Job no: 0048411
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Department: Advancement, Communications & Marketing
Salary: UOM 7 – $106,432 – $115,211 p.a. plus 17% super
- Delivers social media initiatives to showcase the Faculty grouping’s excellence in research, teaching, and campus experiences
- Engage and innovate across social media channels, amplifying the University's brand with world-class practices and strategic content creation
- Become part of a dynamic team where professional excellence meets a fun, collaborative atmosphere
- Brilliant benefits and a flexible hybrid work environment!
About the Role
Are you passionate about social media and its power to engage and communicate? As a Social Media Advisor, you'll be the expert guiding your Faculty grouping in leveraging social media to achieve its marketing, communications, and engagement goals. You'll publish to, moderate and optimise social media channels, ensuring we connect effectively with both broad and targeted audiences. By working across your Faculty grouping, you'll ensure that our content and strategic campaigns are shared through the most suitable social media platforms.
Collaborating with the Divisional Marketing Lead, this role works strategically to create engaging content, reports on engagement effectiveness and works to build effective stakeholder relationships. You'll have a chance to become part of a dynamic team where professional excellence meets a fun, collaborative atmosphere. If you're ready to make an impact and help us enhance our online presence, we want to hear from you!
Your responsibilities will include:
- Collaborate with the Divisional Marketing Lead to provide regular updates on the effectiveness of the Faculty grouping’s social media engagement.
- Assist the Social Media Lead (Organic Channels) and Senior Social Media Advisor (Issues and Earned Media) with reputational management and issue resolution.
- Produce, curate, re-purpose and publish relevant and accessible content that is engaging, innovative and in alignment with strategic priorities.
- Offer support, training, and guidance on social media strategy, operations, and reporting to academics and researchers.
Who we are looking for
You will excel in stakeholder management, creative thinking, and managing competing deadlines. With experience in social media management, you have working experience in higher education, government, or a similarly large and complex organisation. Your ability to analyse sensitive information, exercise sound judgement, show initiative and drive social media engagement, along with strong written and verbal communication skills, will enable you to thrive in a collaborative, agile environment while maintaining a high ethical standard.
You will also have:
- Extensive work experience in social media management
- Demonstrated work experience in data analysis and copywriting
- Technical proficiency in social media management across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, and LinkedIn
For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements please refer to the attached PD.
This role requires the successful candidate to undergo and maintain an up-to-date Working with Children Check. This is essential to guarantee a secure environment for all individuals at the University. In the case the selected candidate doesn't have a valid Working with Children Check, they will be able to apply for the WWCC as part of the initial onboarding procedures.
Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.
Your new team – Advancement, Communications & Marketing
University’s Communications and Marketing function provides strategic, advisory and operational services to support the academic mission and the University strategy. It fosters a culture of best practice and collaboration across the University’s communication and marketing teams and stakeholders and uses data-driven insights to inform decision-making across the University.
What we offer you!
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services, and discounts on graduate courses. For more information check out our benefits page!
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We are dedicated to ensuring barrier free and inclusive practices to recruit the most talented candidates. If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact the employee listed on the first page of the Position Description found below, with an email containing your name and contact details for a confidential discussion. Please ensure your email is titled "Reasonable Adjustments Request".
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
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Join Us!
If you feel this role is right for you, please apply with the following documents:
- Resume
- Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience
Please note that you are not required to respond to the selection criteria in the Position Description.
If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please feel free to contact Ivanka via email at hr-careers@unimelb.edu.au, ensuring that you include the Position Number and the Job Title as the subject. Please do not share your application to this email address.
If you have any particular questions regarding the job please follow the contact details listed on the Position Description.
Position Description
