The Centre for Humanitarian Leadership (CHL) is an award-winning partnership between Save the Children Australia and Deakin University. Established in 2011 as an innovative combination of academic rigour and humanitarian practice, CHL supports crisis and humanitarian leaders in more than 90 countries with accredited and non-accredited academic courses in multiple languages. CHL champions humanitarian action that centres the agency of affected communities, respects diverse perspectives, elevates local actors, and furthers social justice.

A place to make a difference:

In this full-time permanent role, you’ll work as a part of our CHL team in Melbourne to help us create lasting change for children everywhere.

The Communications Manager ensures CHL’s marketing, events and communications are strategic, timely and influential, driving the Centre’s mission to strengthen humanitarian leadership and amplify diverse local voices. They will lead the Communications Strategy and collaborate closely with Save the Children, Deakin University and partner teams to reach key audiences and elevate CHL’s research, programs and impact.

You will make a difference by:

• Leading strategic marketing, communications and partnerships by shaping CHL’s visibility, messaging and stakeholder engagement across partner organisations.
• Producing and overseeing high‑quality content, publications and promotional materials, ensuring alignment with CHL’s strategy, programs and brand.
• Driving media engagement and thought‑leadership opportunities, translating research and advocacy into accessible, influential public‑facing outputs.
• Planning, promoting and supporting delivery of major conferences and events, collaborating with internal teams and ensuring compliance with relevant procedures and processes.
• Overseeing CHL’s digital presence—including social media and website management—using analytics, content planning and capability‑building to strengthen reach and impact.
• Managing brand governance, reporting, workflows and supplier relationships while supporting continuous improvement in CHL’s communications and marketing practices.

A place to feel valued:

Your deep expertise in developing and delivering communications strategies, campaigns and high‑quality written content will be invaluable.

Ideally, you will be:

• Experienced in developing and delivering communications strategies, campaigns and high‑quality written content.
• Skilled in managing WordPress websites and producing engaging social media content across multiple platforms.
• Having a strong background in brand management and ensuring consistency across digital and print channels.
• Having proven capability in planning and executing major events, including webinars, seminars and conferences.
• A highly organised, detail‑focused professional with strong humanitarian sector awareness and excellent time‑management skills.

In addition, video editing and experience in Adobe Creative Suite or other design software such as Canva is highly desirable.

A place to belong:

We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

• Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
• Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We have a highly inclusive culture and diverse workforce reflecting the communities we serve, allowing you to bring your whole self to work (if that’s what you want!).
• $105k - $116k base salary (equivalent to Deakin HEW 7 banding) + full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you’re able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

Applications close COB, Thursday 19^th February 2026.

Position Description – Communications Manager - CHL

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia & the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia & the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Save the Children Australia & the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact people.culture@savethechildren.org.au for further support.