Strategic Communications and Engagement Lead

**Exciting Opportunity working directly with the Vice-Chancellor**:

- **Join an agile, collaborative and high performing team leading strategy implementation**:

- **Flexible working arrangements**

Victoria University (VU) is seeking a digitally savvy communication and engagement specialist, to support the Vice-Chancellor and Executive team in creating compelling narratives and meaningful engagements to drive strategy achievement and elevate the University’s reputation.

**About Us**:
At Victoria University, our aim is to be a global leader in dual-sector learning and research by 2028.

VU is a bold and progressive dual sector University - evidenced by the implementation of an Australian first, the **VU First Year College**®**(FYC)**and the **VU Block Model**®**as well as VU TAFE, renowned as a digital innovator in training and highly valued industry collaborator.

Our research with impact, is strongly aligned to our TAFE and Higher Education offer, these include Sports and Exercise Science (ranked 7th in the world) as well as Policy Studies, Water; Green Research translation; Immunology and Early Childhood Education, to name a few.

VU has a strategic commitment to being a thriving place to study and work. We are one of Australia’s most culturally and socially diverse universities, and our international students are highly valued contributors to the VU community.

**About the Role**:
Reporting to the Chief of the Staff in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and working closely with working closely with the Chief of Staff, Director, Strategy and Planning and Senior Executive Officers, this critical role serves as a trusted advisor, offering expert counsel and support to the Vice-Chancellor and executive team on communication and engagement plans and activities.

Through strategic guidance and a hands-on approach, the role will facilitate the attainment of high-quality, clear and forward-thinking communications to diverse audiences; as well as actively fostering engagement initiatives that promote meaningful interaction and advance VU’s strategy with key stakeholders.

**About You**:
VU’s collaborative working environment will help you thrive and achieve the best outcomes for yourself, the solutions you lead and the high-quality outcomes you deliver. You will have:

- A proven track record in the design and delivery of integrated communication and engagement initiatives (physical and digital) to drive strategy implementation.
- Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to collaborate confidently with senior executive and leadership, as well as enterprise-wide..
- Proficiency in digital communications platforms and emerging technologies, with a strategic mindset towards leveraging new channels and trends.
- High-level conceptual and analytical skills and the capacity to gain a quick understanding of a diverse range of topics and sensitive information.
- A can-do attitude, willing to take on challenges creatively and have the flexibility to generate new and innovative ideas and approaches to solve complex problems.

**Conditions & Benefits**:
This is a full-time continuing role offered at HEP 9 classification with salary range starting from $126,547.65 per annum plus 17% superannuation, working 36.75 hours per week.

**How to APPLY**:
To view a copy of the position description please **click here**.
- A statement addressing the selection criteria (no more than 3 pages)
- Your resume.

**Application Closing Date: Monday 27 January at 5pm**

**Commitment to Protecting Country**:
Victoria University honours its deep diversity as a foundation for collaboration and social progress. We will demonstrate sensitivity in respecting First Nation perspectives. We will ensure that we respect our Indigenous voices and commit to sustainable Protecting Country. We will take leadership responsibility, in all that we do, to improve the health and wellbeing of our local and global communities, and the planet that we share.

**Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion at VU