About Our Watch

Our Watch is a national leader of primary prevention of violence against women and their children. Our vision is an Australia where women and their children live free from all forms of violence. Our role is to stop violence before it starts. We work to embed gender equality and prevent violence where Australians live, learn, work and socialise.

We encourage applicants to visit our website and learn about the essential actions needed to prevent violence against women: https://www.ourwatch.org.au/.

To follow the ongoing conversation about preventing family violence against women please like our Facebook, Instagram, twitter or LinkedIn pages.

About the role

• Hybrid and remote working arrangements available
• 0.8 FTE (part time)
• Fixed term – 12 months - Parental Leave Opportunity
• $98,825 - $103,784 + 11.5% super + 17.5% annual leave loading

The Senior Advisor Communications and Engagement plays a key role in planning and delivering external communications and engagement activities that support organisational objectives and communicate Our Watch’s leadership to stakeholders and the public.

Reporting to the Manager Communications and Engagement, the role provides expert strategic external communications advice to evolve Our Watch communications on a wide variety of projects to support cross-organisational teams and deliver impact driven communications.

The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills, be highly motivated and organised, with the ability to manage multiple communication projects with competing deadlines. They will bring creativity to the role and be able to work independently, work across the Marketing and Communications Directorate and the organisation.

About you

• Tertiary qualifications in communications, public relations or a related field, and extensive experience in coordinating corporate communications activities across an organisation.
• Excellent written communication skills, including demonstrated experience writing compelling, engaging, and effective external communications copy for a range of audiences and channels, in alignment with organisational key messages.
• Well-developed relationship management skills, with the demonstrated ability to work, collaborate and consult with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong speech writing experience working closely with senior executives.
• Excellent verbal communication skills, including highly developed influencing and negotiation skills.
• Strong project management skills, including identifying and prioritising tasks, forward planning, and developing schedules, and anticipating and adjusting for potential barriers and problems.
• Understanding of intersectionality, and awareness of how systemic inequality impacts on your work or demonstrated capacity for self-initiated development of this.

Why work for us

Our Watch is strongly committed to the wellbeing of its employees, and we strive to continuously improve our employee experiences at work. Our Watch was recently recognised at the 2023 Australian HR Awards for the Best Workplace Flexibility Program and receiving an Excellence Award as an Employer of Choice in the Not-for-Profit Sector. Our Watch has also recently been announced as an Inclusive Employer by Diversity Council Australia.

For the full list of our award-winning employee benefits, please view the 'Work with us' page on our website:

https://www.ourwatch.org.au/about-us/work-with-us/

A few of our unique award-winning benefits include:

• Commitment to work life balance for staff, including flexible hours/ ways of working and 5 additional personal leave days per year.
• 12 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents.
• Innovative leave policies, such as floating public holiday leave, cultural leave
• Cultural remuneration package for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff

How to Apply

To apply, please click on the "Apply Now" button and upload your current resume and cover letter for consideration. Providing a direct response to the key selection criteria is optional, however please ensure you demonstrate in your written application that your capabilities fulfil the requirements of this position.

For a copy of the position description, click the following LINK.

Hybrid, remote and work from home options considered within Australia.

Our Watch is committed to diversity, we value people of all cultures, languages, capacities, sexual orientations, gender identities and we strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Our Watch is proud to offer Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander staff an additional remuneration package in recognition of the cultural knowledge they carry and ongoing impacts of colonisation.
We are passionate about providing a barrier-free recruitment process, if you require modifications during the application process to meet your access needs, please contact us.

Applications will be assessed as received.