Communications Officer

**Welcome to St John of God Health Care**
- St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 27 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,500 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.
- With over 127 years' experience in health care, we have an excellent reputation as a caring, nurturing and supportive employer. Learning is highly valued and there are many opportunities for professional development.
- This is an exciting time to join, as we are digitalising our future through a major investment in technology transformation. The DI&T team is playing a leading role in delivering a vastly improved digital service for greater patient care and comfort.

**The Position**

**The**
**Group Digital, Information and Technology (DI&T) team**
***is seeking a talented
- **Communications Officer.** This role is offered on a Permanent Full Time basis based in Perth or Melbourne.
- This is a fantastic opportunity to shape a role and work across all levels of a highly supportive team which values effective communications.
- Using your creative flair to create engaging and informative internal communications, you will be responsible for the design and delivery of the team’s communications strategy and schedule, and providing regular communications support to service areas and projects.
- The position provides communications advice, and defines and executes the most effective communications approaches including key messages and channels to convey information to target audiences in an engaging way. Audiences include SJGHC executives, all caregivers and communications leads across the organisation, and the DI&T team.
- This role supports multiple DI&T stakeholders including the Group Director, Group Managers, Change and Project Managers under the council of the Group Manager, Project Services, Change & Resourcing.

**We are looking for someone with**:

- A willingness and capacity to embrace the Mission and Values of St John of God Health Care.
- A relevant tertiary qualification.
- At least three (3) years’ experience developing and executing internal communication strategies that contribute to better engagement.
- Comfortable working to short and changing deadlines, and managing multiple priorities.
- Experience in managing multiple media channels.
- Well-developed interpersonal skills to develop effective relationships, consult with key stakeholders, and provide effective customer service to internal stakeholders.
- Outstanding writing skills and ability to produce clear and compelling information simply and consistently.
- Demonstrated experience developing and implementing communication plans for large and complex projects within large organisations.
- Experience in using the Adobe suite, in particular InDesign, and SharePoint would be desirable.

**What we can offer you**:

- Permanent position with flexibility
- Work from our Perth or Melbourne office
- Highly competitive salary & conditions
- Generous salary packaging options
- Up to $9010 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, your rent, or other everyday living expenses
- Up to $2650 on meal entertainment, holiday accommodation and venue hire
- Access to novated leasing to use pre-tax dollars for a car and expenses
- A welcoming & supportive culture
- Flexible work options
- Discounts on hospital services & private health insurance
- Option to purchase up to two weeks of additional annual leave
- Professional development opportunities
- Various corporate discounts & benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid parental leave
- **_All applicants must address the Selection Criteria (as detailed on the last page of the Position Description)_**
- to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse._
- All caregivers employed by St John of God Healthcare are required to be vaccinated from Covid-19 or meet criteria for exemption in order to fulfil the requirements of the role._
- For enquiries about this position please contact Toni Beaton, Group Manager Project Services, Change and Resourcing on ﴾08﴿ 6116 0156