Jess Nitschke Email and Phone Number

Jess has two decades of experience in public policy, campaign management, and community building roles across the public and for-purpose sectors. Working in state and federal politics, she advised Labor Governments in South Australia on workplace health, safety, and wellbeing, then later the Victorian Greens Party Room on environment, climate, energy, water, and national parks.Outside of politics, Jess has held roles in the trade union movement as well as at Amnesty International, Oxfam, GetUp, and The Australian Centre for Social Innovation. Her career highlight is co-creating the Boots Off campaign that helped win fair pay for the inaugural AFL Women's League. She is also a Fellow of the Centre for Australian Progress.Jess has now joined the Lived Experience Leadership & Advocacy Network (LELAN) to serve the growth and development of their flourishing lived experience community.When she is not at work, you can almost certainly find her at a museum or library.