Communications Officer. Max Term Contract to June 2021 - Work From Home

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose, not for profit organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 440 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.   

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

Newly created position to provide communications coordination and support within our national Communications team. This is a full time position through to the end of June 2021 and can be located anywhere including remotely from your home.

Key Responsibilities

• Project manage the development and distribution of effective communication for internal audiences
• Write, develop and create high quality internal communications materials
• Work closely with the NSW Child, Youth and Family Project Management team to write communications that are technically accurate and effective for a range of different internal stakeholder groups, under tight deadlines

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in Communications, Marketing or other relevant field
• Experience developing and writing internal communications for a large audience
• Experience working on organisational change and communications projects with tight deadlines within a fast paced, agile environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to work collaboratively and outcomes focussed

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact recruitment@lwb.org.au.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview. 

Applications close at midnight AEST on 25 February 2021.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA