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Organisation : Domestic Violence Victoria and DVRCV

Location : Melbourne

Work type : Contract/Temporary

Sector : Community Development, Community Engagement, Community Support Services, Media, Other, Women

Salary type : Hourly

Application closing date : 9 Jul, 2021

About the organisation

Organisation Name : Domestic Violence Victoria and DVRCV

In 2021, Domestic Violence Victoria (DV Vic) and the Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria (DVRCV) are merging to become a new entity.

This merger brings the peak body for Victoria’s specialist family violence services supporting victim survivors together with the state’s only specialist family violence Registered Training Organisation; combining our strength, capacity and resources for greater impact.

Our work is underpinned by intersectional feminism – as set out in the Code of Practice: Principles and Standards for Specialist Family Violence Services for Victim-Survivors – informed by an understanding of the gendered nature of violence and with the interests of all victim survivors at the heart of everything we do.

We apply a specialist lens across primary prevention, early intervention, response and recovery to:

  1. Develop practice and support workforces
  2. Strengthen and connect organisations, sectors and systems
  3. Build momentum for social change
  4. Build a strong peak organisation

We are in the process of re-branding the merged organisation to ensure a truly collaborative and equal new peak body.

DV Vic/DVRCV is committed to providing flexible and accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and gender diverse, intersex or queer people. We recognise the strength and value in diversity, remain open to new approaches and actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the contribution made by all our people.

About the role

The Media and Communications Adviser will work closely with the Communications Manager and colleagues within the Policy, Communications and Engagement Unit to plan and coordinate media and communications activities to support the organisation’s communications objectives, in particular:

  • Driving a change narrative to prevent and respond to family violence across communities and settings
  • Raising the profile of the specialist family violence sector and peak
  • Extending the reach of the peak’s advocacy, capability building, thought leadership and awareness raising activity
  • Extending the reach of and increasing audience engagement with the peak’s activity and services including professional development and capability building, advocacy, thought leadership and awareness raising

The Media and Communications Adviser will be responsible for the day to day coordination and support for all proactive and reactive media engagement, editorial content development for owned channels, and supporting broader communications and engagement activity across the organisation.

For more information about the key responsibilities of the role, download the position description.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU WILL HAVE:

  • A tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline (for example, in communications, journalism or public relations) or commensurate experience

Essential

  • At least 3 years’ relevant experience within the public or community sector
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills, demonstrating accuracy, creativity and a knack for presenting complex information in a clear and engaging way, across a range of formats
  • Well-developed analytical skills, including the demonstrated ability to source, synthesise and translate research, practice, consultations and data into engaging stories and content for diverse audiences
  • Experience successfully pitching stories to journalists and maximising coverage, with demonstrated knowledge of the Victorian media landscape
  • Experience managing projects from inception to delivery – not only do you have great ideas, you’re adept at getting things done
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently and flexibly, as well as cooperatively as part of a team, within a fast-past, dynamic and reactive environment, exercising high-level professional judgement
  • A sophisticated understanding of the drivers, dynamics and impacts of family and gender based violence
  • Excellent verbal and interpersonal communication skills, including demonstrated ability to collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders

Desirable

  • Experience in the family violence sector, and/or in a peak or membership organisation
  • A sophisticated understanding, and/or lived experience, of the ways that gender inequality intersects with other forms of inequality and oppression to limit people’s access to services, support, and safety
  • Experience in media, journalism or public relations
  • Experience working with people with lived experience, and ability to provide proactive, sensitive support to people sharing their stories publicly
  • Experience, or a keen interest in user-centred communications, accessibility and inclusion

How to apply

Applications not allowed for this job listing.

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Please quote in application: Media and Communications Advisor via Pro Bono Australia.


Profession: #Community_Services, #Journalism_and_PR, #Marketing_Media_and_Communications, #Other
Sector: #Community_Development, #Community_Engagement, #Community_Support_Services, #Media, #Other, #Women
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