Director, Human Rights Education and Partnership

Australian Human Rights Commission – Sydney NSW

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.

The Workplace and Community Education (WCE) team is leading a new all of Commission Human Rights Education strategy and seeking to grow its education portfolio and offerings. The Workplace and Community Engagement team leads design and delivery of workshops, training and school engagement for delivering human rights education. This includes free and paid offerings across e-learning, workshops, training and other employer engagement. The team provides support across policy teams in the design and delivery of education products and projects.

We are looking for a strategic leader to join us and lead the Commission’s Human Rights Education Strategy and Workplace Engagement priorities.



This is an opportunity support the Commission in growing income and impact through the new Education strategy.

The role leads the Workplace and Community Engagement Team and will provide support to development of the Commission’s partnership practice as a key tool for delivering the education strategy. It would suit an entrepreneurial and creative individual who is experienced in delivering social impact while growing income.

This full-time non ongoing position is initially offered for 2 years with the potential to become ongoing. It offers a competitive salary range of $144,073 - $169,322per annum plus 15.4% superannuation.

We offer flexible, hybrid and remote work options.

The key duties of the position include:

What You’ll Do:

- Lead and manage the Workplace Community Engagement (WCE) team.
- Hold day to day accountability for leading the new Education strategy including business development objectives, in collaboration with the Senior Director.
- Lead the WCE team in aligning workplans and priorities under the Education Strategy with a focus on ensuring sustainable resourcing.
- Provide management support and development to members of the team in embedding the new strategy and approaches.




- Ensure a systems approach is embedded across education initiatives in line with the Education Strategy and Theory of Change.
- Oversee operational delivery of new ways of working and workstreams in the Education strategy.
- Oversight and accountability for team budgets, reporting and deliverables, ensuring resource allocation for timely, transparent and accountable delivery in line with partner priorities and Commission policies.
- Provide strategic advice to the President, Chief Executive and senior executives in relation to education strategy outcomes, including through governance committees of the Commission.
- Build a strategic approach to partnership management and impact measurement across the Commission.
- Work in partnership with the Senior Director to identify and develop further partnerships relevant to the objectives of the Education strategy and the Commission’s workplace engagement.

Eligibility

What We’re Looking For:

- Demonstrated understanding of the evidence based on effective approaches to building support for human rights through education and engagement.
- Demonstrated business development skills and client focused mindset in an setting balancing impact and income.
- High level, advanced strategic partnership development skills.
- High level, advanced understanding of human rights based approach to inclusion and diversity.
- Ideally relevant tertiary qualifications in a relevant field including business and marketing, business and human rights

📌 Director, Human Rights Education and Partnership (Sydney)
🏢 Australian Human Rights Commission
📍 Sydney