The Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) is Australia’s national human rights institution, dedicated to fostering a society where human rights are upheld, protected, and celebrated. We envision an Australia where every individual is valued equally in dignity and rights.

Our mission involves promoting and safeguarding the human rights of all Australians by:

- Advising all levels of government and various public and private organisations.
- Strengthening laws, policies, and practices while providing accessible investigation and conciliation services.
- Engaging inclusively with civil society, communities, and the private sector.
- Raising awareness about human rights and offering educational resources.
- Collaborating with partners to cultivate a culture of respect for human rights across the nation.

We are looking for an experienced Policy Officer with expertise in children’s rights and child safety to work closely with the National Children’s Commissioner and the Director of the Children’s Rights Team in delivering strategic and operational priorities, coordinating key activities, fostering stakeholder relationships, contributing to the successful delivery of team projects and initiatives.

This ongoing / non ongoing position offers a competitive salary range of $99,734 - $111,701 per annum plus 15.4% superannuation.

This is a full-time position.



Part-time arrangements may be considered for the right candidate.

We offer flexible, hybrid work options.

What You’ll Do:

- directly engaging with children and young people.
- contributing to the priorities and core work of the Children’s Rights Team.
- providing written research briefings on current and emerging issues impacting on children’s rights and identified priority areas.
- drafting of statutory reports, project reports, submissions to domestic and international inquiries.
- drafting speeches, presentations, correspondence, media releases and social media posts.
- liaising with representatives from government, non-government organisations, civil society in identified children’s rights priority areas.
- supervising staff and interns (where required) with the ability to set priorities, manage time effectively, respond flexibly to changing work demands and to meet deadlines.
- providing budget support to the National Children’s Commissioner and Director Children Rights, including processing paperwork, and reconciling accounts.
- supporting the maintenance of the Children’s Rights Team web content (including development of recent web content, repurposing of web content, updating links, ensuring content meets accessibility standards), using a website management system.

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📌 Policy Officer (Sydney)
🏢 Australian Human Rights Commission
📍 Sydney