Position details

Job status

Full time, fixed term contract, with some evening and weekend work as required. Part time negotiable

Starting salary

Assistant Staff 2 - Assistant Staff 1 ($57,502 - $63,252) plus 10.5% super, depending on experience and qualifications.

Location

Victorian Greens State Office, Melbourne CBD, with the option to work remotely

Position begins

For immediate start, August 2022

Position ends

9 December 2022 (two weeks after the next State election)

About this role

Election campaigns are all about working together towards one immovable deadline, the day voting opens. As Campaign Assistant you will be responsible for liaison with volunteers in our state election campaigns to ensure all campaign deadlines are met including managing materials ordering, design, production and print deadlines for up to 100 candidates. You’ll have strong project management and people skills and work as part of a tight multidisciplinary team, working closely with our graphic designer and communications staff.

This isn’t your average job: you’ll work with a wide range of people and need to be self-motivated and flexible – but you’ll meet amazing Greens members from all walks of life, and make a real difference to growing the political party that is building a future for all of us. If you enjoy making things happen and are passionate about building a progressive Australia, you’ll love this job.

Position description

• Liaise with our candidates and their volunteer campaign teams to coordinate campaign activities across the state. This includes supporting local candidates and their volunteer campaign teams in making decisions relating to local campaign strategy in alignment with statewide strategy and accessing state office support.
• Work with Campaign Coordinator to ensure print material orders are placed, content is provided, photos are taken, copy is on message, materials are proofed and signed off, invoices are paid and print materials are collected.
• Managing communications to and relationships with external and internal stakeholders including campaign teams and printers.
• Working with other staff to project manage the candidate nomination process.
• Participating in post-election debrief, evaluation, handover and archiving.
• Ad-hoc and reactive campaign and candidate support.

Selection criteria

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have all of the relevant skills. We’re looking for someone organised and thorough and with passion for our movement, which we prioritise over formal education or qualifications.

We’re committed to diversity and supporting the right person to grow into this role and thrive. For a confidential conversation about this role or the recruitment process, please contact Jessica Wheelock at [email protected] using the subject line: Campaign Assistants enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Key selection criteria

• Committed to the values of the Australian Greens
• A project management extraordinaire - experienced delivering on complex projects to tight timelines and possess creative problem-solving skills
• Great with people, able to work well in a team, as well as to influence and motivate others and manage and resolve conflict
• Attentive to details and confident managing financial information and other data using spreadsheets, you’ll notice an error in an invoice or an order
• A clear and persuasive communicator, both in writing and over the phone
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: marketing, sales, event management, non-profit sector or campaigning organisations

Bonus points for

• Lived experience or connections to First Nations justice, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ justice, disability justice or gendered justice movements.
• Experience working or volunteering in an election campaign environment
• Experience working with graphic design professionals
• Experience working with or managing volunteers

Why work for the Victorian Greens?

We offer a friendly, flexible and supportive workplace. Some great reasons to join the Victorian Greens team include:

• Making a meaningful contribution to the political movement for people and the planet
• Flexibility to negotiate working hours and some work from home
• Four weeks of annual leave a year, bonus leave between Christmas and New Years Day, and flexible leave for cultural holidays
• Above-average personal leave, including additional paid provisions for mental health and domestic and family violence leave
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and wellbeing support

How to apply

Expressions of interest will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

You will need to be signed into a Google account to apply for this role. Click "Apply Now" to lodge your expression of interest and upload a CV. Enquiries about the role should be directed to [email protected] using the subject line: Campaign Assistants enquiry via EthicalJobs. We do not require a cover letter or additional selection criteria response from applicants. Applications that are not through this form will not be considered.

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