Manager - Marketing And Communication

Description:

• Faculty of Science

• Full-time, fixed-term position for up to 5 months

• Base salary will be in the range $113,377.67 - $127,112.24 + 17% Superannuation (HEW Level 8)

• Based at our St Lucia location

Join a supportive and collaborative team working on exciting projects and campaigns that contribute to strategic priorities for 2026. With a start date as soon as possible, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic environment—ideal for someone looking to build their career at UQ while delivering results in a relatively short timeframe.

The Manager – Marketing and Communication leads a team of five high-performing professionals across marketing, content production, communications, and digital platforms. The role blends strategic oversight with hands-on delivery, balancing leadership and planning with the practical implementation of marketing and communications activities. You will be responsible for the development, execution, and evaluation of integrated strategies that promote the Faculty’s profile, primarily supporting student recruitment, outreach, and research promotion in close collaboration with other UQ units.

Based at the St Lucia campus, the position may also require occasional travel to UQ’s Gatton campus, Brisbane CBD, and other locations as needed.

As a key member of a cross-functional team, you will work closely with internal stakeholders to help deliver on Faculty priorities and KPIs—bringing together strategic vision, day-to-day coordination, and an enthusiasm for marketing and communication that connects and inspires.

Key responsibilities will include:

Planning, development and implementation:

• Lead development and implementation of the Faculty Marketing and Communication Plan, ensuring alignment with the overarching unit annual plan and priorities and ensuring integration with enterprise strategies and campaigns.

• Manage the development of marketing and communication activities, materials and content to support domestic and international student recruitment, research promotion, facilities and services use, advancement priorities, and positively position the Faculty of Science, ensuring consistency with University branding and tone.

Content creation and management:

• Lead the development and delivery of contemporary digital and offline marketing content production, including the use of data and insights, ensuring best practice and alignment with enterprise strategies.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of Faculty, School, and research entity websites, ensuring they are current, user-friendly, and aligned with university standards.

Team leadership and development:

• Effectively lead, manage, and mentor the marketing and communications team to achieve expectations, goals and key performance indicators.

Stakeholder engagement and relationship building:

• Foster productive relationships across the Faculty to identify and promote opportunities to showcase programs, research, achievements, external services.

• Serve as a liaison for internal stakeholders and clients, coordinating integrated activities in conjunction with relevant central functions and Faculty organisation units.

• Collaborate across the university marketing and communications and future students functions to ensure coordinated planning and delivery and achieve optimum outcomes.

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave

• 17% superannuation contributions

• 17.5% annual leave loading

• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times and purchased leave.

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• UQ Study for Staff

• On campus childcare options

• Affordable parking (from just $6.15 a day)

• Salary packaging options

• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant discipline, eg. marketing, business, or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or training.

• At least five years’ experience in a marketing and communications or marketing related management position with extensive experience in developing, implementing and evaluating successful, integrated plans within complex contexts.

• A thorough understanding of current marketing, communication, engagement and content techniques.

• Demonstrated experience in analysing trends and adapting services and strategies accordingly together with proven ability to conduct evaluations to enhance service delivery and outcomes.

• Demonstrated experience in managing human, physical and financial resources and brand and reputation management within a dynamic and complex environment.

• Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with integrity, diplomacy and sensitivity in communicating with a wide range of stakeholders.

• Demonstrated high level of organisational skills, including the ability to identify and initiate improvements to business practices, and ability to work collaboratively with a diverse array of academic and professional clients and stakeholders.

Experience in higher education or similar complex large organisation is desirable.

Applications will be reviewed as received. Candidates may be interviewed prior to the job closing date. We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible. The University of Queensland reserves the right to close this application process early.

The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including: right to work in Australia, criminal check and education check.

You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Kylie Roots via *******@uq.edu.au.

For application inquiries, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team at ******@uq.edu.au , stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

We welcome applications from all individuals and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. To be considered, please ensure you upload:

• Resume

• A cover letter summarising how your background aligns with the 'About You' section. (Maximum 2 pages).

Our strength as an institution lies in our diverse colleagues. We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We're committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent. If you require an alternative method to submit your application due to accessibility needs or personal circumstances, please contact ******@uq.edu.au.

UQ is committed to a fair, equitable and inclusive selection process, which recognises that some applicants may face additional barriers and challenges which have impacted and/or continue to impact their career trajectory. Candidates who don’t meet all criteria are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their potential. The selection panel considers both potential and performance relative to opportunities when assessing suitability for the role.

Applications close 9 July 2025 at 11.00pm AEST (R-53184). Please note that interviews have been tentatively scheduled for Wednesday July 23 2025.