Benefits of working with MSFA
- Flexible & hybrid working arrangements
- Salary packaging plus benefits & allowances
- Annual salary review
- Personal training budget & LinkedIn learning licence
- Amazing culture & career development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Additional leave & purchased leave options
- Meditation wellness classes
- Monthly afternoons off! And
- The opportunity to contribute to MSF’s medical humanitarian purpose
Responsibilities of your role
Reporting to the Managing Editor, this highly visible role is accountable for the planning and end-to-end production of our quarterly donor magazine and the annual report, as well as contributing campaign content for MSF Australia and New Zealand.
With the overall objective of communicating MSF’s medical humanitarian action to audiences across Australia and New Zealand and within the MSF movement, this coordinator role will focus on increasing engagement and trust with supporters to strengthen our advocacy, awareness, fundraising, and recruitment work so we can continue to deliver high quality care to people who need it most.
You will collaborate closely with the Fundraising, Digital, Programs and Medical teams and network internationally with editors and comms departments across the MSF movement.
What you will bring
As a creative communications professional with production skills and a passion for writing original content, you are recognised for your integrity and your talent for identifying story angles and your ability to speak out sensitively about complex and confronting topics.
You will be motivated by supporting MSF’s mission of providing medical humanitarian aid and ideally can demonstrate:
- Magazine, newspaper, print publication experience or understanding of production processes
- Qualifications and experience in communications, journalism, or a related field, preferably within non-profits
- Excellent organisation and time management skills
- Outstanding written and verbal communication and editing skills
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to liaise with a broad range of stakeholders
- Project management experience will be well regarded.
Applications
Select the ‘Apply’ button below and upload your resume including a link to recent examples of your published writing and a cover letter briefly addressing the selection criteria.
Applications will be reviewed on receipt with the ideal candidate to be appointed this year and starting in Jan 2025.
For more information, see the Job Description or contact the MSFA Talent Acquisition team with any questions MSFAOfficeRecruitment@sydney.msf.org
At MSF Australia, we believe the following five values form the foundations of our culture – Transparency, Respect, Understanding of Diversity, Stepping In and CollaboraTion.
We value T.R.U.S.T as an essential element to how we operate and believe that these organisation values flow from this trust that we build.
MSF Australia is committed to developing diversity, equity and inclusion in our workplace and fostering a culture of belonging for all our staff. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us better achieve our social mission of providing aid without agenda. We strongly encourage First Nations peoples, people from LGBTQIA+ communities, people from diverse cultures and language groups, and people who live with a disability to apply. We invite all requests for a reasonable adjustment to the recruitment process if this will support your application. For more information, please call or email MSFA Human Resources on +61 2 8570 2609 MSFAOfficeRecruitment@sydney.msf.org
MSF Australia has a Child Protection Policy and COVID-19 vaccination policy in place, all employees are required to comply with these policies.
In support of the Child Protection Policy, a criminal background check will be required during the recruitment process for selected candidates. A criminal record will not automatically preclude anyone from the position they have been selected for.
