Job no: 542263
Work type: Casual
Location: Sydney, NSW
Categories: Administration, Marketing / Communications
At UNSW, we pride ourselves on being a workplace where the best people come to do their best work.
Ranked among the top 50 universities globally, we attract the highest potential students from Australia and around the world. Our researchers tackle the biggest economic, business, and social challenges with partners around the world.
Position Summary
A Social Media Student Content Assistant (Level 2) provides support on creating social media content to support Nura Gili marketing activities.
This role will:
- Create original video content that showcases themes of student experience, lifestyle, campus vibrancy and trending topics, featuring in videos/photos where necessary.
- Assist in the development and delivery of student content for the Nura Gili Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn platforms, ensuring content is developed in close collaboration with the Nura Gili teams.
- Contribute to video-based content with a strong, distinctive student voice.
- Provide additional content support for the ongoing maintenance of the UNSW Indigenous web ecosystem.
- Cooperate with all health and safety policies and procedures of the university and take all reasonable care to ensure that your actions or omissions do not impact on the health and safety of yourself or others.
A person engaged is generally expected to have the following skills and experience:
- Highly motivated and outgoing, with a passion for university life and the educational experience at UNSW.
- UNSW knowledge including academic, extra-curricular activities, support structures, as well as an understanding of student concerns and cross-cultural issues
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Awareness of changes and trends on social media platforms. An understanding of in-platform features is desirable but not required.
- Strong presentation and collaboration skills. The ability to execute video and audio using low-fi technology (e.g. mobile phone).
- An understanding of and commitment to UNSW's aims, objectives and values in action, together with relevant policies and guidelines.
- Knowledge of health and safety responsibilities and commitment to attending relevant health and safety training.
Special Requirements:
- Candidates are required to create a 15-second Instagram Reel on campus in the style of UNSW's and Nura Gili's Instagram as part of their application.
Additional Pre-employment checks required for this position:
- Nil
Pre-Employment Checks
Aligned with UNSW's focus on cultivating a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for.
These pre-employment checks may include a combination of some of the following checks:
- National and International Criminal history checks
- Entitlement to work and ID checks
- Working With Children Checks
- Completion of a Gender-Based Violence Prevention Declaration
- Verification of relevant qualifications
- Verification of relevant professional membership
- Employment history and reference checks
- Financial responsibility assessments/checks.
- Medical Checks and Assessments
Compliance with the necessary combination of these checks is a condition of employment at UNSW.
The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.
If you require any further information regarding the role, please contact David Leslie via David.leslie@unsw.edu.au
To submit an application for the role, please do so via the 'Apply Now' button. Please note, no applications will be accepted via email.
Advertised: 01 Oct 2026 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 31 Dec 2026 AUS Eastern Daylight Time