Communications Project Officer

About Wounds Australia:

Wounds Australia is the national peak body for wound prevention, management and healing across Australia. Our mission is to reduce the harm caused by wounds through advocacy, awareness-raising and education. Chronic wounds impact more than 450,000 Australians each year at an annual cost to health and aged care budgets of more than $6.6 billion. It is our vision to ensure that as many Australians as possible understand how to prevent and manage chronic wounds, and receive the best possible quality of wound care.

About the position: Communications Project Officer

The Communications Project Officer will be responsible for managing and executing, under the direction of the Communications and Engagement Director, a communications campaign designed to raise consumer awareness of chronic wounds. Responsibilities will include:

• factual and creative content generation
• stakeholder management and liaison
• general internal and external communications activities such as email marketing, social media and website management.

Additionally, the role will support the overall communications and engagement function. The Communications Project Officer role is ideally Melbourne-based in a hybrid capacity, working with a small and impactful team.

Key Selection Criteria

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong skills and demonstrated experience in:
• - Digital marketing
• - Social media management
• - Storytelling/content creation

• Strong organisational skills including the ability to prioritise work, manage multiple tasks and competing priorities, and to meet deadlines
• Some knowledge of CRMs and website management software
• High-level skills in the Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to work independently and show initiative
• Ability to be an active and contributing member of a small, high performing team
• Experience in a not-for-profit or members’ association (desirable).
• Experience or knowledge of the health care sector (desirable)

Other Relevant Information

The Communications Project Officer must have the ability to work outside of normal office hours when required.

Occasional interstate travel may be required of the position. It is a condition of employment that staff abide by all safety protocols, policies and procedures.

Salary is $70,000-80,000 per year plus superannuation and salary packaging.

A fuller Position Description is available on application.