work with the team to conceptualise campaign tactics and messaging that translate and tailor complex policy and advocacy recommendations so that we can effectively engage our target audiences
• To develop strategies and plans that engage ‘key influencers’, such as business and church leaders in our policy change agenda, working closely with the Chief Advocate and his senior advisor, and other World Vision leaders and teams

To achieve these, you’ll need to harness and utilise the following talents:

• Campaign and communications strategy design and project management expertise
• Experience with external issue-based campaigning
• The development of political campaign plans
• Working in complex policy environments and converting strategies into tactical activity plans
• Working with high-level networks and senior organisational leaders
• High degree of communications skill (strategy, writing, delivery)
• An understanding of integrating market research and insights into effective strategies

This is a permanent full-time position based at our head office in East Burwood, Melbourne.

What Success Looks Like?

You excel working in an ever-changing environment and you love forming strong relationships, which lets you effectively engage with stakeholders and to perform at peak.

Having a proactive and fresh approach, you are ready to collaborate and overcome any obstacles that may come your way. Your energy is infectious, showcasing the passion you can bring to our organisation.

Why Should You Apply?

• We collaborate in a high performing and professional culture, committed to one common goal; the fight against global poverty, its causes and making a real difference in the world
• We build brighter futures for vulnerable children and seeking to empower the world's poorest people.
• Our people have access to professional development programs that include on-the-job learning, e-learning, workshops, forums, leadership development and internal mobility
• We challenge vertical thinking and ask for horizontal perspective and implications
• Together, we achieve organisational outcomes
• We believe in timely truth telling with love
• Competitive salary and flexible salary packaging scheme

Why World Vision?

World Vision is a worldwide community development organisation that provides short-term and long-term assistance to 100 million people worldwide (including 2.4 million children).
We have more than 45,000 staff members working in 96 countries. For six decades, World Vision has been engaging people to work towards eliminating poverty and its causes.
Our vision for every child: Life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart: the will to make it so.