Director- Strategic Communications

About Us

HumanAbility is a Jobs and Skills Council for the health human services aged care and disability sport & recreation and early childhood industries.

HumanAbilitys objective is to advance education by supporting skills and workforce development for the above specified industries. It is a values-based organisation that is not-for-profit industry-owned and led that is contracted by the federal government.

HumanAbility will achieve its objectives through:

Implementation of the Jobs & Skills Councils Strengthening Australias National Vocational Education and Training System program or its replacement program and similar programs supported by governments and/or industry;

Workforce planning activities that develop strategies to address workforce challenges using high-quality data and evidence on current and emerging skills needs (in collaboration with Jobs and Skills Australia) associated with a range of educational pathways including vocational education and training (VET) and higher education;

Formal and informal training product development including resources aligned with standards set by Skills Ministers to improve the quality speed-to-market and responsiveness of nationally recognised training products;

Contributions to the implementation promotion and monitoring of VET; and

Industry stewardship to advance education by acting as a source of intelligence on issues affecting relevant industries and national training system opportunities.

For further information please see the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations factsheet on the role of JSCs in industry engagement reforms.

We have an opportunity for Director Strategic Communications to lead our organisations communications marketing and media strategy. This full-time ongoing role (subject to funding currently through mid-2028) can be based anywhere in Australia and will involve regular travel for meetings workshops and industry events.

About the Position

Reporting at a senior level you will shape and deliver strategic communications that support our Strategic and Operational Plans strengthen our brand presence and drive engagement across a diverse range of stakeholders. You will lead the delivery of clear impactful messaging on complex policy and strategy issues contributing to thought leadership and the stewardship of industry knowledge.

This role provides strategic leadership to a multi-disciplinary team and works collaboratively across the organisation to build capability measure impact and deliver outcomes. You will be accountable for performance against key indicators and for reporting outcomes to the Board and Government.

Key Accountabilities

Strategic Communications

Provide strategic leadership for communications across HumanAbility ensuring alignment with organisational goals brand positioning and stakeholder needs.

Partner with the Executive to develop and deliver an integrated brand and communications strategy.

Lead the development of clear compelling messaging that translates complex policy workforce insights and reports into engaging narratives across multiple channels.

Oversee multi-channel communications including media digital social publications speeches campaigns and marketing collateral ensuring quality consistency and impact.

Build and protect HumanAbilitys reputation through proactive media engagement stakeholder communications and targeted campaigns.

Ensure communications are inclusive accessible and reflect the diversity of audiences including people with disability.

Manage communications risk and ensure messaging aligns with HumanAbilitys purpose values and policy context.

Measure evaluate and report on communications performance and outcomes to Executive Board and Government.

People Leadership

Lead and develop a high-performing communications team fostering accountability capability wellbeing and a strong values-led culture.

Manage performance and delivery across internal teams and external providers ensuring high-quality outputs aligned to organisational priorities.

Collaborate effectively across the organisation and represent HumanAbility internallyand externally as a senior leader.

Other: Observe and follow work health safety and wellbeing policies and guidelines in addition to all other HumanAbility policies and guides.

Other Information

There may be times when it is required to work outside normal business hours i.e. evenings and weekends to meet operational and/or stakeholder requirements and dependant on work deliverables the role may be required to undertake travel.

We operate a hybrid working model. While flexibility is supported the balance of office-based work in-person attendance at meetings events etc and remote work will vary depending on role location and business needs.

Interested

We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every single criterion. We value diverse experiences and perspectives and your unique skills could be a great fit for our team.

We operate a hybrid working model. While flexibility is supported the balance of office-based work in-person attendance at meetings events etc and remote work will vary depending on role location and business needs.

Click on Apply button to submit your cover letter and cv. Applications will be reviewed as they are received we encourage you to apply without delay. If you have any questions about this role please contact our P&C team confidentially on