Emergency Services Foundation Hiring for Communications Officer Part Time at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Full Time

About Us

The Emergency Services Foundation (ESF) supports the emergency management sector to prevent the incidence and impact of mental injury for the 139,000 volunteers and paid staff who serve us.

While every employer has responsibility for looking after the safety and wellbeing of their people, ESF is the only organisation that is entirely dedicated to the prevention of mental health injury for Victoria’s emergency workers. We do this with the support of fifteen member agencies.

ESF seeks to get ahead of the mental harm and injury threat that currently pervades the sector – that is why our focus in on prevention and early intervention. To achieve this aim, we lead initiatives that translate research into innovative evidence-informed practice and programs and work collaboratively with the agencies so people right across the sector benefit.

About the role

The primary function of this role is to manage ESFs digital presence on its various social platforms. A secondary function of the role is to support the implementation of ESF programs with a focus on Mental Health Matters. This requires the ability to travel occasionally across metro and regional Victoria to support the program facilitators.

ESF hosts a range of annual events including International Women’s Day, Emergency Management Conference, ESF Mental Health Showcase and AFL Emergency Services Match. Along with fundraising initiatives and business as usual activities these all require digital support.

This role s directly to the CEO, who oversees the various programs and initiatives ESF run in our efforts to prevent the incidence and impact of mental ill health across the sector.

The role is key to ESFs ongoing brand positioning, and the incumbent will be expected to operate remotely as part of a small highly committed, and effective team.

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively and reactively creating, placing, and managing all ESF digital content in accordance with brand guidelines
• Building and maintaining relationships with member agency digital comms officers.
• Coordinating all aspects of the Mental Health Matters program including liaising with the local volunteer organiser and facilitators to confirm mutually suitable dates/ times for workshops, promoting workshops, coordinating evaluation, and preparing a final , attending workshops wherever possible to support the local organiser and facilitator.
• Attending events to ensure ESFs presence is effectively promoted.

About You

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a flexible all-rounder, willing to take on new challenges and learn new skills as part of a small but highly committed team.
• Has a strong interest in wellbeing and or the emergency service/ management sector. A personal association to the emergency service/ management sector is highly desirable however not essential.
• Has strong interpersonal skills, ability to build a rapport with a range of key internal and external stakeholders.
• Can work autonomously in a remote team.
• Is willing to travel occasionally across metro and regional Victoria to support ESF initiatives.

Key Selection Criteria

Essential

1. Experience using digital platforms and demonstrated ability to produce engaging content, including, Canva, WordPress and social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn and TikTok).
2. Experience coordinating projects and confidence to work unsupervised to complete tasks in a timely manner.
3. Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to prepare appealing and well targeted written content.
4. Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to establish and sustain relationships and work effectively in a small team.

Desirable

1. Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (e.g., media/ communications, project management) and/or equivalent knowledge, experience, and skills

This is a part-time position (0.5), with an annual salary of $85,000 (pro rata) plus superannuation, a personal phone subsidy and travel reimbursement where applicable. We do not have a head office and our small team all work remotely across Victoria coming together regularly as agreed for team meetings online and face to face. Candidates from anywhere in Victoria will be considered but must be able to travel to fulfill the requirements of the role.

Additional Benefits

• Purposeful work – we work to protect those who protect us. Victoria has 139,000 emergency service/ management personnel. We are focused on developing and delivering evidence informed leading practice prevention and early intervention strategies to support they agencies they work or volunteer for.
• Autonomous & challenging – we are a small but mighty team with big ambition to improve mental health across the entire sector.
• Flexible hours & location – our staff are highly committed, sometimes that means working out of normal business hours. We offer genuine flexibility in association with remote working and support you to stay connected and motivated.
• Work life balance – we support our team to have fulfilling lives outside of work. That is why we offer regular (paid) personal development days and gift additional time off.

All applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

If you have further questions or would like to discuss this role, please contact Siusan MacKenzie at ceo@esf.com.au using the subject line: Digital Communications & Project Officer

We are looking for an immediate start and applications will be considered on a rolling basis.