About CANA and the Solutions for Climate Australia Program

Climate Action Network Australia (CANA) is a network of organisations working together to protect people from climate change and its impacts, to safeguard our natural environment, and to build a fairer and healthier Australia for everyone. Our vision is a fair and sustainable Australia free of climate pollution, where people and nature are protected from dangerous climate change. We foster strategic thinking and campaign collaboration between our members.

Solutions for Climate Australia is a program of CANA that focuses on strategies to influence all sides of federal politics to develop stronger policies on climate. Our team includes some of the best campaigners in the country - we think big and we deliver big outcomes for the climate. The project advocates for durable, decisive solutions which address the economic, environmental, security and social impacts of climate change in Australia and our region.

Solutions for Climate has serious game on social media. This new role is your chance to be cheeky, to have fun, to be strategic, to dispel disinformation, and to deeply help protect the world from climate change.

Role:

This position will work closely with the Solutions for Climate Australia team, other CANA staff, and with communications experts from CANA member organisations. The Social Media Content Creator will produce the creative material for social media campaigns for climate advocacy. This will involve understanding audiences and using appropriate software to produce social media content.

The content creator will work across a number of platforms and brands, with both long term and reactive content covering issues like renewable energy, disinformation, and amplifying the voices of diverse community members. The role will also involve posting and moderating in social media groups and pages. The role will be managed by the deputy director.

Position details:

Remuneration: $70,000 - $90,000 per annum plus superannuation, dependent on experience - full time (1.0 FTE).

Location:

Climate Action Network Australia is a flexible workplace with work-from-home and office options and flexible working hours. We would particularly encourage applicants based in Sydney or Melbourne, where you can share a physical space with project team members.

Responsibilities:

1. Create a full range of content for different platforms - from Facebook to Tik Tok to WeChat - and audiences, grounded in our comprehensive market research.
2. Implement advertising campaigns, including administration support of social media business sites and moderation.
3. Understand and respond to research and advertising results so that we are hitting the right people with persuasive and powerful content.
4. Together with other members of the team, strategise and implement plans to use social media to pursue good outcomes for the climate.

Skills & Experience

Essential:

• A passion for graphic design, videography, social media, digital marketing or similar.
• A passion for the power of social media, for identifying and jumping on social media trends.
• Adaptability, creative problem solving, digital literacy and efficiency.
• A strategic mind and a passion for tackling climate change.
• Sound judgement, and excellent strategic and tactical skills.

Desirable:

• Previous experience working on multiple brands concurrently.

Further information

For questions regarding this role, including office adjustments for applicants, please contact Cristina Carvalho ([email protected] using the subject line: Social Media Content Creator - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs.)

We work hard to support the needs of employees from a diverse range of genders, cultures, language groups, political backgrounds, and experiences, and encourage you to apply if this is you. 

Solutions for Climate Australia acknowledges that we work on unceded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. We pay our deep respect to elders past and present. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are at the forefront of addressing climate change and on the frontlines of experiencing the impacts of climate change and we acknowledge the ongoing role played by First Nations peoples in the climate movement. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.