Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA) is the recognised national voice for allied health professions in Australia. AHPA has an important strategic leadership role and is the body that the Federal Government and other national organisations turn to when they seek a collective view of allied health. Allied health professionals represent almost a third of the country’s health care workforce.

• Play a key role in raising the profile of AHPA and allied health more broadly to support and amplify policy and advocacy objectives.
• 0.8 FTE role working a hybrid of 2 days in the Melbourne CBD office and the flexibility to work remaining hours in home office environment. (Initial 12 month contract, with opportunity to extend)
• Salary range of $70,000-$80,000 per annum pro-rata dependent upon skills and experience plus compulsory Superannuation

AHPA represents and advocates for the role of allied health professionals in health, aged care, disability, education and all systems where allied health services have a role. 

The Position

Working within a small, supportive and collaborative group of dedicated people you will:

• Provide stakeholders and the wider community with timely evidence-based information on the value and essential role of allied health in a range of sectors.
• Coordinate communications to AHPA members via diverse channels to maintain member engagement and provide relevant information.
• Take the leading role in implementing AHPA’s communications strategy including its website, social media, newsletters and other interactions with stakeholders
• Using analysis of communications performance and your creativity you will build AHPA’s presence and help create new revenue streams.

The Candidate

To be successful in this role you will meet the key selection criteria of:

• Demonstrated qualifications and 2 years minimum professional experience in communication.
• Demonstrated knowledge/interest in health or other sectors where allied health professionals provide services.
• Excellent written communication skills which enable communicating effectively with a wide range of audiences using a range of platforms.
• High level of proficiency in creating digital content and managing use of web programs such as WordPress and Mailchimp.
• Expertise in social media including Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook Business Suite, and Instagram.
• Experience in initial handling of media enquiries and providing content for external publications.
• Strong analytical skills and demonstrated ability to use data to measure program effectiveness through social media insights and Google Analytics to support decision-making and develop new initiatives and revenue streams
• Self-motivated with the ability to manage priorities, meet deadlines and work well under pressure
• Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills which will allow effective collaboration with member representatives, staff and other stakeholders

Further highly regarded skills would be:

• Experience in Public Relations
• Proficiency in creating, obtaining and editing images using programs like Canva or Photoshop
• Well-developed graphic design skills.

Further detail about the position description can be found in the attachment.

Why join us?

AHPA’s office is located in the Melbourne CBD, close to Southern Cross station. Working in a small and close-knit team, we aim for an ideal work life balance with flexibility built in as required. The 0.8 FTE role can be structured across hours that suit the applicant.