Policy, research, campaigns & advocacy

The Organisation The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is the peak national body for community and social services and a leading advocate for people affected by poverty and inequality. With more than 300 organisational members – from major charities to small not-for-profits across metro, regional and remote Australia – ACOSS is a powerful voice for change. Through policy and research, public advocacy and campaigning, ACOSS and its members work closely with government, the media and key stakeholders to tackle poverty and inequalities and support people directly affected to be at the centre of policy debates. Benefits and Culture Supportive, collaborative and inclusive small team culture Nationally recognised peak body with strong values and purpose Learning and development encouraged Opportunity to contribute to meaningful social impact Additional leave and above-award conditions under ACOSS’s enterprise agreement The Role This newly available position plays a vital role in ensuring smooth coordination of ACOSS’s membership operations and political engagement activities. Reporting to the Director of Development and Operations and working closely with the Manager of Parliamentary Engagement, the role combines administration, project coordination, stakeholder communication, and CRM management. You will act as a key administrative hub across two focus areas: supporting ACOSS’s broad and engaged membership base and assisting with the coordination of meetings with ministers, other members of parliament and senators and departmental secretaries. Key areas of responsibility include: Managing the ACOSS member inbox, processing applications, renewals and queries Supporting the membership survey and assisting in drafting board reports Overseeing the CRM (CiviCRM), inputting and managing stakeholder records and data integrity Contributing to general organisational administration and support as required Managing parliamentary and departmental engagement and tracking this engagement using Advoc8 Skills & Experience Required You are an experienced and organised administrator with a warm, people-focused approach and a genuine interest in social impact. You’ll have a background in coordination or administrative roles, ideally in the not-for-profit, community, political or membership-based sectors, and will be comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. You’ll bring excellent communication skills, be confident working across internal teams and external stakeholders, and have the initiative to take ownership of a busy and varied workload. Strong digital literacy and CRM experience will be highly regarded, as will a natural ability to manage process, detail and data with care and accuracy. Additional qualities that will support your success include: A calm and positive attitude when dealing with change, shifting priorities or tight timelines Confidence in managing stakeholder enquiries with professionalism and warmth A proactive approach to problem solving and improving systems Experience coordinating logistics and diary management (ideally including high-level meetings)

The Organisation Transport & Environment (T&E) is the independent expert in enabling clean transport for all. For more than 35 years, T&E has been at the forefront of decarbonizing transport and energy, leading the way towards a cleaner, more sustainable future. Headquartered in Europe, T&E’s independent, evidence-based research, coupled with powerful advocacy and communications, has helped shape impactful policies that accelerate a just, efficient transition to zero-emission transportation and energy that is affordable, circular, with minimal impacts on health and the environment. T&E has shaped some of Europe’s most important environmental laws. Their pioneering campaigning has resulted in the EU setting the world’s most ambitious CO2 standards for cars and trucks; uncovering the diesel gate scandal; ending palm oil diesel; securing a global ban on dirty shipping fuels, and the creation of the world’s biggest carbon market for aviation. In 2022, T&E’s campaigning led to the EU ending new combustion engine cars and vans sales by 2035. This year T&E is expanding its work into the Asia-Pacific region. Benefits and Culture Remote in Singapore initially, flexible work hours, Singapore office opening in 2025 Dynamic pioneering non-profit, regional impact opportunities Collaborate with international, multicultural expert teams and partners Opportunities to build a team, and help decarbonize shipping in Asia Permanent contract, competitive NGO salary; global travel The Role Reporting to the Data Team Lead in Europe, and collaborating with the large international data team, the Regional Senior Researcher provides technical support and expertise for T&E’s coalition-building efforts for key transport hubs across APAC. The initial focus is research and analysis on emissions reduction in the maritime and trucking sectors. Other responsibilities will be to: Develop/apply advanced quantitative analysis techniques to further T&E’s mission Utilize technical expertise to develop compelling data visualisations Collaborate with T&E’s extensive global data team to develop high quality deliverables Lead analytical research into maritime and trucking work across APAC Write technical reports, assist in policy briefings, and present research findings Skills Required You have a strong commitment to strengthening your transport and maritime decarbonization expertise and a passion for climate and energy analysis. You have experience in advanced quantitative analysis, including data analysis, regression analysis, and modelling ideally from a climate, energy or transportation context. Maritime, shipping or truck/transportation experience would be highly regarded. Ideally you have also worked with programming and qualitative analysis. You are confident in your technical abilities, and you have strong communication skills. You thrive in dynamic political environments and can translate complex analytical information into compelling and influential visual content to encourage change. You must have working rights in Singapore and ideally you speak an Asian language.

