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Issues-based Campaigns Advisor – Electorate Officers Grade 2
Position: Issues-Based Campaigns Advisor
Classification: Electorate Officers Grade 2 $85,973
Employment Type: Full-time
Location: Office of Ellen Sandell MP (Leader of the Victorian Greens)
About The Role
The Victorian Greens are looking for someone to help us run our issues-based advocacy program across our offices from now until November. This is a unique opportunity to shape how we communicate, mobilise and win on the issues that matter to Victorians.
Based in the Offices of Leader Ellen Sandell MP and Deputy Leader Sarah Mansfield, you will work across both MP offices (0.5 FTE in each office) — to plan and deliver a program of issues-based campaigns and advocacy to ensure we are smart, consistent and impactful. Essentially we need someone who can step in and add extra support to our teams wherever it’s needed, so you’ll need to be flexible, good to work with, helpful, and love moving between different tasks.
Over the next eight months, we will roll out a series of issues-based advocacy plans -— including running events, communications and tactics to elevate the issues of housing affordability and renters' rights, climate change, economic justice, and the vital importance of public services. We need someone who can help us run all aspects of this plan and jump in to fill gaps where needed.
This role is for someone who thrives being involved in big-picture strategy while also rolling up their sleeves to deliver specific tactics. You might be facilitating a meeting with other staff to write a plan in the morning, filming a social media clip in the afternoon, and coordinating volunteers for a community event that evening. You will be comfortable with all of it.
We use a wide and varied mix of tactics to bring these plans to life: online petitions, social media content, creative video, commissioning reports from the Parliamentary Budget Office, running stalls, delivering leaflets, running doorknocking ‘days of action’, community forums, creative in-person events, and much more. We're always looking for fresh and inventive ways to reach people and make our message land with our target audience.
This is an 8-month role to add additional capacity to our team in the short term, starting from now until the end of November 2026.
Key Responsibilities
Planning, Strategy & Leadership
- Support the rollout of the Victorian Greens' issues-based advocacy program, working with MPs offices and their staff to deliver events and tactics
- Planning: you will develop plans for key issues, including objectives, target audiences, messaging, tactics and timelines
- Provide support for staff across our MP offices, helping them to design and deliver effective local campaigns
- Identify opportunities to amplify our message across multiple electorates and offices and coordinate joined-up action
Organising Across MP Offices
- Build strong working relationships with electorate staff across our offices
- Provide guidance, support and inspiration to staff who are juggling issue-based advocacy work alongside their other responsibilities
Hands-On Delivery
- Plan and run community events, forums, actions and other on-ground activities
- Create and post social media content, including video, graphics and copy — from production through to publishing and boosting
- Manage paid social media advertising, including audience targeting, budget management and performance monitoring
- Write and produce materials including leaflets, letters, petitions and email communications
- Coordinate print production and logistics for physical materials
- Set up and manage online petitions, sign-up forms and landing pages
- Respond quickly to emerging issues and opportunities, adapting tactics in real time
- Jump in to fill gaps where needed
What We're Looking For
Essential
- Proven experience running issues-based campaigns in an NGO, political party, MP office or community organisation — you know what it takes to build and sustain a campaign from the ground up to reach a specific target audience
- Strong project management skills — you can plan, prioritise and execute across multiple workstreams simultaneously, keeping things moving even when circumstances change
- Ability to work at pace in a fast-moving, reactive environment — you stay calm under pressure and know how to make quick, good decisions
- Collaborative leadership style — you're skilled at bringing together people with competing priorities, building buy-in and inspiring others to contribute to a shared goal
- Hands-on approach — you're as comfortable writing a leaflet or filming a social media video as you are presenting a strategy or facilitating a meeting
- Strong written communication skills, including the ability to write compelling copy for different audiences and formats
- Digital skills, including social media content creation, paid advertising and online organising tools
- Creativity and creative confidence — you generate interesting, fresh ideas and can facilitate creative brainstorming and design with small teams, helping groups move from a blank page to a compelling concept
Highly Regarded
• Experience working across multiple teams or sites simultaneously
• Experience with electoral or parliamentary environments
• Familiarity with video production and editing for social media
• Knowledge of Victorian politics and Greens policy priorities
• Experience managing volunteers or community groups
About the Victorian Greens
The Victorian Greens are a growing political force in Victoria, with seven Members of Parliament working to create a fairer, greener and more democratic state. We believe in bold action on climate change, protecting the environment, building a fair economy and strengthening our democracy.
We're a values-driven organisation that takes our people seriously. We offer a supportive, flexible and collaborative workplace where you can do meaningful work that makes a real difference.
How to Apply
To apply, please submit:
- A short (1 page maximum) cover letter that tells us a bit about why your experience is relevant to this role
- Your current CV (2 pages maximum)
Applications should be sent to the Office of Ellen Sandell MP ellen.sandell@parliament.vic.gov.au as soon as possible, by 30th of March
We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, including First Nations people, people of colour, LGBTIQ+ people, people with disability, and people from working class backgrounds.