Marketing and Communications Partner

**Full Time / Ongoing**

**Classification: GO6 ($**94,739 **+ Superannuation)**
- Join a highly focused team that delivers best practice marketing, communications, events, and activations, to build confidence, trust and connection with our community and other stakeholders.
- Opportunity to share your passion and knowledge in marketing and communications
- Based at the modern Playford Operations Centre, just 30 minutes north of the Adelaide CBD

**About Us...**

**How would you like to work in an environment where you're encouraged to bring your whole** **self to the workplace and be responsible for the decisions you make?**
- Council focused on building city and community foundations.
- Here for our rapidly growing, diverse and resilient community.
- Engaged and connected workplace environment.

As one of the fastest growing council areas in South Australia, the City of Playford is focused on building city and community foundations and places the community at the heart of everything we do. With our urban centre as the CBD of Northern Adelaide, our city is enriched by growing and diverse communities in new and established suburbs, rural and hills townships and horticultural lands.

The work that we do and the decisions that we make are in the best interests of the whole and contribute to a sustainable organisational future. Modelling open decision making, we provide a supportive and collaborative environment where employees feel engaged and connected to the work of the organisation, to each other, and the community.

**About the role...**

The Marketing and Communications Partner is an accomplished all-rounder who develops and executes communication campaigns and programs with clear objectives and alignment to the Council’s Strategic Plan and communications strategy.

Partnering with internal departments, the position provides best advice, planning and support in marketing and communications including being communications lead on key projects.

As part of the Marketing, Communications and Events team the position uses community insights and data to inform and monitor communication campaigns and identify opportunities. The position contributes to social media community management, monitoring the effectiveness of channels along with providing training in communications and marketing to business areas.

Incumbents in this position are required to possess or be willing to gain a National Criminal History Clearance.

**About You...**

People are at the heart of what you do - your team, your internal and external customers, and your community. You are community minded and passionate about contributing to an organisation who provide information, services and infrastructure that help people to enjoy their lives and time in and around a city.

You are someone who relishes partnering with others to project an organisation’s voice to external and internal stakeholders. You are energised by the opportunities and challenges of marketing and communications and use your well-honed ability to create engaging material for a variety of stakeholders, identify opportunities, and initiate relevant campaigns to support an organisation’s direction and actions. You are a strong communications planner, customer focused, build successful relationships and work collaboratively to deliver best outcomes for our community and stakeholders.

**The Playford Employee Experience...**

Our team work hard together, but also celebrate together, learn together and support each other. We have a commitment to work/life balance through flexible working conditions and we remain focused on providing a high level of service and positive experience for our customers and stakeholders.

You will also get access to employee benefits, some of them are:

- Excellent leave entitlements including; Blood Donor leave and Purchased leave.
- Attractive salary and benefits including; salary packaging, income protection, free onsite parking and a strong health & wellbeing focus including corporate discount on health cover and gym memberships & free employee assistance program
- Ongoing professional development supported by study assistance and secondment opportunities

**More information...**

If you hold an interest in the position and believe you possess the knowledge, skills and experience to fulfil this role and would like further information, please contact Acting Manager - Marketing, Communications & Events, **Shannon Siegele** on **08 8256 0417**.

**How to apply...**

Applications close at **12:00pm** on **Wednesday 19 October.**

The City of Playford values diversity and work life balance.