Communications Lead

• Full time role based in Surry Hills NSW
• Great flexibility with access to hybrid work arrangements
• Salary $120k + Super + Salary Packaging

About the role

We’re seeking an experienced communications all-rounder to lead our marketing and communications activities.

As NSW’s leading provider of legal services, aged care advocacy, education and information to seniors in NSW, we undertake a broad range of marcomms work that helps us deliver important outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

This is a valuable opportunity to work in a senior role in a key community organisation and help shape our success with your strategic comms expertise.

You’ll be planning, managing and delivering our media engagement, marketing assets and digital comms as well as ensuring brand consistency across all our communications and engagement activities.

Why work for Seniors Rights Service?

Our vision is a society that respects and upholds the rights of older people.

Seniors Rights Service is a nonprofit organisation that provides free legal services, aged care advocacy and rights education and information to older people across New South Wales. This is a pivotal moment to join our team. As more older people seek aged care services, our organisation is continuously evolving to meet the expanding need for our services.

If you have a natural talent for connecting with people, have relevant experience and want to work for an organisation dedicated to supporting one of the most vulnerable groups in our communities, we want to hear from you.

Benefits:

• Experience a collaborative and fun work culture in a growing organisation.
• Great flexibility with access to hybrid work arrangements.
• Competitive salary with NFP Salary Packaging benefits
• Enhanced leave provisions including gifted leave between Christmas and New Year.
• Six week paid parental leave

Details

Essential Criteria

1. Tertiary qualifications in marketing and communications or extensive experience in a directly relevant role in the not-for-profit sector.
2. Demonstrated experience in developing and delivering quality communication strategies, content and outcomes.
3. Demonstrated experience in effective media liaison and engagement.
4. Excellent writing, editing and communication skills with the ability to negotiate and communicate with influence, deliver outcomes and to write reports and briefings notes.
5. Demonstrated experience in digital media strategy and knowledge of key digital communication platforms.
6. Demonstrated strong stakeholder engagement and relationship building skills both internally and externally.
7. Ability to work both in a team and independently including the ability to prioritise your own work and deliver results.
8. Highly proficient with technology and software, including Microsoft Office 365
9. Prepared to undertake and maintain a National Criminal History check and NSW driver’s license as a condition of employment.

How to Apply

If you are interested in this opportunity, please submit a cover letter addressing the Essential Criteria above along with your resume via this link.

For any further information, please contact Chrissy Shuttleworth on 8217 0223

Applications that do not include a cover letter addressing the Essential Criteria will not be considered.

Closing date: 29 September 2025

At Seniors Rights Service we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making Seniors Rights Service a great place to work. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people to apply. Additionally, we believe vaccination to be the best way to keep our employees and clients safe and strongly encourage vaccination against Influenza and COVID-19.

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