Communications Officer

**Full-time maximum term role (based on 35 hours per week)**:

- **12-month parental leave cover (From December 2025 to December 2026)**:

- **Fortnightly RDO**:

- **Salary: $84k - $95k + Super**:

- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**

**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.

Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.

**About the role**:
In this role, you’ll create clear, inclusive, and engaging communications for Merri-bek’s multicultural, multilingual, and multifaith communities.

Your work will include:

- Developing multilingual content such as pamphlets, information sheets, videos with in-language subtitles, and social media campaigns.
- Promoting Council programs and services through community radio, multicultural newspapers, and digital channels.
- Working closely with community members, groups, and internal teams to shape communication strategies that reflect the needs of our diverse communities.
- Supporting projects across Council to make sure multilingual communications are included in planning.
- Helping track and report on the impact of our communications.

**Skills and experience required to perform the role**:

- Tertiary qualification in any discipline; or a lesser qualification with relevant work experience.
- Demonstrated experience supporting communications initiatives and campaigns
- Experience working with multicultural and multilingual communities
- A demonstrated ability to use initiative and be proactive in community outreach.
- Ability to manage a range of stakeholders, problem solve and work well with others.
- Experience working in project or program delivery, or in a related area
- Ability to speak a Merri-bek community language is highly desired - For example, but not exclusive to: Italian, Greek, Arabic, Turkish, Nepali, Urdu, Spanish, Vietnamese, Mandarin and Hindi.

**What the role can offer**:

- Fortnightly RDO
- Extensive opportunities for training & career development
- Salary sacrifice options
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs

**Why join us?**:

- You’ll be part of a creative and passionate team that values equity
- Access to flexible working arrangements and professional development
- Contribute to positive impact in one of Victoria’s most multicultural and progressive municipalities

**Further support offered for our staff**:

- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave

**Applications close: 11:30pm, Tuesday, 23 September 2025.**

**How to apply**:

- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.

Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.

**Our Commitment**:
In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality. The statement recognises the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the traditional owners of the lands and waterways of our municipality.

Merri-bek City Council is committed to being a Child Safe Organisation and has zero tolerance for child abuse. We believe children and young people have the right to be and feel safe and that their safety and