Senior Coordinator, Marketing & Communications

• Centre of Excellence – Indigenous Futures

• Join a centre led by Indigenous researchers working with communities, government agencies and practitioners to enhance understanding of intergenerational inequity.

• Be part of meaningful work that will help improve the life chances of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are strongly encouraged to apply

• Based at Toowong and St Lucia Campus

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave

• 17% superannuation contributions

• 17.5% annual leave loading

• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• Salary packaging options

About This Opportunity 

The Senior Coordinator, Marketing & Communications is responsible for promoting the Centre through the design, development and implementation of a comprehensive marketing, communication and engagement plan. This position will advise and assist the Centre Director, Portfolio Leaders and Chief Operations Officer (COO) to plan and implement strategic and operational marketing and communications activities online, in print and in person to promote and profile the ARC-IFC from a National perspective with National and international impact.  

Key to this role will be leading the Centre’s web and social media presence as a critical method of engaging Indigenous communities and particularly remote communities to build, strengthen and expand partnerships and collaborations with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences, stakeholders, and internal and external audiences.  

This role also includes working with researchers in the creation of the National Indigenous Knowledge Infrastructure (NIKI), advertising Centre outcomes and activities, coordinating website design and maintenance, interaction with media outlets and producing Centre publications, annual reports, and materials for a wide variety of target audiences, ranging from stakeholders to schools to the public.

This position will be located at the Centre’s UQ Node but will work across all Nodes nationally. 

Key responsibilities will include: 
Strategic:

• Develop and implement marketing plan aligned with goals and KPIs

• Advise on communication and marketing policies & implement processes for material preparation and editing

• Develop targeted communications for Indigenous audiences & manage the Centre’s media calendar and events

• Project manage marketing tactics & supervise Community Engagement & Events Coordinator

• Build relationships with stakeholders nationally and facilitate internal communication within the Centre and Nodes

• Collaborate with university partners on communications & support Capacity Building, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, and Partnerships

• Maintain quality standards and ensure compliance

• Monitor and improve marketing effectiveness, report to stakeholders

Website & Social Media

• Develop and manage Social Media Strategy & Implementation plan

• Work with COO and Centre Director on website design and development

• Act as webmaster, oversee website content updates

Publications, Media and Public Relations

• Prepare culturally appropriate content for various publications

• Support script development for video and animation

• Research and develop content for media releases, news items, and web communication

• Identify opportunities for public engagement and manage contributions to debates

• Manage content distribution via eDMs and social media channels

Internal Communications & Training 

• Train researchers and students in effective science communication

• Develop internal induction materials and onboarding processes

• Provide marketing and communications advice to support research activities

• Foster strong working relationships and knowledge sharing within the Centre

• Assist with research submissions and presentations for senior representatives

Other:

• Attend marketing, communication, and engagement events for ARC-IFC

• Perform additional duties as directed by the COO

This is a full-time fixed-term position for up to 3 years and the successful candidate will be required to be predominately based on campus. Part time working arrangements may be considered.

At HEW level 7, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $96,649.64 - $105,244.58, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $113,076.28 - $123,136.15annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.

About You  

• A marketing or communications degree with at least 4 years relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training in marketing within a large organisation.

• Demonstrated experience in developing and successfully implementing marketing and communications activities and initiatives, preferably with some experience with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander audiences where multiple stakeholders are engaged.

• Excellent written, and oral communication skills including ability to negotiate, analyse and resolve issues and maintain relationships across a range of stakeholders.

• The ability to write engaging copy for short publications, health promotion and digital mediums.

• Demonstrated skill and experience in the use of website content management systems, ideally WordPress.

• Proven organisation skills and the ability to manage multiple projects to meet deadlines whilst demonstrating accuracy and strong attention to detail.

• Demonstrated evidence of a strong work ethic, a flexible approach, energy, and enthusiasm.

• The ability to work autonomously as well as part of a team and a willingness to support the work of other team members as required.

• Ability to adapt to meet changing needs and priorities of the team.

• Experience in a university setting, particularly in research environments and knowledge of the higher education sector is highly desirable

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Background Checks: All final applicants for this position may be asked to consent to a criminal record check. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically barred from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits. 

Questions? 

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Shane Boseley, Deputy Director, Strategy and Operations at [email protected]  

For application queries, please contact [email protected] stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 
 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section  

• Resume 

Other Information 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion .  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity , LGBTQIA+ , cultural and/or linguistic , Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples , or people with a disability . Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to [email protected] .

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Tuesday 5th March 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-35933).