Communication Specialist

**Marketing and Communications**

**Brisbane**

**Contract or Temp**

**Icon Group**

**Key Points**
- 10-month contract, part-time employment with potential for extension.
- Enjoy flexible working hours and a hybrid work arrangement.
- Experienced marketing, communication, and PR professionals are encouraged to apply
- Build your portfolio and gain unique experience in the private healthcare industry.

**About the Role**
As our part-time Communication Specialist, will develop and manage communication strategies for our Icon Cancer Centre division. Your primary focus is to drive the successful development of content and PR across owned and earned channels, supporting local area brand and centre awareness in line with our network growth in 2025.

This role is a maternity cover position, and we are open to negotiating working hours and days to suit your availability.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Identify and execute media campaigns and communication strategies, developing associated communication content in line with divisional goals and Icon Group strategy
- Develop and implement local PR and communication strategies to drive local area brand awareness and support centre performance, focussing on community awareness of our new centre pipeline
- Lead and execute a compelling storytelling content strategy for owned and earned channels that is consistent with Icon’s brand narrative, including patient interviewing
- Proactively source content from across the networking seeking out innovative stories, achievements and ideas that are consistent with the Icon Group strategy
- Manage divisional PR and content conversations to ensure that ideas and opportunities are leveraged across the wider communications program
- Demonstrate exceptional copywriting, interviewing, editing and proofreading skills across a diverse channel mix, and for stakeholders from various demographics, cultures, and levels of education.
- Make contact with Icon’s patient and internal community to generate suitable content for social and media channels

**About You**
You are an experienced Communication professional with the following qualifications and skills:

- Tertiary qualification in communications, PR, or other related fields.
- 5 years+ marketing communication or PR experience.
- Demonstrated creativity in communications and content
- Experience working in healthcare and with patient communities is highly desirable

You will have a key interest in working for an organisation that focuses on providing quality patient care.

**About Us**
Icon Group is Australia’s largest dedicated cancer care provider with a growing reach into New Zealand and Asia. With over 3000 employees company-wide, Icon Group’s global footprint includes over 50 cancer centres, 3 specialist surgical centres, a health screening service, 4 chemotherapy compounding facilities, over 70 pharmacies and the largest private cancer clinical trials program in Australia.

As a purpose-led organisation, we are committed to changing the dial on healthcare outcomes across Asia Pacific and beyond. Icon exists to deliver the best healthcare possible as close to home as possible for patients across the globe.

Our future success depends on the quality and commitment of our team, so we are devoted to empowering our people to thrive in their career through personal and professional growth and development. If you are looking for a dynamic and rewarding role that supports our frontline team to make a difference in the lives of cancer patients globally, this is the opportunity for you

**Some of Our Benefits**
- Professional development program
- Rewards and recognition program
- Flexibility program
- Training and support from senior leaders
- Access to paid parental leave

**How to Apply**
Please attach a resume and cover letter showing us why you’d love to join us, and what makes you a great fit for the role.

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