The Sunrise Project The Sunrise Project is a global network of independent organisations, that has adopted a unique model of combined strategic grant-making and campaigning, with a common mission to scale social movements to drive the energy transition beyond fossil fuels. The Sunrise Organising Labs (SOL) is Sunrise's movement-building engine, powering all global programs to scale power in service of our goals while also nurturing long-term ecosystem development. SOL equips our teams and partners to map power, recruit influential constituencies, and build organising capability. SOL also informs and strengthens partnerships and grantmaking: analysing ecosystem capacity and designing targeted interventions to strengthen it. By investing in recruitment, leadership, collaboration, and learning, SOL ensures our movement is equipped, connected, and resourced to win systemic reforms. Benefits & Culture Sunrise has a dynamic and nimble organizational culture that supports its people to thrive, believing that diversity of experiences and perspectives builds stronger strategies, teams, and movements. The following benefits are in place to help achieve that; Generous package in line with experience and with international expectations Liberal annual, parental, birthday, solidarity, and cultural leave Commitment to professional development planning Coaching, performance reviews & management feedback Intermittent travel with advance notice may be required Indicative salary ranges: £79,230 - £82,277 (UK); €92,376 - €97,850 (France); €120,000 - €124,062 (Germany) The Role This role serves as the strategic lead of the European ecosystem, including the UK, overseeing strategies to ensure this powerful movement is growing, is supported, and is being nurtured across communities, countries, leveraging and building power with key actors. This role understands the nuance of targeted campaigns, how to win them, the context of the big picture, and then designs strategies to intersect the short and long term to build actionable plans for maximum impact. Working collaboratively across Europe and globally, you will lead the development and implementation of Europe's movement strategy – understanding our campaigns, leading power mapping, understanding constituency and context needs, running experiments, and distributing grants. You will create and recruit new partnerships and groups from new and diverse constituencies, growing their skills and capacities. Skills Required You don’t need experience in fossil finance or climate – you can be a leader in your own field of environmental or social justice, such as trade unions, faith or youth groups, community organisations, worker bodies, etc. You’re a strategic, experienced, and collaborative campaign leader and relational organiser, with a passion for winning campaigns and growing regional movements. You have a nuanced understanding of how systemic change happens and can take a long-term view of power and power building in order to deliver short term wins. Your career includes creative corporate and political regional and local campaigns, including winning or iterating on campaigns through diverse stakeholder strategies. You enjoy working across the political spectrum, or different theories of change, and understand what it takes to build trust, nurture creativity and unleash the potential of individuals and groups. You are adaptive, flexible, and respectful and highly self-driven. You definitely have the following: Demonstrated experience building a movement or organisation which has influenced systemic change Leadership experience in a similar role and an understanding of the European political landscape Project management, training, facilitation, and coaching expertise Demonstrated experience in organising and developing leaders in constituency-based organisations Strong and evidenced relationships with European power building organisations and other influential groups Your own working rights for your European location

