Marketing & Communications Assistant

About the role: 

The Marketing and Communications Assistant supports the General Manager of Marketing & Communications in driving team communication and collaboration, providing administrative support, and delivering on key aspects of the marketing and communications function. 

To be successful, you will be passionate about building relationships across the business and being a trusted and responsive support across the marketing and communications team. Your role will be varied and include administration and supporting key marketing and communications activities: digital communications, sponsorships and events, internal communications, maintenance of the image library and marketing resources. 

You enjoy being organised and working with processes and systems to ensure that our marketing and communications team is delivering on strategic goals and operating plans. You also enjoy planning events and workshops, team meetings and ensuring they can operate effectively and successfully. 

Our ideal candidate: 

Ideally you will have a qualification in marketing and communications at degree level. Previous experience gained in a similar role where you can demonstrate your strong stakeholder engagement skills, reliability and attention to detail, and energy and desire to make a difference. You also have proven experience in delivering marketing and communications initiatives, enjoy writing and can adapt messaging to suit different needs. 

About Dairy Australia: 

Dairy Australia’s role is to provide services that benefit and advance dairy farm businesses and the industry. These services deliver value by enhancing farm business management, supporting farm employment needs, driving herd and feed innovation, managing climate and environment, promoting Australian dairy and commitment to sustainability, supporting policy development, growing international markets and responding to critical issues and events such as floods and bushfires. 

​Our Vision and Values: 

At Dairy Australia, our vision is simple, to be leaders in shaping a profitable and sustainable dairy industry. Our passionate and talented people share this vision and make an impact each day through their commitment to our values of: 

• Farmer First - Farmer needs guide our purpose 
• One Team - We work together to achieve great things 
• Innovative Thinking - We embrace new ideas and learning as we go 
• Decisive Action - We make informed decisions and move quickly to implement 

About your work life with us: 

At Dairy Australia, we aim to provide benefits that promote the overall wellbeing of our employees. In joining our team, you will be rewarded with: 

• Flexible working environment - a hybrid working environment (at our office in Southbank with our team, combined with at home/virtual) 
• Being a key member in our supportive and high performing team of experts in their field 
• A caring and innovative culture - we are open to each other’s ideas, we love to innovate, we have integrity and are driven to find the best solutions for our employees and stakeholders 
• Paid parental leave. 

Next steps: 

We believe in equality. We treat everyone with fairness, consideration and respect and welcome applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds 

If your motivations and skills set aligns to what you’ve read, please “Apply Now”. 

Please note as part of the recruitment process of Dairy Australia, you may be required to undergo a National Police Check and provide evidence of your Right to Work in Australia.