• Job no: 0055810
  
• Location: Parkville
  
• Role type: Part time (0.3FTE); Fixed-term to 31 December 2023
  
• Faculty: Faculty Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
  
• Department/School: Melbourne Bioinformatics
  
• Salary: UOM 6 – $87,007 – $94,181 p.a. (pro rata) plus 17% super

Founded in 1853, the University of Melbourne is Australia’s #1 university and is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

About Melbourne Bioinformatics

Melbourne Bioinformatics operates at the Parkville Campus of The University of Melbourne. Its experts support researchers with research design, grant applications, advise on computing options, engage in research collaborations, develop bioinformatics algorithms and software, create and deliver both online and hands-on bioinformatics training, delivers the MSc (Bioinformatics) course, and supervise PhD students.

About the Role

Melbourne Bioinformatics is seeking a talented Communications Officer to deliver high quality communications for internal and external stakeholders and partners across a variety of platforms and audiences. This is an exciting opportunity to bring your up-to-date knowledge and deft experience with implementing social media, digital communications and emerging channels to help bring Melbourne Bioinformatics to those researchers and organisations whose work would benefit from our expertise, particularly in research collaborations.

In a typical week at work, you may:

• Manage and coordinate the dissemination of Melbourne Bioinformatics news through a range of media
• Develop and maintain Melbourne Bioinformatics’ social media presence
• Work closely with researchers to develop online material for use in communicating the goals and achievements of Melbourne Bioinformatics and its partners
• Source, write and edit high quality content for a range of channels and audiences including Faculty/University websites, newsletters, social media and collateral
• Collect Google Analytics and other website data for formal presentation and reporting purposes

About You

You will be an excellent writer and content creator with the ability to create engaging content for a range of audiences and channels. You will possess strong problem-solving skills and sound judgement. You will demonstrate well-developed organisational and planning skills including the ability to use initiative and prioritise tasks.

Ideally, you will further have:

• Relevant tertiary qualification and experience in a similar communications role or an equivalent combination of industry experience and education/training
• Experience in using electronic direct mail platforms, content management and customer relationship management systems
• High level proficiency in the tools required to demonstrate best practice in the sector including but not limited to writing articles, creating online content, social media, promotional collateral
• Experience with web authoring tool - Drupal, WordPress

Benefits of Working with Us

In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of a vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements and generous personal, parental and cultural leave
• Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
• Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
• Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
• Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

To find out more, please visit here.

Be Yourself

At UoM, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community, and we encourage and celebrate diversity. Indigenous Australians, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, females, people of all ages, with disabilities or culturally diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply for our roles. Our aim is to create a workforce that reflects the community in which we live.

Join Us!

If you feel this role is right for you, please submit your application including a brief cover letter, your resume and your responses against the selection criteria (found in the Position Description) for the role.

^For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to here.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at [email protected], using the subject line: Communications Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs.

A position description is attached.

Please submit via the Apply Now link.