Communications Officer

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 876765
**Location**: 5006 - NORTH ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Long Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, People and Culture, Corporate Communications, North Adelaide (5006)**:

- **Salary**
- **Classification - ASO3 - Administrative Services Officer L3 - $67,589 to $72,033**
- **Full time - Term Contract (temporary up to 31 Oct 2025)**

**About the Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the **Corporate Communications **team as a** Communications Officer, **where you will be responsible for:

- providing comprehensive project support in the implementation of
- Communication strategies
- Corporate branding
- Events
- Advertising
- And advising on communication procedures and policies across the Women’s and Children’s Health Network

**About You**

To be successful in this role, you will have:

- Tertiary Qualifications in Communications, Marketing, Journalism or similar field.
- Proven ability to liaise and communicate both verbally and in written form at a high level, and establishing positive working relationships with staff at a senior level.
- Proven ability to sustain high level performance, determine priorities, organise workloads and meet demanding work deadlines and maintain confidentiality in an environment that imposes critical pressure.
- Experience in working with a broad range of people, including senior management and external contractors.
- Experience in preparing reports, letters, minutes and briefing papers.
- Experience in managing projects.

**What WCHN Can Offer You**
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
- Free Public Transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital Workers.
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

You may be eligible for financial support if you are considering relocating from interstate or overseas. Please speak to the enquiries person of the role on offer to find out more.

**About Us**

The **Women’s & Children’s Health Network** is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

- specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
- state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
- community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
- specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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**Special Conditions**

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

**Application Instructions**

**Other Important Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

**Enquiries**

Hayley McDonald

Phone: 881617164

Position: Director, Media and Communications, WCHN

**Application Closing Date**:15/9/2024** - 11:55pm

**Useful Links**

ASO3_Communications Officer - Role Description 876765.pdf

**Flexibility Statement**
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.