Senior Communications and Events Coordinator

• Senior school-wide position shaping internally focused communications and events / direct engagement with innovative leaders in the medical field / vibrant medical education and research translation environment
• Apply now to lead high-profile communications and events that showcase world-class medical excellence across 13 departments within the Melbourne Medical School.
• Investing in you – 17% superannuation, benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.

• Lead development and delivery of an integrated School communications plan, ensuring alignment with University marketing and branding guidelines.
• Create, edit and distribute compelling content, including School announcements, news items, speeches and newsletters across web, intranet and social media.
• Plan and deliver end-to-end School events and hybrid activities, including promotion, logistics, protocols, evaluation and post-event communications.
• Manage School podcast activity, including guest sourcing, question development, access control, and coordination with the editor on production.
• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and key stakeholders, providing expert communications advice and acting as the central point of contact for staff across departments involved in communications and events.

• Hold a relevant qualification in communications, media or marketing, or bring equivalent extensive experience in similar roles.
• Demonstrate proven experience leading large-scale, complex or hybrid events from concept to evaluation.
• Write and edit clear, engaging content for diverse internal and external audiences.
• Use publishing software, email marketing tools and web content management systems confidently, ideally including Adobe InDesign and EDM platforms.
• Manage competing priorities independently, exercising sound judgement while coordinating inputs from multiple stakeholders and suppliers.
• Demonstrate experience working collaboratively across complex organisational teams to enable successful communications and events outcomes.
• Bring experience in higher education or the health sector, or show strong capacity to quickly learn this environment.

For further information please refer to the attached PD.

• Build future financial security with 17% superannuation
• Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
• Career development opportunities, including access to a range of tailored programs, such as Academic Women in Leadership, and learning platforms including LinkedIn Learning
• Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance and well-being, including leading parental leave, gender affirmation leave and cultural leave
• Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance, and access to unique cultural and recreational benefits such as discounts for the Melbourne Theatre Company
• Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program

For more information check out our benefits page!

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• You must have current valid work rights for Australia. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
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• Please upload your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest and experience as part of the application process.
• Please upload your responses to the Selection Criteria, found in the Position Description.

• For queries related to this specific position, contact Silvia De Bono at silvia.de@unimelb.edu.au
• For questions related to our recruitment process email Dijana at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au
• For recruitment adjustments contact Kim Groizard on +61 3 9035 3218 or at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au (subject: 'Recruitment Adjustments').

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