Communications Officer, Community Support

at  Australian Human Rights Commission

ABOUT US

The Australian Human Rights Commission is seeking an APS 6 Communications Officer, Community Support to work in their Race Discrimination Team on a full time non-ongoing basis until 30 June, 2025.
The Race Discrimination Team undertakes a program of policy, project, education and public awareness work under the Commission’s National Anti-Racism Strategy including a national anti-racism campaign and initiatives to progress a National Anti-Racism Framework.
The Commission has recently been given funding to deliver a program of anti-racism work to support Muslim, Palestinian, Arab, Jewish and other communities in Australia affected by the Hamas-Israel conflict.

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Demonstrated experience in successful hands-on implementation of communication campaigns and activities.
• Knowledge of race, racism and anti-racism in the Australian context.
• Demonstrated experience in providing communications support on sensitive issues in a complex operating environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing social media channels to boost reach and engagement, including paid campaigns and experience in the use of analytics to measure the effectiveness of social media activity.
• Superior written communication skills, with a track record of writing across a variety of different media and audiences, and an ability to articulate complex information in an accessible and engaging way.

EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND ACCREDITATIONS

• Experience or familiarity with CMS systems eg Drupal.
• Experience in social media management platforms eg. Loomly, Hootsuite
• Experience in email marketing platforms eg. Mailchimp
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Canva or other multimedia editing software.
• Demonstrated experience in implementing campaigns and / or public awareness initiatives.
• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline eg communications, journalism, marketing or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in delivering communications campaigns in negatively racialized communities is desirable.
• Experience in anti-racism campaigns or education initiatives is desirable.

RELATIONSHIPS AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

• Build and sustain positive relationships with team members, colleagues at all levels and external stakeholders.
• Operates as an effective member of the team; actively listens, works collaboratively, and draws on team and colleagues’ strengths.

• Deliver a time sensitive awareness campaign to combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian racism and hate with tailored anti-racism content, including through Commission campaign and other channels.
• Create high quality, accessible, relatable content that meets campaign objectives
  Key responsibilities