About CMY

The Centre for Multicultural Youth (CMY) is a not-for-profit organisation based in Victoria, providing specialist knowledge and support to young people from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Our vision is that young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds are connected, empowered and influential Australians.

About the Role

Are you a proactive, organised and creative communications professional, with a passion for delivering targeted communications and marketing plans? Do you want to contribute your skills and expertise to programs that support multicultural young people to thrive? If so, we would love to hear from you!

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior Communications and Marketing Officer to join our team. In this interesting and varied role, you will partner with a range of teams and programs across the organisation to plan, coordinate and deliver communications and marketing activities. Our ideal candidate will bring essential skills in stakeholder relationships and project management, along with a collaborative approach.

• Hours: 38 hours per week (1.0 FTE), Full Time
• Fixed Term (Parental Leave Replacement): until May 2025
• Base Salary (SCHADS Level 5): $97,379.75 per annum plus Super and access to Salary Packaging (Salary Packaging is a great way to increase the value of your salary by allowing you to receive a portion of your income in the form of tax free or tax-deductible benefits.)

• Location: Carlton
• Interviews: to be held in the week beginning Monday 12 August 2024.

You will have:

1. Demonstrated experience in project managing and executing a broad range of communications and marketing activities and output within a fast-paced workplace setting.
2. Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders of varying levels of experience, seniority, and communications/marketing knowledge.
3. Proven ability to coach, guide or upskill other communications professionals and relevant internal stakeholders, imparting your knowledge and subject matter expertise in marketing.
4. Demonstrated skills in developing (writing, designing, producing) marketing content, output, plans, and campaigns, for diverse audiences, purposes, and channels.
5. High proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, Mailchimp, Wordpress, Google Analytics, Canva etc. Proficiency in the use of the Adobe Creative Suite considered a bonus.

For more information

• On the role, please see the position description attached
• On CMY, visit our About Us page
• Contact person for the role: Hannah Ford – Communications & Marketing Manager, on (03) 7065 6604.

How to Apply

• Click ‘apply’ which will take you to our application form.
• Follow the instructions to upload your resume and a document outlining examples/a response addressing each of the key selection criteria outlined in the position description. This can be included in your cover letter or a separate document. Applications submitted without addressing the key selection criteria will not be considered.
• Documents must be in MS Word or PDF format.
• For guidelines on how to apply for a job at CMY please read here.
• For tips on how to respond to Key Selection Criteria, please read here: Careers Vic Gov - Guide.

CMY takes Child Safety seriously and short listed candidates are subject to child safety screening and assessment against child safety standards as part of our thorough recruitment process.

Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.