Marketing & Communications Coordinator

Classification: ANU Officer 6/7 (Administration)
Salary package: $98,387 – $113,252 per annum plus 17% superannuation
Terms: 2 x Full time, Continuing 
(flexible arrangements, job share, or part time hours will be considered)

• Two positions available in the ANU College of Systems and Society, based in the Professional Services Group and in the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.
• Capture and communicate research outputs about some of the biggest issues facing Australia and the world.
• Share the stories and achievements of a diverse community of world-leading experts, alumni, and students.
• Varied role spanning content creation, digital communications, outreach, and events coordination.

About the opportunity

We are seeking experienced marketing communicators to join the ANU College of Systems and Society, with two continuing appointments in the Professional Services Group and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science.

In these roles, you will help bring the work of the College and Centre to life through compelling storytelling and strategic communications. You will capture and translate research outcomes, educational achievements, and student, staff, and alumni stories into engaging content and marketing materials. Working across print and digital channels, you will maintain a strong and consistent brand identity and contribute to the planning and implementation of communications and engagement initiatives that support strategic priorities. You will also support outreach activities, assisting with the delivery of seminars, workshops, and events. This is a varied role that combines content creation, website and social media management, stakeholder engagement, and event coordination, with occasional travel or out-of-hours work required to support key activities.

About the School/Department

The Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) has responsibility for teaching, research, public policy and outreach in the field of Science Communication.  It is Australia’s largest and leading Centre in the discipline and has existing and emerging partnerships across Australia and internationally.  CPAS works with a broad definition of science (including STEM) and science communication to include public engagement, transdisciplinary research for sustainability, responsible innovation, the science/policy interface, and the epistemic, ethical and social aspects of research and technological change.

 The Professional Services Group provides expertise that supports the College in the successful delivery of its objectives.  We achieve excellence in services by partnering and collaborating with academic staff, students and external partners, through embracing diversity of ideas to coming up with innovative solutions. Our expertise spans across Engagement, Community, Resources, combining strengths across each of these focused areas to identify and build strong collaborative relationships throughout our broad stakeholder base.

About the College

As one of the great universities of the world, ANU is driven by a culture of excellence in everything we do. Our lived experience is increasingly one of large-scale systems of people, whose actions and interactions are influenced by our digital, physical and biological environment. The ANU College of Systems and Society (CSS) hosts many of the key disciplines necessary to help us design, build, regulate and secure the future.

CSS brings together expertise in social, technical, computational, ecological and scientific systems to build a new approach to systems design and build new national capabilities in data-driven policy and business development. The work we do in the College is to strengthen our national mission and meet our unique responsibilities as Australia’s national university. We will deliver on our mission by building a strong community, providing transformative educational experiences, conducting high-impact research, seeking meaningful engagement, and becoming a resilient organisation.

We welcome and openly acknowledge differences in expertise, research / education / professional focus, experience and perspective.

CSS is a vibrant and diverse community of more than three thousand students, staff, and visitors. Our College is comprised of the School of Computing, School of Cybernetics, School of Engineering, Fenner School of Environment & Society, Mathematical Sciences Institute, and the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, supported by the Professional Services Group.

Enquiries

To enquire about this role, please contact Amy Smith, Manager Marketing and Communications, ANU College of Systems and Society via email amy.smith@anu.edu.au. 

Our commitment to diversity, belonging, inclusion and equity

ANU is committed to building a diverse and inclusive community, and particularly welcomes applications from women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and candidates from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Furthermore, it is practice in the ANU College of Systems and Society to actively seek a gender mix of shortlisted candidates for interview. For more information about staff equity at ANU, visit https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/respect-inclusion   

We welcome and develop diversity of backgrounds, experiences and ideas and encourage applications from individuals who may have had non-traditional career paths, who may have taken a career break, had career disruptions or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of the higher education sector. We support applicants who require flexible arrangements in their work environments or patterns. If your experience looks a little different to what we’ve described, but you’re passionate and motivated by this position, we welcome your enquiry and application. 

For more information about staff equity at ANU, click here. For enquiries about the application process, or if you require reasonable adjustment to apply for this role, please contact the hiring manager on the above listed details.

What we offer

The ANU provides attractive benefits and excellent support to maintain a healthy work/life balance and offers generous remuneration benefits, including four weeks paid vacation per year, assistance with relocation expenses and 17% employer contribution to superannuation. We also offer generous parental leave, the possibility of flexible and part time working arrangements, a parental and aged care support program, dual career hire programs, staff and family tuition fee discounts, ANU school holiday programs, and childcare facilities on campus. For more information, visit: https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources

How to apply

Applicants must apply online via the ANU recruitment portal and should upload the following separate documents: 

The committee will consider candidates who do not meet one or more aspects of the selection criteria.

Please note: The successful candidate must have rights to live and work in this country and will be required to undergo a background check during the recruitment process.  An offer of employment is conditional on satisfactory results.