You will be responsible for communicating to a wide range of audiences across Sue’s portfolios. Ideal candidates will have experience working in a fast-paced environment with significant experience in communications and digital platforms in order to tell powerful narratives and achieve meaningful outcomes across a broad range of issues. The role focuses on generating campaign communications, production and management of social media content, including video and digital engagement across Sue’s portfolios and office administration.

You will set targets and drive outcomes in collaboration with the team and with a high degree of autonomy while directly reporting to Sue on campaigns and materials. Sue needs you to be ready to hit the ground running, adapt quickly to changing circumstances and to be outcomes oriented.

ABOUT SUE

Sue’s journey started in the old-growth forests of North East NSW as a frontline activist and her passion for protecting our precious native forests is just as strong today. She is driven by environmental and social justice.

Sue is in the NSW Parliament to drive real action on climate change, get First Nations justice, end logging our public native forests and the destruction of nature, reform the planning system, get better food and agricultural systems, challenge the economic system’s ruthless pursuit of profits over people and defend our right to protest.

As the former CEO and Principal Solicitor of the Environmental Defenders Office, Sue was responsible for challenging governments on their poor decisions, corporations for their exploiting activities and defending activists who have been caught by the creeping attacks on the democratic right to protest.

SUE’S PORTFOLIO RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Climate Change
• Environment
• Planning
• Justice & Attorney General First Nations Justice & Heritage Child Protection
• Agriculture
• Regional Communities
• North Coast
• Mid North Coast
• New England North West

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead Sue’s communications across email, social media, digital advertising and web content
• Develop, plan and execute engaging, timely and authentic content across social media platforms
• Connect with new audiences and grow our supporter base through digital and traditional media and through issues based campaigning
• Develop campaign materials including flyers, stickers and posters
• Drive social media and list growth, including acquisition and reach
• Craft compelling copy that mobilises Sue’s audience to take action and engage in core campaigns
• Plan and execute communication strategies for campaigns
• Engage with stakeholders to develop and execute campaigns and communications
• Office administration including diary, email and website management
• Write and produce reports including analytics, and communicate proactively with the team
• Other tasks as required.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Essential

• Experience in communications and social media management, preferably within a political or not-for-profit context,
• Excellent writing and editing skills with the ability to distil complex issues into easily understood messaging in a way that inspires people to take action
• Demonstrated ability to create engaging and effective content for a wide range of audiences on multiple platforms including Instagram, Facebook, and X
• Demonstrated filming and video editing skills for social media, using the Adobe Creative Suite, Capcut, TikTok and Instagram Reels
• Demonstrated graphic design skills in either Canva, Indesign, Adobe suite or other similar software with a good eye for design
• Demonstrated experience using Nation Builder or similar CRM
• High attention to detail with demonstrated ability to create and lead systems management tools