Strategic Communications Manager, Adnet

Job no: 0050205
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time or Part-time (0.8 - 1.0 FTE); Fixed-term for 12 months
Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department: Neuroscience and Mental Health
Salary: UOM 9 – $139,693 - $145,339 p.a. plus 17% super

• Provide strategic support and advice on communication and engagement for ADNeT, ensuring coherent messaging and increasing awareness within the dementia research community and public.
• Lead high-quality change communications in a complex, collaborative environment, driving engagement across Australia’s extensive dementia research network.
• Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families!

About the Role
The Strategic Communications Manager provides strategic support and advice to the ADNeT Management on communication and engagement issues, ensuring coherent messaging across all program communications and activities. Reporting to the ADNeT Chief Operating Officer, the incumbent will collaborate closely with the ADNeT Team to raise awareness within the dementia research community and the public. This position requires a proven track record in delivering high-quality change communications within large, complex environments and involves developing strong relationships with stakeholders across ADNeT’s extensive partner network.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide specialist strategic advice to the ADNeT Management Committee on Communications Program implementation and innovation.
• Engage with critical partners including the Australian Government, researchers, clinicians and people living with dementia and their carers on ADNeT programs 
  
• Manage end to end communications: identifying key audiences and their information requirements, developing communication materials for presentation and distribution, liaising with media, managing ADNeT social media and website, and advising the Program Team on communications structure, content and integration. 

Who We Are Looking For
The successful candidate will possess expert Strategic Communications planning and execution skills, demonstrated leadership and communication abilities, and mastery of written and verbal communication for various channels. They will excel in building strong relationships with diverse stakeholders, managing competing priorities in complex environments, and translating complex ideas into simple messages, with the ability to provide strategic advice to management.

You will also have:

• Tertiary qualifications in Communications or related discipline and extensive relevant experience
• Expert knowledge of Strategic Communications planning and execution
• Extensive experience and ability to build strong relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders with the ability to influence and manage multiple stakeholders
• Proven ability to successfully lead and manage competing priorities in a complex environment to deliver within a defined timeframe and budget

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.

This role requires that the successful candidate must undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

Your New Team –  Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health
The Australian Dementia Network (ADNeT) sits within the University of Melbourne’s Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health, located in the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct. Florey facilitates partnerships with international, government and scientific leaders. Its proximity to Austin Health and the Royal Melbourne Hospital provides access to patients and clinical expertise. Florey researchers collaborate across disciplines, with 70% focused on basic science and 30% on translational research, investigating a range of diseases including epilepsy, stroke, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, and mental health disorders.  

What We Offer You!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page!

About the University of Melbourne
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We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
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Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents: 

• Resume
• Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
• The responses against the Selection Criteria^ (found in the Position Description)

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Brett Verity via email at **********@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.

If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the details listed on the Position Description.

Applications close: 12th July 2024 11:55 PM Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) / Melbourne time zone.

Please note that in the event of sourcing a suitable candidate, the closing date for applications may be brought forward, and the job vacancy may be closed. Therefore, we encourage interested individuals to submit their applications promptly.

Position Description: 0050205 - ADNeT Strategic Communications Manager PD.pdf