Communications Officer
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Closing date
- 11 Jul 2019
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- Job Type
- Professional Services, Marketing & Communications
- Contract Type
- Fixed Term
- Hours
- Part Time
Job Details
Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Parkville
Division/Faculty: Faculty of Science
Department/School: School of Earth Sciences
Salary: $91,913 - $99,495 (UOM 7)
Role & Superannuation rate: Professional - Part time - 17% super
About the role
The Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub (CAUL Hub) is a consortium in the National Environmental Science Programme. This program, launched in late 2014, supports six research hubs undertaking environmental research of priority to the Department of the Environment and Energy. The mission of the CAUL Hub is to take a comprehensive view of the sustainability and liveability of urban environments.
Research expertise at the CAUL Hub covers air quality, urban ecology, urban planning, urban design, public health and green infrastructure, located at the consortium’s four partner institutions (the University of Melbourne, RMIT University, the University of Wollongong and the University of Western Australia).
The Communications Officer leads and develops the CAUL Hub communications strategy and is responsible for communicating CAUL Hub research and outcomes to the Department of the Environment and Energy, other stakeholders, and the general public. The Communications Officer also coordinates internal communications (such as internal emails and mailing lists) and external communications (including the CAUL Hub newsletter Urban Beat, social media, and other communications products).
Find out more about the CAUL Hub at www.nespurban.edu.au.
About you
You will have:
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience using Adobe software (including Photoshop and InDesign) and Microsoft Office software (particularly Word and PowerPoint).
- Experience with web editing, including basic familiarity with command-line interfaces and HTML.
- Experience with social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter.
- Experience with generating media.
- Knowledge of or interest in science communication, preferably in the environmental and/or atmospheric sciences.
- Experience in developing communication strategies for science impact.
You may also have:
- Research experience in the environmental and/or atmospheric sciences.
- Knowledge of or interest in Indigenous Australian issues.
- Event management experience.
Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply.
For information to assist you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria, please go to: https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria
Applications close: 11 Jul 2019 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
Company
The University of Melbourne enjoys an outstanding reputation with world rankings consistently placing us as Australia’s leading comprehensive research-intensive university, and one of the world’s top 50*.
Melbourne attracts the best and brightest students and researchers and, with a history of over 160 years, we occupy a special place at the heart of our city’s cultural scene.
Melbourne is a leading research university, widely renowned for its teaching and the social and economic contributions it makes through knowledge transfer. The University’s performance in international rankings puts it at the forefront of higher education in the Asia-Pacific and beyond.
Internationally, the University is consistently ranked among the leading universities in the world, with its international peers placing it in the top 20 worldwide, and employers placing it in the top 10. In the recent Times Higher Education rankings of the world’s top 200 universities, Melbourne ranked top in Australia and 33 in the world.
Melbourne’s international research pre-eminence was also acknowledged with a top 100 ranking in the Shanghai Jiao Tong rankings. Ranked No. 44 in 2015, the University has climbed steadily in the rankings since first appearing at No. 92 in 2003.
The Melbourne Model introduces undergraduate programs characterised by both breadth and depth, followed by a graduate professional degree, a research higher degree or entry directly into employment.
In 2008 Melbourne commenced offering six New Generation undergraduate degrees in Arts, Biomedicine, Commerce, Environments, Music and Science. The Melbourne Model also introduces a new graduate school experience to Australia, providing the best and brightest with a more focused, intense and professionally relevant degree in areas such as Law, Architecture, Teaching and Nursing. With the Melbourne curriculum now aligning the University with the world’s top universities in Europe, North America and Asia, we enable our students to develop the skills and attributes required by employers all over the world.
More than 50,000 students from over 120 countries take courses in the University’s 12 faculties and graduate schools.
For more information please visit: http://www.unimelb.edu.au
*Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016 and Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015
- Mini-site
- UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
- Telephone
- +61 (3) 8344 4000
- Location
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Parkville
Melbourne
Victoria
VIC 3010
Australia
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