The Organisation Action Speaks Louder (ASL) is a not-for-profit galvanizing people around the world to hold major corporations to account for their climate promises. ASL focuses on pressuring corporations to walk the talk on climate, in order to help deliver international climate goals. If ASL can pressure large consumer-facing, brand-sensitive corporations to live up to their climate commitments it will transform the landscape – dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions and boosting renewable energy procurement, whilst creating the political space for governments to increase ambition. Action Speaks Louder has built a diverse team of campaigners across multiple countries, especially in the Asia Pacific region, and has a strong track record delivering outcomes from multinational companies. There is a pressing need for a campaign manager to lead a global drive to close major corporate accountability loopholes. Doing so is fundamental to the success of any action on climate. Benefits and Culture Opportunity to have a major impact as a part of a senior team of like-minded and ambitious strategists who will challenge and support you to deliver climate outcomes. A dynamic, progressive, and family-oriented work environment. Flexible working hours and remote work on high profile global corporate campaigns. Networking and professional development opportunities with major climate organisations across twenty countries. Ideally based in Asia Pacific or West Coast USA, where you have working rights. International travel required. The Role This role will co-develop global strategies and lead efforts to strengthen corporate emissions reporting standards of major international corporations. You will directly engage with corporates and existing networks to track and analyse energy procurement, greenhouse gas emissions reporting regimes, identify major loopholes, and assess their impact on corporate accountability for climate change. You will work with a large network of diverse partners and identify new partnerships and alliances to develop and implement multi-faceted strategic interventions to empower experts and allies to push for accurate reporting standards. You will communicate corporate accountability work to diverse audiences including supporters, donors, and media and oversee campaigning monitoring and evaluation to ensure impact. Skills Required You are an experienced corporate campaigner and strategist with a track record of impactful strategy wins which have created real change, ideally in corporate or government policy. You have experience in corporate disclosures and sustainability reporting, particularly focused on energy, or you can quickly develop expertise in this area. You can demonstrate your understanding of power mapping and analysis and the strategies and tactics corporations use to build their power and influence. Your campaign or corporate engagement experience enables you to hold major companies accountable for their climate promises and your work demonstrates you have the credibility and political understanding to campaign successfully for reporting transparency. You also have: Demonstrated understanding of corporate power and influence building tactics Strong conceptual thinking skills, highly driven, hands-on execution, eye for detail Effective networking and coordination skills; capacity to build trustful, impactful alliances A collaborative mindset and ability to coordinate cross functional teams

The Organisation Transport & Environment (T&E) is the independent expert in enabling clean transport for all. For more than 35 years, T&E has been at the forefront of decarbonizing transport and energy, leading the way towards a cleaner, more sustainable future. Headquartered in Europe, T&E’s independent, evidence-based research, coupled with powerful advocacy and communications, has helped shape impactful policies that accelerate a just, efficient transition to zero-emission transportation and energy that is affordable, circular, with minimal impacts on health and the environment. T&E has shaped some of Europe’s most important environmental laws. Their pioneering campaigning has resulted in the EU setting the world’s most ambitious CO2 standards for cars and trucks; uncovering the diesel gate scandal; ending palm oil diesel; securing a global ban on dirty shipping fuels, and the creation of the world’s biggest carbon market for aviation. In 2022, T&E’s campaigning led to the EU ending new combustion engine cars and vans sales by 2035. This year T&E is expanding its work into the Asia-Pacific region. Benefits & Culture Remote in Singapore initially, flexible work hours, Singapore office opening in 2025 Dynamic pioneering non-profit, regional impact opportunities Collaborate with international, multicultural expert teams and partners Opportunities to build a team, and help decarbonize shipping in Asia Permanent contract, competitive NGO salary and benefits; global travel The Role The Maritime Transport Policy Manager leads campaigns to decarbonize the shipping industry in Singapore, the world’s largest transhipment and fuel bunkering hub. In this role, you will focus on advocating for, and developing, national policies, and collaborating on regional policy opportunities with maritime authorities, especially around emissions pricing, clean fuel standards, green corridors, port electrification, zero emission technologies and market development. Your other tasks will be to: Research and gather evidence to support policy proposals for Singapore and APAC Develop and commission reports and analytical material to advance policy initiatives Network, facilitate and present at key policy meetings and workshops Represent T&E’s work at industry, NGO, and government events Monitor new technologies and industry updates; manage projects and budgets Skills Required You have a strong commitment to deepening your expertise in transport and maritime decarbonization and the ambition to develop your experience regionally. You have relevant experience in policy analysis and a strong understanding of the regional political and environmental landscape, ideally gained in a maritime organization or related setting. You are confident engaging with policy makers, industry representatives and other key stakeholders and you ideally have existing networks in these communities. You thrive in dynamic political environments and can translate complex information into compelling and influential content to encourage change within government and the private sector. You must have working rights in Singapore and ideally you speak an Asian language.