• Department: Communications
• Location: ChildFund Australia, Level 8, 162 Goulburn Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010
• Employment: Full Time
• Reports to: Head of Public Affairs
• Other Information: Must have full working rights in Australia.

About ChildFund Australia

ChildFund Australia is an independent international development organisation working to reduce poverty for children in developing communities. Our mission is to partner to create communities and systems change, which enables vulnerable children and young people, in all their diversity, to assert and realise their rights.

We're also a member of the ChildFund Alliance – one of the world’s oldest and most experienced child-focused development agency networks. With a global network of 12 organisations, the ChildFund Alliance assists almost 23 million children and families in 70 countries around the world.

ChildFund Australia directly implements and manages development programs in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Vietnam, while also supporting projects delivered by partner organisations throughout Asia, Africa and the Americas; our work is funded through, among other sources, generous public donations and government grants.

Join us in realising our vision of a world without poverty where all children and young people can say: "I am safe. I am educated. I contribute. I have a future."

About the role

As the Social Media Specialist, you are responsible for the coordination, development and growth of ChildFund Australia’s online presence and social media platforms, as well as for other communications initiatives as required. This is an exciting opportunity for a recent graduate to grow and learn in our Communications team, in a very supportive environment.

Key duties of the role

• Develop a monthly social media content calendar
• Improve performance in key areas including reach and engagement
• Drive participation from the community to increase awareness
• Develop relevant and engaging content that can be used across platforms
• Produce and edit audio-visual content for all digital, web and print platforms
• Suggest innovative and creative content ideas to engage with audiences
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders including ChildFund Australia staff, partners and suppliers
• Support the Head of Public Affairs in projects as needed
• Contribute to regular meetings with suppliers as needed
• Track and report on all social media metrics
• Promote and integrate gender equality, disability, and social inclusion into day-to-day work

Qualifications & Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field such as Communications, Marketing, Multimedia, or Digital; or appropriate industry training courses
• Recent graduate or 1 years’ working experience
• Knowledge of Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Illustrator)
• Experience with social media channel management desirable
• Not for profit experience or understanding (desirable)
• Demonstrated understanding of implementing a social media strategy (desirable)

BENEFITS OF WORKING AT CHILDFUND AUSTRALIA

Some of the benefits of working with ChildFund Australia include:

• A remuneration package continuously benchmarked against local employment conditions to ensure we offer competitive employment conditions appropriate to our sector
• Support for flexibility in the ways you work, which allows our people to to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
• A hybrid working model (we currently allow employees to work from home 50% of the time).
• Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits, which allows our employees to reduce their tax liability on a portion of their income.
• Access to mental health support through our EAP, Uprise, a service that gives our employees access to professional psychological support for personal, family, mental health, and employment-related matters for you and your family.
• Support for employee learning & development, through on-the-job & external training, coaching, workshops and our online learning platform, the ChildFund Academy.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, so please don't hesitate to apply as soon as possible!

ChildFund Australia believes in a global community where children are safe and can reach their full potential. We take extensive steps to safeguard children in any work done by our people, i.e., our staff, volunteers and interns, supporters, partners, board members, ambassadors and suppliers. We strive to keep children safe through child safe practices, and rigorously ensure we prevent, oppose, and combat all exploitation and abuse of children and vulnerable people. As part of this commitment, all people working with us will undergo relevant background checks before joining ChildFund Australia.

At ChildFund Australia, all staff must remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding or sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment (SEAH) risks. Staff will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to understand our Child Safeguarding and PSEAH policies & procedures, promote strong safeguarding practices, and conduct themselves consistent with these policies.

In line with our values, diversity of people and ideas is critical to our work and our success at ChildFund Australia. We strive for a team culture that is welcoming, inclusive, and supportive. Childfund is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourages people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply for any vacancies.