The NORTH Foundation is proud to be the registered charity for the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) and to serve as the fundraising partner for Royal North Shore, Ryde and Hornsby Ku-ring-gai hospitals and the Kolling Institute of Medical Research.

The NORTH Foundation has a clear and simple mission to improve community well-being by supporting innovative health research and the delivery of exceptional patient care. You will be empowered to find innovative ways to achieve this mission in a team environment and will have a clear understanding of how your efforts contribute towards the NORTH Foundation being widely recognised as a major contributor to world class medical research and a community health system in which people enjoy improved health throughout their whole lives.

Main Purpose of the Role:

To plan and deliver all aspects of marketing and communications for the NORTH Foundation. This will primarily involve coordinating and assisting in the execution of planned campaign, branding and marketing activities, content for the website and other communications channels including social media, and other relevant profile-raising activities for the Foundation. The role will also be responsible for the planning, coordinating and delivery of the NORTH Foundation Appeals Program which may include direct mail, eDM and social media elements.

Key Responsibilities of the Role:

The Marketing and Communications Officer will be responsible for coordinating and delivering a suite of marketing and communication elements that aim to engage, cultivate and steward relationships with members of the community and corporate sector for the purpose of increasing philanthropic support to the NORTH Foundation.

Some of the key programs the Marketing and Communications Officer will be responsible for include:

• Marketing & Promotional Communications
• Foundation Appeals
• Impact & Annual Reports
• Events Calendar
• Social Media.

Selection Criteria:

• Exceptional written communications skills
• Excellent interpersonal and oral communications skills and ability to work in a team
• Experience in organising digital content, good understanding of the principles of developing engaging content and experience of running social media campaigns
• Ability to liaise with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders to obtain information for communications content
• Understand and promote NORTH Foundation Values – INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | INNOVATION | COLLABORATION | IMPACT

A position description is attached.