• Join a dynamic and growing non-profit organisation dedicated to making a meaningful and lasting impact on nature.
• Part time, 2-year contract, salary range $87,000 to $104,000 plus superannuation.
• Location negotiable within Australia, with a flexible arrangement between office (location dependent) and home set up.

ABOUT THE ROLE

A new role within ALCA's communications team, the Senior Media Officer will lead our media engagement efforts, working across our priority areas to drive media opportunities that raise the profile of our work and strengthen advocacy outcomes.

The role will play a key role in shaping narratives about nature and land conservation, building a public mandate and helping influence decision-makers to support greater investment in conservation. It will also lift ALCA’s voice as a leading environmental peak body by elevating our visibility and brand.

In this role, you’ll make an impact with media strategies that keep conservation stories and issues in the spotlight, drive proactive and reactive media work, and support strong brand positioning and strategic responses.

ABOUT YOU

You are an experienced media, communications or public relations professional with great news judgement and a strong track record in proactive and reactive media engagement.

You bring excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, which means you can build trusted relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, and produce high quality content at pace.

You can think big picture, and spot emerging issues and opportunities that you leverage to maximise impact and influence. You’ve got relevant experience, qualifications and ideally, media relationships relevant to the environment sector.

ABOUT ALCA

The Australian Land Conservation Alliance is the peak national body for nature conservation. We exist to scale the protection, management and restoration of nature. We unite and represent organisations actively caring for nature on private and non government land. As a peak body, we amplify their collective voice and impact and shape the conditions that make their work powerful and enduring.

We are a small, flexible and nimble organisation. Working with ALCA represents a unique opportunity to work across a broad and diverse sector implementing meaningful policy change, driving investment and building sector capability that will have lasting impact for nature. See www.alca.org.au

APPLY NOW

View the full position description here (also attached below).

To submit your application, please click ‘Apply Now’ by the closing date.

Your application should include a cover letter introducing yourself and addressing the selection criteria, and a resume.

For any enquiries about this position, please contact Monica Haynes at [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Media Officer - Remote / Work From Home enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

We actively encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with disability and others who have diverse experiences of our world to apply for this opportunity.

Apply early, we reserve the right to close applications early if we find the right candidate.