Manager Communications and Engagement - Flemington, Australia - The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital

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Flemington, Australia

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Description

Date:11 Mar 2024

Location: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

Company:
theroyalch

The Hospital:

The Royal Children's Hospital's (RCH) Vision is "A world where all kids thrive".

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children's Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870.

A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas.

The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Work for Australia's leading Children's Hospital
Challenging and rewarding work environment
Friendly and dynamic team

About the Role:

This is a Fixed Term Full Time position for approximately 2.5 years within the Corporate Communications Division to align with the period of project funding.

You will lead a small, action-oriented team responsible for creating, managing and sharing health and wellbeing content for parents and young people.

This role is responsible for providing strategic and tactical communications advice to internal stakeholders, developing engaging digital communications campaigns and content, content governance, leading stakeholder engagement with consumers and clinicians, social media and media management, and protecting and enhancing the reputation of the RCH.

What you'll achieve:

Lead a small, dedicated team to promote the RCH as a trusted and authoritative voice in the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
Lead the development, implementation and continuous improvement of the Health Literacy Communications Plan (including content, media and social media to support both the National Child Health Poll and Kids Health Info) that aligns with the strategic priorities, needs and role of the RCH.
Develop new social media channels for young people, manage the planning, development and delivery.
Develop an RCH Content Governance Framework for all health literacy content to ensure content is accurate, evidencebased and up to date.

Your skills and experience:

Tertiary qualifications in communications, journalism, public relations or a related field
Specialised knowledge and many years' experience across many disciplines
Seven years' experience in communications, content development and/or health promotion and managing teams within a large and complex organisation
Demonstrated ability to engage and build strong relationships with national, state and local media and generate proactive media coverage
Demonstrated ability to find interesting stories and create engaging content
Proven success in the development, implementation and evaluation of digital communications

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About the Department:

RCH Health Literacy Project expands on the insights uncovered by the National Child Health Poll (NCHP) and the unrivalled reach of Kids Health Info (KHI), to generate new, engaging and inclusive digital and social media health communications with and for young people and their parents and carers - empowering people in the community to stay healthy and well.

What we offer:

Salary Packaging
Increase your take home pay
Flexible work options available

Other requirements:

Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
Valid Working with Children Check
Compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation
Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure

Application process:

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children's Hospital.

Applicants will