Want to know if this job is worth applying to?
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Onsite
About the Role
When we tell you this job will make a difference, we mean it!
This newly created fixed-term position plays a key role in supporting the development and delivery of engaging content that strengthens relationships with donors, alumni and supporters while showcasing the impact of philanthropy at Flinders University.
Working across both Alumni and Advancement portfolios, you'll contribute to communications that support the University's ambitious vision and help bring major initiatives, including the Flinders HealthCARE Centre project, to life. Reporting to the Marketing & Communications Partner, Advancement, you'll create compelling stories and multimedia content that inspire support, build engagement and celebrate the achievements of our alumni and donor communities.
You'll have the opportunity to produce content across a diverse range of channels, including web, social media, email campaigns, publications, photography and video, while helping ensure our digital presence remains current, accessible and aligned with best-practice standards
Your Key Position Responsibilities include:
For a comprehensive list of Key Position Responsibilities, please view the Position Description
About You
You are a creative and versatile content specialist who enjoys transforming stories into engaging communications that connect with audiences and achieve meaningful outcomes.
With experience creating content across multiple channels, you combine exceptional writing and editing skills with a strong understanding of digital communications, audience engagement and multimedia production. You are highly organised, collaborative and able to manage competing priorities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:
Experience working within a higher education, membership, community or not-for-profit environment will be highly regarded.
About the Office of Alumni and Advancement
The Alumni and Advancement team exists to foster enduring relationships with alumni, community members, donors, and stakeholders, thereby enhancing Flinders University’s impact locally and globally. Through a whole-of-university approach, we champion a vibrant culture of philanthropy and engagement, securing vital financial support for students and pioneering research and adding value to our graduates’ lives at every stage of life. In alignment with the University’s overarching vision, the Alumni and Advancement team is dedicated to building a connected, supportive, and influential Flinders community.
Life at Flinders
We're transforming and investing in people and facilities to create contemporary, stimulating, and satisfying learning and work environments that reflect our core values of excellence, innovation, courage, and integrity. Flinders is refocusing its strategic priorities with the aim of elevating its performance to be a top ten Australian university, and amongst the top 1% in the world.
Reaching beyond the limits of buildings, borders, and backgrounds, ours is an inclusive culture that believes absolutely in equality and opportunity for all. We don't just accommodate differences; we embrace and celebrate them. So, why work at Flinders?
Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Indigenous Employment
Flinders University is proudly committed to our Reconciliation Action Plan and Indigenous Workforce Strategy and we strive to be a preferred employer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We are committed to progressing Indigenous advancement in education, research, employment, and wellbeing, and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples for all Flinders vacancies.
Prescribed Conditions for Employment
Flinders University is committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive environment, free from gender‑based violence. Appointment to this role is conditional on the completion of required pre‑employment checks and declarations, each of which must be satisfactory to the University.
This includes a Gender‑Based Violence declaration, in accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender‑Based Violence (2025), and a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration. Each case will be assessed on its individual merits and relevance to the inherent requirements of the role.
How to Apply and Information
Certification
Applications to be submitted before 10.00pm:
04 Nov 2026At Flinders we embrace and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, ethnicities, abilities, sexual orientations, and gender identities.
Flinders. Fearless.
.png?1742229531){kind=logo}