Rob leads the community services policy work for ACOSS, having joined the organisation in 2021. In this time, Rob has engaged closely with senior Federal Ministers, their offices and Departments. He has also been the ACOSS representative on the Federal Government's Community Services Advisory Group led by Department of Social Services, and was instrumental in the development of the National NFP Blueprint. Rob has been involved in public policy development, advocacy and research at various levels of government, as well as within the community and private sectors, including at the Centre for Policy Development as a Policy Director and at The Smith Family as Senior Manager Public Policy and Advocacy. Rob has expertise and experience in social policy, community service delivery, poverty, disadvantage and education. Rob also has a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and in his spare time is an author and commentator on gender equality, fatherhood and masculinity.