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Salary- Salary commencing at $77,057.00.45 per annum plus 10.5% superannuation commensurate with experience
- Monthly RDOs applicable
Moonee Valley City Council is a vibrant and diverse municipality. We are a local government within the north-west metropolitan area of Melbourne, providing a range of services to some 118,000 residents and over 10,000 businesses.
We recognise the needs of employees with family responsibilities and we want to help them balance their home and work life. Council provides a number of benefits to our staff including generous paid parental and pre-natal leave, carer’s leave, salary sacrifice options, flexible work opportunities, and an alternate model of employment where staff may purchase up to six additional weeks of annual leave.
The Opportunity
This position will see you sitting within the Corporate Affairs Department. Working closely with and reporting to the Team Leader Marketing and Communications, you will be assisting to develop and deliver on a range of communications plans and tasks, whilst providing support in implementing the strategic vision for various portfolios across the arts, culture, festivals and events in Moonee Valley.
Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to the following:
- Developing strategic communications plans for the department’s activities
- Developing and executing public relations and marketing campaigns for Council’s arts, culture, festivals and events
- Preparing copy, images and design for promotional materials
- Coordinating multiple advertising schedules and bookings to maximise reach, engagement and attendance for campaigns
- Developing and distributing media alerts and media releases
- Producing promotional print collateral including posters, postcards and flyers
- Developing design briefs and liaising with Graphic Designers throughout collateral production
- Liaising with various internal and external stakeholders to ensure briefs, deadlines and campaign timelines are met
To succeed in this position, you will have:
- Degree or Diploma in Marketing, Public Relations or Communications or equivalent work experience and skills in a similar position
- Strong understanding and experience with marketing and communications campaign management. In addition to WordPress, website and social media management and administration
- Strong knowledge of and experience with publishing packages including Adobe Creative Cloud and Canva
- Demonstrated experience in coordinating the production of promotional collateral and rollout of multi-channel marketing campaigns
- Experience in the arts, culture, festivals, events or music industry advantageous
If this sounds like an exciting career challenge that aligns with your personal goals and expertise, we want to hear from you!
Applications must be submitted through our online system
and should be in line with the Moonee Valley City Council Application Guide found at the bottom of the advertisement. Applications that do not meet these requirements may not be considered.
For further information please view the Position Description or contact Laura Saarinen, Coordinator Corporate Communications on (03) 9243 8858.
In line with the directions issued by Victoria’s Chief Health Officer, Council positions require you to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If you are successful in our recruitment and selection process, you will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status.
Our Culture of Inclusion
If you are interested in the role but feel you may not meet the full range of selection criteria, we encourage you to contact us to discuss your experience and application for this position.
We don’t just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our services and our community. With a focus on inclusion, accessibility and flexibility, we'll support you at every stage of your career. We recognise the importance of balance and embrace work agility, understanding that this means different things to each and every one of our employees.
Moonee Valley City Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Child Safe employer and we value diversity and encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people of any age or gender, people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or queer (LGBTIQA+) and people with disability. If you have a reasonable adjustment, support or access requirement, we encourage you to let us know through your application or email H2@mvcc.vic.gov.au or call 9243 1122.
Selection Criteria Essential: 1. Degree or Diploma in Marketing, Public Relations or Communications; or lesser formal qualifications with equivalent work experience and skills in the Marketing, Public Relations or Communications field.
Essential: 2. Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing communication plans and design briefs.
Essential: 3. Demonstrated experience in copywriting and developing media releases and speeches
Essential: 4. Demonstrated experience of social media communications, online communications and website content management systems.
Essential: 5. Demonstrated experience in coordinating the production of promotional collateral.
Essential: 6. An understanding of reporting and the analysis of audience data.
Essential: 7. High level communication, customer service and interpersonal skills, with experience in managing multiple stakeholders, projects and timeframes.
Contact Person Laura Saaarinen
Contact Number (03) 9243 8858
Contact Email lsaarinen@mvcc.vic.gov.au
Alternate Contact Person Amanda Pantas
Alternate Contact Number (03) 9243 9176
Closing Date 11/12/2022
Position Description PD- Marketing and Communications Officer - 3723 - June 2022.docx
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Please note that this position will close at 11:45pm on the closing date.
Please ensure your application is added before this time as we do not accept late applications.
