• Full time, Ongoing
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

cohealth's Media and Strategic Communications Specialist is a senior position responsible for managing and improving cohealth's public reputation, managing crisis, providing strategic advice to leaders and developing and implementing media and communication strategies.

Partnering with the Communications Manager and working closely with cohealth's Leadership Team, this role will support the implementation of cohealth's Communications, Advocacy and Engagement strategy, leading on the media components.

This role is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate cohealth's impact by elevating community voices and advocating for health and social equity through engaging media and communications.

Please refer to the attached Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Draw on industrial expertise to strategically advise the Executive team on cohealth's approach to media opportunities and responses
• Lead all crisis media management, by providing timely strategic advice and coordination of responses
• Serve as the primary contact for all media enquiries, working closely with leaders to provide a timely response aligned with cohealth's brand messaging
• Partner with the Communications Manager to build and maintain cohelth's key strategic partnership and implement strategic communications projects

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/.
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• A tertiary qualification in media or communications and/or significant demonstrated experience
• Strategic thinker with demonstrated experience leading, or contributing to, the development and implementation of media and communication strategies
• Demonstrated deep understanding of the Australian media landscape and solid existing relationships with journalists
• Experience working closely with internal and external stakeholders to provide strategic advice on best practice media approaches

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Check, a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses). Additionally, some roles will also require current AHPRA registration and/or NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.

Roles that are determined to be Risk Category A or B [staff that have direct and/or indirect contact with body substances and are at higher risk of occupational exposure to infections] will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza prior to commencement [A] or within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

Application Process

Click on Apply Now to be directed to our careers page. You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter. 

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Kim Parkinson [email protected] using the subject line: Media and Strategic Communications Specialist enquiry via EthicalJobs.

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