Marketing and Engagement Officer

• Bring energy and influence to schools events and community engagement
• Thrive in a hands-on fast-paced role with real impact on young people
• Join a collaborative team that empowers creativity and connection

The role

• Full Time Fixed Term (until January 2027)
• Level 6 - $92025 to $99538 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
• Port Macquarie campus

You will build and nurture strong relationships both internally and externally. Your focus will be on engaging and marketing to domestic students and their influencers to showcase the benefits of studying at Charles Sturt University.

About you

• A passion for connecting with potential students to guide them towards a rewarding educational journey.
• Experience in the delivery of engagement activities including planning promotion implementation and reporting.
• Demonstrated experience in applying marketing promotion and/or business development methodologies.
• High level verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders.

The appointment is also conditional upon the successful applicant producing satisfying and maintaining a Working with Children Check in accordance with the Commission for Children and Young People Act (NSW).

About us

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phraseyindyamarra winhanganhameans the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge but it also speaks to the mission of universities to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology we thrive as a distributed yet connected community welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

The Division of Customer Experience is responsible for finding engaging and admitting future students to Charles Sturt University through brand awareness and marketing campaigns student recruitment activities and events and admission and conversion processes. Our teams work closely with the Office of Planning and Analytics Division of Student Success Office of Engagement and Enterprise and Division of Student Experience to create a seamless end-to-end customer journey.

Visit our website to learn about our great range of employee benefits.

Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people carers people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds people with disability neurodivergent people and people of all age groups genders and sexualities for all roles.

To apply

Click the Apply button and complete your application online submit a statement of suitability demonstrating your skills knowledge and/or experience relevant to the position (referencing the selection criteria in the position description) and upload your CV. If you experience difficulties applying online or for further information on completing the application process please visit our how to apply page or contact us.

This position is available as a fixed term appointment or for eligible employees as a secondment.

To be eligible for a secondment you must have completed probation. We encourage you to make your current manager aware before applying for a secondment opportunity.

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Further information

Additional information is available in theposition description or by contacting:

Sarah Stevenson Manager Future Student Marketing and Engagement

Closing Date: 11pm 21 January 2026