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Are you passionate about people and the planet and have a knack for all things social media? We are looking for a video and social media expert to support Sarah Mansfield MP, Deputy Leader of the Victorian Greens.
Job description
- Job status: 3 - 5 days casual, with some evening and weekend work as required
- Location: Flexible, but some travel to Geelong office and sites around Western Victoria region required
- Position begins: ASAP
- Position ends: 28th November 2026
- Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis so please apply ASAP
Who we are
Sarah Mansfield is the Victorian Greens first regional MP, elected to represent the region of Western Victoria at the 2022 state election. Sarah is the deputy leader of the Victorian Greens, and the spokesperson for Water, Health, Mental Health, Planning, Local Government, Agriculture & Regional and Rural Communities. Our office team is small, collaborative, nimble and strategic. We are innovative and driven to achieve good results for our community, intersecting with the big issues we care about, like climate change, housing, healthy communities and better outcomes for our regions. Positive attitudes, good organisation skills, and great attention to detail helps us succeed.
Who you are
You are passionate about Greens’ values of social justice, peace and environmental sustainability. You are organised, driven, reliable, efficient, flexible, innovative, enthusiastic and have the ability to work independently as well as part of a small, fast moving team. You have the ability to liaise with a diverse range of people and personalities and establish and maintain positive relationships. You have an ability to maintain strict confidence on all issues associated with your duties and exercise sound judgement.
About this role
You will work in a small but mighty team, reporting to Sarah Mansfield MP.
You will manage and grow Sarah’s online presence and engagement with people in Western Victoria by creating great video and static content.
Flexible work arrangements can be negotiated for the right candidate, including working from home and parliament.
There will be the expectation to travel to Geelong for filming and content production days with Sarah at least once a month or more as permitted between parliament sitting blocks.
During sitting weeks electorate office staff typically work at least some days from parliament.
Because of the flexibility of the role, and since Sarah will often be away from the office for parliamentary or electorate engagements, you will be required to be self-motivated and a good communicator.
You will be responsible for:
- Filming, scripting, editing and producing engaging high-production video and static content for Sarah regarding core community issues.
- Managing the day-to-day social media presence of Sarah Mansfield MP across key platforms including meta and YouTube, and grow engagement with supporters in her electorate across these platforms through organic and paid video content.
- Planning and coordinating filming and content production days with Sarah in Geelong during non-sitting periods (with the expectation that a minimum of 1 full working day is spent in Geelong every month).
- Attending comms team meetings with other Greens’ MPs offices, and contribute openly and creatively to digital storytelling work.
Selection criteria
We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have all of the relevant skills. We’re looking for someone organised and thorough and with passion for our movement, which we prioritise over formal education or qualifications.
We’re committed to diversity and supporting the right person to thrive in this role. For a confidential conversation about this role or the recruitment process, please contact Jasper Lees - jasper.lees2@parliament.vic.gov.au.
Key selection criteria
1. Values alignment: Commitment to the Greens core values - ecological sustainability, grassroots participatory democracy, social justice and peace and non-violence.
2. Strong content creation skills: You can script, film, edit and produce engaging video content, and have the ability to get content up quickly when required to respond to time-sensitive issues. Experience creating attention-grabbing static content is highly desirable.
3. Experience running social media accounts and a proven track record of sustained engagement and follower growth, including an understanding of trends and how to adapt them for a member of parliament.
4. Strong understanding of social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok, Youtube and Bluesky.
5. Strong communication skills: You’ll be able to distill complex political and policy ideas into engaging comms that meet people where they’re at.
6. Substantial experience with editing software: including Canva and Capcut.
Bonus points for
- Experience working in political, not-for-profit, or values-adjacent organisations.
- Experience with Adobe Suite.
- Lived experience or connections to First Nations justice, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ justice, disability justice or gendered justice movements.
- A connection to or good understanding of the Western Victoria Region.
Please submit your resume, portfolio and a cover letter briefly addressing the key selection criteria, to: Jasper Lees at Jasper.lees2@parliament.vic.gov.au