Salary $93k - $100k per annum + 11.5% Superannuation

Permanent Part time – 4 Days a week (0.8 FTE) + flexible working

Newly created positions, two roles available

Located at our Nunawading office starting 3 February 2025

At Whitehorse City Council, community is at the heart of everything we do. To stay ahead of and best respond to the evolving changes and needs of the community, the organisation is undertaking an exciting journey that will transform ways of working and will empower employees to be innovative and constantly striving towards providing excellent customer experience at all times. The five pillars of our transformation focus on:

Excellent Customer Experience and Service Delivery

Great Organisational Culture

Innovation and Continuous Improvement

Good Governance and Integrity

Long Term Financial Sustainability

The role:

We are looking for two exceptional marketers to join our newly transformed team. You will be an experienced marketing and communications professional with excellent content-creation and campaign management skills.

These roles will sit in the newly established Marketing and Communications team and report into the Coordinator Marketing and Communications. You will be responsible for developing and delivering an end-to-end marketing service for arts and cultural services, The Round (our state-of-the art performing arts centre) , Aqualink and Leisure Facilities and other Council community services.

If successful you will help shape our new Communications, Advocacy and Investment Department and support the establishment of Council's centralised marketing function.

About you:

To be successful in this role, you will have tertiary qualifications and/or experience in communications, marketing and/or related field.

You will know how to use your creativity to create engaging campaigns and know how to be hands-on the marketing tools to drive customer reach and conversions.

You will not be afraid to dabble in multimedia content creation such as photography, videography and basic graphic design – and if you haven't before, you will be open to learning new skills.

You will know how to use data to track how your marketing activities are going and be able to adapt your campaigns accordingly.

You will know how to tailor content for different audiences and understand how to use different channels effectively.

You will love working in a team environment and happy to help out when your colleagues need it. You will also have the ability to collaborate with internal stakeholders to achieve mutual business objectives.

In return, we will offer:

The ability to make a difference - Working at Whitehorse City Council you contribute to making a real difference in the lives of the community and those that live, learn, work or visit Whitehorse. Every day you really will see how the work you're involved in benefits the diverse community.

Great working conditions – a professional environment, friendly and supportive teams and a flexibility program that promotes employee work life balance.

An extensive Health and Wellbeing offering – Employee assistance program, private health insurance benefits, health checks (skin, hearing and vaccinations), discounted gym membership and facilities (e.g. Theatre, Arts, Leisure) and an active health and wellness program (e.g. stretching, healthy eating demonstrations and health challenges.

Career opportunities – engaging work and the opportunity to apply your skills and experience.

Transformation - We are in a time of transformation to stay ahead of the evolving changes and needs of our community. Together, we are on an exciting journey to empower all of our employees to be innovative, and constantly strive towards continuous improvement.

Reward & Recognition - extensive reward and recognition program, corporate learning offerings, study assistance and comprehensive leadership development programs.

Further Information:

Further information is available from Cheri Randell, Public Sector People. Please email cheri@publicsectorpeople.com.au or call on 8535 3111 for more information. To apply, please submit a copy of your resume and one page statement addressing the selection criteria by Sunday, 17 November 2024.

We will be reviewing applications as they come in so early applications are encouraged.

Come and join the transformation!

Download the Position Description:

Marketing and Communications Advisor

City of Whitehorse is a culturally and linguistically diverse community. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of our community. We are committed to upholding a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace that values the contribution of all.

Whitehorse City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation. We recognise our responsibilities to keep children and young people safe from harm and have established policies, procedures and training to achieve these commitments.

ABOUT US

The City of Whitehorse, located 15 kilometres east of the Melbourne CBD, is a culturally diverse community of almost 177,000 people. Whitehorse includes the suburbs of Box Hill, Burwood, Nunawading, Blackburn, Mitcham, Forest Hill and Vermont and is characterised by quiet tree-lined residential streets, an abundance of parks, gardens and natural bushland reserves, bustling shopping centres and a diverse range of arts, cultural, sports and leisure facilities.

Whitehorse City Council provides more than 100 services and facilities across a range of areas within our community services, city development, infrastructure, corporate services and transformation directorates. Whitehorse is one of Melbourne’s largest metropolitan councils with a workforce of approximately 1300 employees and aspires to foster an inclusive, vibrant, prosperous and sustainable community. Our employees help us achieve these goals!

At Whitehorse, employee health, wellbeing and development are paramount, and we aim for everyone to become the best they can be in the workplace. Benefits of working with us include:

A welcoming and supportive working environment

Great opportunities for training and to build a long-term career within Whitehorse or the local government sector.

Extensive employee health and wellbeing programs including flexible working arrangements

Salary sacrifice options for gym / swim memberships, childcare and superannuation; and access to novated vehicle leases.

Competitive terms and conditions of employment

Ample onsite parking at most facilities with ready access to public transport

Active Social Club with a calendar of events through the year

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Marketing and Communications Advisor