Media Advisor

We are seeking an experienced media specialist to join our dynamic Clean State campaign team. The campaign is focused on tackling Australia's fastest growing source of carbon pollution, and the delivering action on climate change at the state government level.

This is a major opportunity for an experienced professional to make a globally significant difference in climate change. Western Australia is ‘ground zero’ in Australia’s battle against rising pollution. Gas production in WA is the country’s fastest growing pollution source and WA is the only state with no climate policy or targets for emissions or renewable energy.

Our Clean State campaign has already achieved significant traction and we are looking for a driven communications and media expert to take the campaign to the next level.

Position Description:

• Reports to: Campaign Director - Clean State, or Media & Engagement Director (CCWA)
• Hours: Part-time (25 hours per week/5 hours per day) until April 2021, with the strong desire to renew as we establish Clean State as a long-term project
• Remuneration: $70,000-$75,000 per year, pro-rated to your part-time schedule

Position Summary:

You will lead and deliver the media engagement for a major campaign to achieve climate action by industry and government in Western Australia. The campaign is tackling Australia’s fastest growing source of pollution – the liquid natural gas export industry as part of a broader effort to effort to deliver stronger economy-wide climate change policies here in Western Australia.

Duties:

• In collaboration with the CCWA’s top-tier media and communications team, lead the further development and implementation of media efforts to support the campaign including campaign narrative, messaging, and voices across traditional media, new media and online and offline platforms
• Proactively monitor the media and news cycles, providing relevant information to Clean State directors and management
• Develop provocative media opportunities for the campaign and its affiliates, engage with media outlets to ensure campaign messages are represented prominently in the WA and national media landscape, and ensure reactive media opportunities for the campaign are maximised
• Develop paid media, advertising, and visibility strategies for the campaign including creative content and messaging and engage external providers as necessary to implement and deliver these strategies

Selection criteria:

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Proven abilities in media engagement for advocacy campaigns, preferably with direct experience in the area of energy, climate change and/or fossil fuel issues.
• Experience engaging and coordinating third party voices and spokespeople across a range of different sectors.
• A strong grasp of policy and decision making processes in government, political parties and the corporate environment and how these processes are affected by campaign and advocacy communications.
• Established contacts and relationships in the media especially in Western Australia
• Experience and skills in creative content creation, an asset
• Ability to deliver outcomes in a timely way as part of a driven team working in a dynamic and high pressure campaign environment

Further information

The term of this role is fixed until April 2021 with the strong desire to renew.

We would be pleased to aid the right candidate with temporary or permanent relocation to Perth.

For further information about this position please email Melissa Wheeler at: [email protected], using the subject line: Media Advisor enquiry via EthicalJobs.