Communication Advisor

Full-time (76 fortnightly hours) based at Parkside
- Salary per annum, pro rata + Super + Leave Loading + Salary Packaging
- Join an established NFP with strong values, a community focus and a great culture

Are you a passionate communication professional? Do you want the words you write to make a difference to someone?

**The role**

ECH has been working with South Australians for over 65 years, ensuring people are supported to live their lives well, as residents in our retirement villages or as clients of our care and wellness services. Our team members are committed to working alongside our residents and clients to provide exemplary services and to create communities of belonging.
- Are you a strong communicator, with proven experience facilitating communication strategies with employees and customers?
- Do you have experience developing and championing an organisational intranet?
- Do you love getting to know people and sharing their amazing stories with others?
- Would you like to work alongside our CEO as she speaks out on issues of importance to our community?

If you said ‘yes’ to these questions we’d love to hear from you.

**What it’s like at ECH**
- We’re proud of what we do, we’re proud of how we work together and we’re proud of the impact that ECH has on people’s lives.
- We’re future focused. We don’t stay still. We are always in search of new ways to improve the lives of older South Australians.
- Our people drive our success and how we work together is as important as what we deliver.
- Diversity is in our DNA. We seek out and celebrate diversity in all its forms and tap into the richness of ideas, experiences and perspectives that it brings.
- We grow our people. Everyone has the opportunity to grow, develop and build their career with ECH.
- At ECH we are integrating work and life. We are embracing technology and new ways of working which support a new level of flexibility for our people.
- Whether it be face-to-face, on-the-job or online, we love learning because we know it makes us better.

**What you’ll be doing**
- Create an ongoing communication plan, underpinned by a content calendar, which can be socialised and used as a guide for all marketing team members.
- Produce the employee newsletter and news stories on intranet, and create other stories relevant to our employees and customers
- Partner with internal business areas to prepare and distribute targeted internal communications.
- Provide guidance and oversight of the creation of an updated ECH Intranet and champion the intranet internally.
- Manage our relationship with our PR agency day-to-day in relation to opportunities for our CEO to contribute to valuable conversations in the public domain
- Communicate effectively and with meaning to our community in relation to identified days of recognition throughout the year
- Ensure all internal communication channels are appropriate and accessible.

Click here for a copy of the Position Description

**Who we’re looking for**

Someone who;
- Has outstanding communication and writing skills
- Has attention to detail
- Has the ability to build relationship with the broader ECH teams
- Has the ability to prioritise workloads

But also, someone who:

- Is kind, even if they’re a bit stressed out
- Likes what we do - caring for people in the community
- Is dynamic and energetic
- Is flexible and adaptable
- Loves diversity
- Will contribute their ideas and hard work to make ECH better every day.

**You will need**
- COVID-19 vaccination (including booster if eligible)

**It’d also be helpful if you had**:

- Current police check
- Experience and/or knowledge of Home Care Packages

If you don’t, that’s ok, we can help with this.

**More about ECH**

ECH is a not-for-profit organisation in the Health Care Sector. This means that you can salary package up to $18,549 per annum to reduce your tax. We also offer a range of perks through our Employee Benefits Program (eg. discounted gym memberships).

You will be provided with full training and support including all equipment that is required to succeed in this role, including a subsidised fully maintained vehicle.

If you need more reasons to want to join ECH, have a look through our website to see the amazing ways in which we support ageing South Australians. While you are there, check out the videos on our Employment page from some of our amazing staff and hear about their jobs and why they love working for ECH.

So, if you think this might be the job for you and you feel aligned to who we are and what we do please APPLY NOW by filling in your personal details and answering the questions below, along with submitting your cover letter and Resume/CV on the next page.

Applications close: 30th April at 5pm, and should be addressed Pooja Shah, Recruitment Officer. We will be reviewing applicants as they come in and will act quickly to secure the right person.