Media Associate – Flexible Location

• Are you a passionate and motivated human rights defender?
• Opportunity to help challenge injustice using your media communications experience
• Permanent, full time opportunity based from any our Action Centres (hybrid WFH arrangements available)

People from cultural and linguistic diverse backgrounds and First Nation Australians are strongly encouraged to apply.

This role is responsible for:

The Media Associate is responsible for assisting with securing high-quality, strategic media coverage of Amnesty International’s brand, activist movement and campaigns.

The role develops and implements media tracking, research and media management activities to support integrated media plans. It also undertakes communications scheduling, maintains administrative systems that support campaigns, and other duties to support the success of Amnesty International Australia’s (AI Australia’s) campaigns.

You will have experience in:

• Reactive and proactive media activities including the development of media tactics and strategies, the production and distribution of high quality media materials, pitching and media liaison, monitoring and analysis of news media and ensuring effective integration of social media
• Development, maintenance and management of media documentation including plans, communications timelines, information resources, evaluations and organisational reporting
• Supporting the coordination of media events and support media-related logistics
• Developing and delivering digital and content briefs and relevant communications using a range of channels and technologies
• Working as part of a project team, taking minutes, maintaining files, task tracking and monitoring production timelines.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable building and maintaining warm, professional working relationships with staff, sector partners, key journalists, Amnesty activists and people with lived experience of the human rights issues AIA works on.

You will benefit from generous work/life initiatives including working from home arrangements and a flexible leave and working hours scheme, a supportive environment working alongside committed and dedicated individuals and an opportunity to create a meaningful human rights impact. To view more of the fantastic benefits that you will be offered as an employee, please visit our website.

The salary for this position is $ $87,797 + super + not for profit salary packaging.

To learn more about this role, please view the position description. If this role sounds like you please apply below. You must answer the following selection criteria in your Cover Letter and attach your CV.

Selection Criteria:

• At least 1-2 years of experience in a media or communications position
• Strong written skills: media releases, interview briefs, spokesperson statements, blog posts
• Strong communication, interpersonal skills and stakeholder management
• Knowledge of media campaigning with experience working with or volunteering for a campaigning organisation
• Strong understanding of project management with well-developed time management and organisational skills and the ability to manage competing deadlines and priorities
• Familiarity with human rights issues and social change methods and tactics
• Solid understanding of not for profit, and values-based organisations.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

AI Australia is committed to equal opportunities in all areas of our work, community and partner relationships. We want people to achieve their full potential, which will positively impact on our work and the communities in which we operate. At AI Australia, our values empower people to be themselves within an inclusive and supportive environment. We have a global, multicultural following and want to actively contribute to building a more diverse and inclusive team at AI Australia.

AIA is committed to making reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability or other access needs during the recruitment and selection process. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment and interview process, please email us at [email protected] using the subject line: Media Associate – Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs.

About Us:

Amnesty International Australia is one of Australia’s largest not for profit organisations. We are an independent, global movement that campaigns courageously for human rights for everyone.

We’re ordinary people from all walks of life, standing together for justice, freedom, human dignity and equality. We use our passion and commitment to bring torturers to justice, change oppressive laws and free people imprisoned just for voicing their opinion.

We’re independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion to ensure we can speak out on human rights abuses wherever they occur.

Every day we move closer to a world where human rights are enjoyed by all.

A position description is attached.