Company For more than 20 years, people in Australia have placed their trust in Beyond Blue as a reliable source of mental health information, support, and hope. We are one of Australia’s most well-known, trusted, and visited mental health organisations. We never take this for granted. With it comes a deep responsibility to listen, to understand people’s needs and aspirations, and to ensure they are at the heart of everything we do. Job Description About this Position Are you a strategic communicator passionate about making a real impact? Beyond Blue is seeking a dynamic Communications Manager to lead our internal and external communications, driving engagement and awareness in line with our 2023 Strategy. In this pivotal role, you'll ensure our staff are informed and connected while shaping external communications and media strategies that engage the wider community. You'll play a key part in delivering Beyond Blue’s five strategic goals—Understanding, Supporting, Connecting, Leading, and Integrity—through innovative and effective communication approaches that help Australians improve their mental health, get well, and stay well. If you're ready to make a difference in the mental health space, we’d love to hear from you! The role As part for the Communications Manager role, you will: Develop and implement strategic communications and media plans, aligning messaging with Beyond Blue’s 2023 Strategy. Lead a communications team, overseeing the execution of planned activities, media inquiries, and strategic opportunities. Manage key communication initiatives, including webinars, podcasts, reports, and corporate documents to enhance engagement. Shape organisational positioning and thought leadership, fostering strong relationships with the media and internal stakeholders. Drive internal communications, ensuring impactful, consistent messaging that informs and engages staff. Provide expert guidance on communications, supporting leadership and strategic initiatives through high-quality content. Due to the nature of the role, the successful candidate is expected to be contactable outside of their ordinary working hours and to work additional hours as reasonably necessary from time to time. Desired Skills and Experience About you To be successful you will have: Tertiary degree in journalism, communications, media, PR, or related field. Significant experience in a similar role and leading teams to deliver communications strategies. Experience budgeting, forecasting, risk management, and operational planning. Demonstrate the ability to develop and execute internal and external communications plans. Exposure to driving mutually beneficial outcomes and managing complex relationships with the media and internal stakeholders. Strong written and verbal communication, simplifying complex concepts effectively. Why work for Beyond Blue In return, at Beyond Blue, we offer a: A well-connected location that supports your active lifestyle: Based centrally in Naarm (Melbourne CBD), with modern office facilities and end-of-trip amenities so you can walk, jog, or ride to work with ease. Flexibility to suit your life: Remote and hybrid work arrangements, part-time and job-sharing options, plus purchased leave opportunities. Various benefits and leave entitlements: $15,900 salary sacrifice packaging, meal and entertainment benefits, and various leave options—including parental leave, family and domestic violence leave, gender affirmation leave, and community service leave. Inclusive and values-driven policies: Cultural and discretionary leave, ensuring our team members can honour the days that matter most to them. Commitment to professional growth: Secondments and blended learning opportunities to support career development and continuous learning. If you’re excited about this role, but don’t meet every requirement, that’s okay— we would still encourage you to apply! When you apply, let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make during the interview process. All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality. As part of our WGEA and Innovate RAP commitments, Beyond Blue is committed to fostering and preserving a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. We aim to grow and thrive as a diverse team with individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression, and talents. In recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of stage in life, education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, ability, sexual orientation, opinions and beliefs. Culture & Values Our values are the unseen drivers of our behaviours and ultimately become the organisational culture. We're focused We're brave We rise Together How to apply To apply, a pplications should include a current CV with a cover letter that addresses how your qualifications, skills and experience would be attributes to the position and why you would consider yourself to be a cultural addition to Beyond Blue . For detailed information about this position including the closing date, please refer to the position description on our careers page ( c andidates who are viewing from a job board such as SEEK or LinkedIn, please refer to our careers page on our website). Preferred candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening, including a National Police Check and where required, a Working with Children Check. This job advertisement is open until Monday, 30 June 2025 12:00pm. We encourage early applications as interviews may commence before the closing date.
