Engagement & Content Officer

**Job no**: 0052726
**Location**:Parkville
**Role type**:Full-time; Continuing
**Faculty**:Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
**Department/School**:Melbourne Dental School
**Salary**:UOM 6 - $92,749 - $100,397 p.a. plus 17% super
- **Create engaging content and bring the Melbourne Dental School's student experience to life.**:

- **Develop and implement communications strategies, working with a dynamic team and diverse stakeholders.**:

- **Salary packaging, subsidised health and wellbeing services, fitness and cultural clubs, Myki discounts, and a 25% discount on graduate courses to our staff and their immediate families**

**About the Role**
This is an exciting opportunity for a creative and strategic individual to become the Engagement and Content Officer (ECO) at the Melbourne Dental School. As the ECO, you will have the opportunity to generate highly engaging content, employing storytelling techniques to bring the school and its student experience to life. You will work closely with a dynamic team, collaborating with various stakeholders and utilising multiple platforms to showcase the school's research and teaching endeavours.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Develop and implement an engagement and communications strategy aligned with the School's strategic plan.
- Plan and execute School events, including targeted publicity and administration.
- Manage internal communications and promote School successes, initiatives, and media opportunities.
- Coordinate digital presence, including website maintenance, social media strategy, and online newsletter production.

**Who We Are Looking For**
You are a highly organised individual with excellent project management skills, thriving in a fast-paced environment and delivering on multiple projects with tight deadlines. You have a track record of successfully planning and coordinating events, building and maintaining relationships with diverse stakeholders, and upholding professionalism and confidentiality with high ethical standards.

You will also have:

- Demonstrated experience with producing content for various campaign creative assets and content for publications.
- Experience in designing for both digital and print including knowledge of Adobe software (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), working within brand architecture and style guidelines, as well as working with designers and printing professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to create and maintain web pages and of website design and maintenance using a content management system, desktop publishing and database software, and an understanding of social media trends and frameworks.

For further information regarding responsibilities and requirements, please refer to the attached PD.
- This position requires the incumbent to hold a current and _valid Working with Children Check_ to ensure the University provides a safe environment for everyone._

**Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position**. This role requires current valid work rights for Australia.

**Your New Team - Melbourne Dental School**
The Melbourne Dental School boasts state-of-the-art facilities in three clinical and research laboratory buildings. Our research primarily targets prevention and cures for infectious, inflammatory, and immune diseases, with a focus on translational research that has a positive impact on global human health. We engage and collaborate with other research institutes, industry, and governments from across the globe, giving us significant research capacity to address significant health issues and research questions. The School’s vibrant research environment and extensive collaborations provide exceptional postgraduate research higher degree opportunities. We have an exceptional track record of translating research to the clinic and to policy.

**What We Offer You**
In addition, we offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a range of benefits, including generous leave provisions, salary packaging, health and well-being services and discounts on graduate courses. For more information, check out our benefits page

**About the University of Melbourne**
We’re tightly connected with the community, both at home and abroad. We take pride in our people, who all contribute to our mission to benefit society through the transformative impact of education and research. Discover more via our website and stay connected with our stories and people on LinkedIn.

**Be Yourself**
We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. For more information, please visit our Diversity and Inclusion page.

We encourage and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds.

**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants**
We recognise that reconciliation is central to our purpose. For more information, please visit our Reconciliation page.

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- **Cover Letter outlining your interest and experience**:

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