Description:
At our core, RSL LifeCare provides care and services to veterans and seniors who live in our communities or are receiving support at home. Our vision of creating proud communities living their best lives is at the heart of everything we do as we continue to build upon our legacy of supporting veterans and their families for more than 100 years.
This is an opportunity for you to join a large social purpose organisation where your skills and compassion will be valued and enable you to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives.
We’re looking for a Communications Officer with a passion for storytelling, community impact, and strategic communications to join our team.
As a key member of our Communications team, you’ll help shape and deliver internal and external communications across a broad range of platforms. Working closely with our Head of Communications and business leaders, you’ll ensure our messaging is clear, consistent, and aligned to our Purpose.
From leading internal engagement campaigns to supporting external community events, you’ll play a pivotal role in enhancing brand visibility, supporting change initiatives, and telling the stories of those we serve—particularly within aged care and veteran services.
You will:
- Craft engaging content including newsletters, media releases, speeches, annual reports, and intranet articles
- Drive internal communications and Team engagement through tailored, timely campaigns
- Support media and public relations efforts, including stakeholder communications
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and community partners to tell powerful, human stories
- Coordinate campaigns and events that raise awareness and build community connections
- Contribute to crisis communication planning and execution when needed
- Monitor communication effectiveness through analytics and reporting
Our expectations are, to succeed in this role you will have:
- Tertiary qualifications in Communications, Journalism, PR or similar
- 5+ years’ experience in a communications role— a bonus if you’ve worked in aged care, health, or not-for-profit sectors
- Proven experience in internal communications and campaign/project management
- Outstanding writing, editing, and proofreading skills
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills
- A proactive, collaborative and solution-oriented mindset
- Experience of and motivated by working in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Experience working across a range of social media platforms
- A warm, empathetic and community-focused approach
RSL LifeCare offer a range of benefits including:
- Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year. This allows you to reduce your taxable income by receiving part of your salary as tax-free benefits like super contributions, car leasing and more, plus $2600 meal entertainment card annually
- Fitness Passport
- Staff discounts across 700 select retail stores through Maxxia Rewards
- Leave Loading - 17.5% pay top up on paid leave
- The opportunity to work with a Communications and Marketing team that is genuinely passionate, supportive and collaborative with each other, our people and our residents
- Career development and progression opportunities across all areas of RSL LifeCare
Our commitment to diversity:
We are proud to stand for our unique values: Do the Right Thing, Aim Higher, Care from the Heart, and Act as One team.
We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Veterans, current serving ADF personnel, their families and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.
It is a mandatory requirement for a team member working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Check or a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) check, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of the role. Clearances must be verified prior to commencing employment with RSL LifeCare.