We’re now looking for a for Copywriter to join our team on a fixed term mat leave opportunity until November 2021.  You will be involved in researching, collecting, conceptualising, creating and editing written content to support marketing campaigns, product development and delivery of the organisation’s brand and content strategies.

The writer works within the Social and Content team, within a small team of writers and alongside graphic designers, field content curators, product designers, marketers other internal and external stakeholders.

Your main duties and responsibilities will include:

• Conceptualising, creating and editing content in response to marketing briefs and/or data and insight to produce brand-led, campaign-driven and always-on content and supporter solutions.
• Working as part of a broader team of writers, designers, content curators and product designers, the writer produces a high volume of outputs across a spectrum of branded content, marketing communications, conceptual writing, and reportage.
• Outputs can include field impact reporting, online (website, social etc) content, marketing/advertising campaigns and activity (online and offline), advocacy communications and other written content that communicates impact to current and potential supporters.

Your skills and experience will include:

• Experience in creating online and offline content and communications including report writing, direct mail, web content, social media content
• Experience updating websites using CMS systems is advantageous
• Capacity to manage multiple projects to tight deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills with the capacity to build a profile or storyline to accurately communicate the work we do, the challenges our work addresses, and the people we support to a range of audiences
• Tertiary qualifications in communications, writing, journalism or similar fields (highly regarded, not mandatory)

What you need to know:

World Vision Australia takes our Safeguarding responsibilities seriously and we provide an environment that is safe for our child and adult beneficiaries. We have strong recruitment procedures to make sure the safest and most suitable people work with the children in our programs. All successful candidates will undergo a criminal record and Working with Children check prior to employment. We provide our staff and volunteers with ongoing supervision, support and training in their work with child and adult beneficiaries.

For your information, the interviews will start immediately, and the role may be filled before the closing date.

Why World Vision:

World Vision is a global community, working together for the one purpose – to bring about positive change in the lives of the world’s most vulnerable children.  People are inspired to work for us because they want to contribute to making a difference.  We are part of an international team, using our talent, determination and influence to invest in a better tomorrow.

With us, job satisfaction takes on a greater meaning. We have over 50,000 dedicated and passionate staff and volunteers, 10 million committed supporters who are changing lives and 100 million people as a part of World Vision’s supported communities.

When it comes to our people, as an organisation we embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds.