Role Title: Policy Intern
Organisation: Commissioner for Children and Young People
Internship Period: Summer (November - December)
Location: Level 1 Albert Facey House, 469 Wellington Street, PERTH WA 6000
the Policy Review Intern will work closely with Senior Policy Officers to support the review and update of organisational policies. The role involves conducting administrative policy reviews, ensuring documents are current, compliant with organisational standards, and ready for management consideration.
Key Responsibilities
The Intern will:
Conduct an initial administrative review of policies.
Update review dates and document control information.
Update document histories where required.
Replace outdated standard policy statements with approved wording.
Ensure policies comply with current templates, formatting standards, and document requirements.
Check references to related policies, hyperlinks, and document consistency.
Identify and record content issues, gaps, or potential amendments for further review by Senior Policy Officers.
Incorporate agreed updates and amendments following review.
Ensure consistency across policy documents.
Undertake final formatting, proofreading, and quality assurance checks.
Prepare policy documents for management review and approval.
Deliverable: Final draft policy documents that are accurate, consistent, and ready for management review.
The Commissioner is the independent person who works closely with children and young people, their families, community and government to make WA a better place for 0 to 18 year-olds. In particular, the key functions of the office include:
• Advocating for all children and young people.
• Monitoring laws, policies and practices that affect the wellbeing of children and young people.
• Promoting and valuing the voice of children and young people and the positive contributions they make to our society.
• Consulting children and young people, parents, families and government and non-government organisations.
• Researching the latest trends and information that relate to children and young people.
• Inquiring on behalf of children and young people about issues relating to their wellbeing.
Using research and the other evidence available, the Commissioner seeks to positively influence legislation, policy, services and attitudes.