• Travel required: Inter & Intrastate
• Position Type: Full Time Permanent
• Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
• Leave: 5 weeks annual leave Monthly Rostered Days Off 2 weeks personal leave. 2 days compassionate leave per occasion
• Reporting To: National Secretary
• Superannuation: 12.5% with increases yearly

Overview - role & responsibilities

The Electrical Trades Union of Australia (ETU) is one of Australia’s leading campaigning Trade Unions, representing around 64,000 Electrical workers throughout Australia.

We are seeking a highly skilled and dynamic communications specialist to join our National Office.

The national communications co-ordinator is responsible for the messaging, campaign communications, member communications, social media and media relations for the national office of the Electrical Trades Union.

Reporting to the National Secretary, you will have excellent writing skills and be able to take high- quality photos and videos and operate a range of digital elements on diverse platforms and on social media.

The role requires an adaptable, intelligent and determined individual who is comfortable working to tight and competing deadlines in an issues-rich environment.

You should be comfortable with, or able to become quickly conversant with, the fundamentals of news and press release writing, media management, long and short form copy, social media management, photography, video editing and digital campaigning.

This is a role in which relationships are crucial and you will be liaising with and handling multiple stakeholders with competing and overlapping priorities.

Based in our Sydney office, your duties will include but not be limited to:

• Providing high-level media, communication support and advice to the National Secretary and other Senior Officials as required;
• Writing press releases, monitoring media and generating positive media coverage aligned with the strategic goals of the organisation;
• Developing integrated online and offline communications in support of ETU campaigns and workplace organising;
• Managing media contractors and other external providers;
• Liaising with state ETU offices, other unions and peak bodies to co-ordinate communications and campaign activity;
• Managing and updating all aspects of social media assets, web pages and digital member communications;