Women’s Health Loddon Mallee (WHLM) located in Bendigo, Regional Victoria is currently seeking a Communications officer - to join their small dynamic team to help foster a culture of gender equity that underpins health and wellbeing for women within the Loddon Mallee region.

Working within a feminist framework WHLM addresses the socialand environmental causes of gender inequalities impacting the health and wellbeing of women in the regional, through research, advocacy for systemic change, training, and external capacity building.

Based in Bendigo (option to work from home)tobe part of the Health Promotion Team, you will lead communications and engagementfor our organisation. We are looking for someone who is energetic, flexible, motivated and willing to play an active part in a collaborative and close-knitteam.

You will join our existing health promotion team at Women’s Loddon Mallee which works in gender-based primary prevention and health promotion, including: 

• Develop and implement digital strategies and create engaging, shareable content for our Health Promotion portfolios that will: engage and expand our supporters; amplify our voice and profile; building understanding of the impacts of gender inequality in our region. 
• Develop and implement a communications strategy for WHLM 
• Build and manage online and digital activities to support and enhance WHLM’s communication capacity, presence, and effectiveness 
• Undertake other duties as part of the integrated the Health Promotion team as required. 

All our work is underpinned by our values of respect, courage and diversity and works toward our vision of “Health, wellbeing and equity for women of the Loddon Mallee region”. 

The successful candidate will have experience developing and delivering effective digital engagement strategies and/or campaigns, excellent writing skills and ability to create compelling content for digital platforms, as well as sharing our commitment to gender equity and the prevention of violence against women.

This role is a part-time position (0.6 EFT) until June 2021. Subject to confirmation of funding, the position may be extended.

Women’s Health Loddon Mallee is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

For information about the Communications Officer position please contact our office on 03 5443 0233 or by email to [email protected], using the subject line: Communications Officer - Bendigo enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Further details, including Key Selection Criteria, can be found in the Supporting Materials section of this advertisement.

Please ensure Key Selection Criteria is addressed in your application.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 1st October via online platform.