About Women’s Health West

Women’s Health West provides specialist family violence services to women and their children. We also run prevention programs that promote equity and justice for women and girls in Melbourne’s west.

Our work has actively contributed to improving the health, safety and wellbeing of women and their children in the western metropolitan region of Melbourne since 1988. Due to several successful internal appointments to secondment positions in 2020, we are now recruiting to the role of Assistant – Communications.

About the role

The Assistant – Communications supports the Communications team at Women’s Health West by performing administrative and communications-focused tasks. This will include monitoring the organisation’s digital presence with social media posts and managing the comms inbox. This role will be available for 6 months from the date of appointment with the possibility of extension. Over the next 6 months, the role will also contribute to and support the design, promotion and delivery of resources, events and the organisation’s rebranding. As a successful candidate, you will demonstrate excellent communication skills and a high degree of competence with a range of software programs.

The Assistant – Communications reports to the Manager – Communications and is paid at WHW EA Level 3, pay point is negotiable dependent on experience (60K – 64K per annum pro rata EFT 0.8).

Why join Women’s Health West?

Women’s Health West is a feminist organisation and culturally aligns to feminist values and practices. Women’s Health West’s staff enjoy numerous benefits, including working with a professional and dedicated team of women, ongoing professional development and training, flexible working conditions, and access to an Employee Assistance Program. We also offer considerable benefits through our Enterprise Agreement.

Women’s Health West has a diverse workforce that is reflective of the communities we work with. We are committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, ethical practice, and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion. Women’s Health West has a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which is endorsed by Reconciliation Australia.

We welcome applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds and experience, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disabilities, and people who identify as LGBTQIA+.