Are you and early career communicator? Join the Australian Volunteers Program as our new Communications Support Officer!

The Australian Volunteers Program supports skilled Australian volunteers to work alongside organisations to sustainably strengthen the capacity of people, organisations and communities in various countries across the Pacific, Asia and Africa. The program is an Australian Government funded initiative and is managed by Australian Volunteers International (AVI). AVI is an Australian not-for-profit organisation committed to achieving economic and social development outcomes.

This role provides an opportunity for the right candidate to learn, grow, and gain experience in various aspects of communications and marketing including content development, stakeholder communications, events, and branding within a supportive team environment.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

The Communications Support Office role provides administrative and logistical assistance across the Public Diplomacy team to enable the delivery of a range of communication and stakeholder engagement activities. The role reports directly to the Communications Manager.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience supporting a range of communications activites, including email marketing, social media and website content
• Excellent oral and written communications skills, including ability to write engaging and accurate communications
• Experience supporting promotion and delivery of events (in-person and online)
• Experience working with external suppliers and vendors
• Excellent organisational, time management skills and keen attention to detail
• Strong administrative and project coordination skills
• Open and constructive communicator and team member
• Preferably the candidate would have,
  • Experience using Adobe suite.
  • Proficient use of relevant tools and applications such as mailing systems (e.g. Mailchimp), event platforms (e.g. Eventbrite or Humanitix), content design tools (e.g. Canva) and website content management systems.
  • Share the same underpinning values, values, goals and objectives as the Australian Volunteers Program

qualifications:

Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, etc. or equivalent experience (minimum one year)

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

• For a full outline of the position and applicant requirements please see the Position Descriptions attached and submit a cover letter and a current resume.

AVI is committed to child protection and safeguarding the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults in the delivery of all our work.  We are committed to the Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH), and fraud prevention. We have robust screening procedures for all staff. This screening includes criminal record checks and referee checks prior to commencement and throughout employment.

AVI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. AVI actively encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability and others who have diverse experiences of our world to apply for this opportunity. AVI will provide reasonable workplace adjustments for applicants with disability.

Your privacy is important to AVI. It is the policy of AVI to respect the confidentiality of information and privacy of individuals. Personal information provided by you as part of your application (whether oral, electronic, or written) will be collected and processed for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. In order to carry out this purpose, your information may be disclosed to appropriate persons in our offices. Any information we hold will be governed by the most current version of the AVI Privacy Policy which is available upon request.

Australian Volunteers Program is funded by the Australian Government and managed in consortia by AVI, DT Global and Alinea International.