• Job Description

  Req#: JR39360

  Overview:

  • 1 x Full Time, Fixed Term position available until June 2026

  • Salary Level HEW 7 + 17% Superannuation

  • Based at the Melbourne CBD campus, and hybrid ways of working

  Are you looking to take the next step in your communications career, using your skills and experience to make a difference? We have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic communications professional to work with amazing teams and stakeholders here at RMIT.

  About the role

  You will be responsible for providing communications advice and execution to support the staff and student experience and protect and enhance the reputation of the University.

  You will take responsibility for select stakeholders and projects, and be a trusted team member partnering with others on strategic and tactical work as well as driving engagement and communications efforts. In addition to your own stakeholders, this role provides critical support to the Operations Communications team’s Associate Director and Communications Business Partners, working together to execute on internal and external communication campaigns.

  At RMIT, the Senior Communications Advisor position is a mid-level role ideal for someone with solid communications experience and stakeholder management skills looking to further develop their communications career.

  To be successful in this position, you will have:

  • Ideally between three to five years’ experience

  • Experience in business partnering, managing stakeholders and priorities, with the ability to deliver impactful communications in a timely and responsive way

  • A passion for internal communications and experience in a corporate/internal communications role

  • A good knowledge of industry-leading communications best practice as a communications generalist

  • The ability to effectively select the most beneficial channel mix depending on audience and desired outcomes

  • The ability to collect, analyse, and interpret data and information to understand stakeholder motivations and preferences and develop solutions to meet those needs

  Please note: These roles do not have a marketing or student acquisition focus.

  Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.

  About the Portfolio

  The International and Engagement portfolio is responsible for RMIT’s international strategy and agenda, including international development and partnerships and oversight of our international operations including RMIT Vietnam and RMIT Europe.

  It consists of the following units:

  • International

  • RMIT Vietnam

  • RMIT Europe

  • University Communications

  • Experience (International Student Recruitment; International Marketing and Regional Hubs; Market Intelligence & Propositions; Digital & Experience)

  • Business Development, Philanthropy, RMIT Culture

  To Apply

  Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply’ link at the top of this page.

  For further information about this position, please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact the Talent team via email talentsupport@rmit.edu.au.

  Position Description: Senior Communications Advisor

  Please note, if you are viewing this advert from an external site, please click ‘apply’ and you will be redirected to RMIT's Jobs website to access the Position Description at the bottom of the page.

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  Applications Close:

  6 June 2025 11.59 pm

  RMIT is an equal opportunity employer committed to being a child safe organisation. We are dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Isla n der community.

  At RMIT, we are committed to supporting adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, as well as during employment. We actively support and encourage people with disability to apply to RMIT (including alternate formats of application forms) . To discuss adjustment requirements, please contact Dani, v ia talentsupport@rmit.edu.au or visit our Careers page for more contact information - https://www.rmit.edu.au/careers .

  We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

• About the company

  Founded in 1887 by Francis Ormond, RMIT began as a night school offering classes in art, science, and technology, in response to the industrial revolution in Australia.

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