Policy and Fact-Checking Lead

Policy and Fact-Checking Lead

Eleven Degrees

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Brisbane QLD (Remote)

Policy (Consulting & Strategy)

Full time

$90,000 – $120,000 per year

Posted 13d ago

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About the role

The Policy and Fact-Checking Lead sits at the centre of a fast-moving team working on some of the most contested debates in Australian politics. You make complicated energy policy easy to understand, fast, and you help shape the arguments before anything gets made. When an announcement lands or a dodgy number is doing the rounds, you're the person the team turns to, and you have an answer the same day.

Key responsibilities

• Work alongside the creative and data leads from the start, so the arguments are built to hold up

• Research and write short, plain-English briefs on energy, electricity and climate policy, and keep them up to date

• Turn dense reports, market data and announcements into a few clear sentences anyone can follow

• Check facts and claims in draft material, often within a few hours

• Keep a well-organised library of verified facts and their sources for the whole team to use

• Give the team a quick read on new policy announcements the day they land

• Track federal and state policy, market reports and regulator decisions, and flag what matters

• Keep across new research and analysis from think tanks, universities and partner organisations

• Advise colleagues on how an issue is likely to land with people who don't follow energy policy

About you

• Deep knowledge of Australian energy or climate policy, from work in advocacy, a think tank, research, government, parliament, a regulator, energy market analysis or journalism

• You can explain complicated policy in plain language to people with no background in it

• You work fast and accurately to tight deadlines, including same-day turnaround

• You source everything, and record the source where someone else can find it

• You know the difference between a claim that is true and a claim that will stand up to public scrutiny

• You give clear, constructive advice to colleagues, including under deadline pressure

• Healthy scepticism and understanding of how numbers get spun

• You're practical and help find versions of lines that stand up

• Former journalists, particularly from energy, economics or politics rounds, are encouraged to apply

• Working knowledge of the National Electricity Market is a plus

About us

Eleven Degrees is leading the search for this role for a philanthropically funded Australian organisation working to shift public attitudes to energy and climate. The organisation needs to be clear, quick and right about energy policy in everything it says.

Benefits

• 25 days' annual leave (pro rata), and the office closes on full pay between Christmas and New Year

• Flexible days and hours, agreed with you

• School-hours arrangements suit this role, and other part-time work is welcome as long as any conflicts of interest are managed

• A small, experienced team, and the chance to shape a new organisation from its first year

• Occasional travel for team gatherings (costs covered)

Selection process

Interviews are built around real situations from the role, and shortlisted candidates complete a short, paid task. The standard six-month probation period applies.

Applying

• Click "Apply" to submit your application

• There's no closing date. We're reading applications as they come in and will make an offer as soon as we meet the right person, so don't wait.

• You'll learn who the client is if you're invited to interview.

• Let us know if you need any adjustments to take part.

• This role is open to everyone, and we'd especially like to hear from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. If you don't tick every box, apply anyway.