Head of Marketing Communications

Role Overview

Lead the development and delivery of integrated marketing, brand, and communications strategies to strengthen the reputation, grow engagement, support fundraising success, and amplify the impact of research and translational programs.

What You Will Do

Develop and lead the Institute’s brand, marketing, and communications strategy, provide strategic counsel to senior leaders, and drive measurable growth in acquisition, retention, advocacy, participation, and revenue outcomes.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate is a strategic, collaborative, and values-driven leader with extensive senior leadership experience in marketing, communications, brand, or corporate affairs.

Requirements

• Extensive senior leadership experience in marketing, communications, brand, or corporate affairs
• Demonstrated success developing and delivering integrated marketing and communications strategies at organisational scale
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across marketing, communications, media, digital, content, and brand functions
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to influence executives and senior decision-makers
• Experience using audience insights, analytics, and performance data to drive outcomes
• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Strong commercial, operational, and budget management capability
• Highly regarded experience in health, mental health, medical research, higher education, or purpose-led organisations
• Understanding of trauma-informed, evidence-based, and lived experience-informed communication approaches
• Familiarity with government, policy, or research environments

Benefits

• Hybrid work (1-2 days in office per week)
• 35 hour work week, flexible hours agreements & 9-day fortnights
• Salary Packaging: $15,900.00 of your base salary tax free & up to $2650.00 meal & entertainment
• Family first, people first culture
• Pet friendly workplace
• Leave benefits including public holiday swap, gifted annual leave, and wellbeing leave
• Employee discounts