Job description
KEY ROLE DETAILS
Location: Adelaide based, with regular travel to host and partner schools across metropolitan, regional and remote SA
Engagement: Up to four days a week (not Friday), with a view to full time if required.
Regular evenings and some weekends needed to support parent session events
Term: ASAP start **** to June ****
Remuneration: To be confirmed
About Wait Mate
Wait Mate is a national not for profit movement of people who believe childhood should be shaped by people, experiences and real world connection before smartphones.
By connecting parents and building safe, supportive communities, Wait Mate empowers parents and caregivers to wait as long as possible before giving their kids a smartphone, helping change what's considered normal.
Wait Mate SA is backed by the Departments for Education and will officially launch statewide in Term 3, ****, delivered through clustered school partnerships across metropolitan, regional and remote South Australia.
The role
This is a hands-on, on the ground role.
Through the pilot you'll work across five school partnerships, from promotion through to delivery on the night, turning what works into a repeatable event and building a marketing playbook that schools can run largely on their own.
From statewide rollout, you'll onboard current partnerships using that playbook, support presenter led event delivery, and own data capture from confirmed booking through to the termly government report.
You'll pick up broader coordination tasks as the program scales from pilot into the primary rollout,



and later the high school rollout from Term ******.
What you'll do
Build relationships with host and partner schools and tailor promotion to each school's context
Act as the on the ground event contact once a booking is confirmed, and support school organisers with a promotional toolkit
Manage day to day event logistics alongside the Program team
Monitor RSVPs and step in with reminder sequences where registrations lag
Build and maintain the event and marketing playbook, your central deliverable through the pilot
Own data capture for every session, recording RSVPs, attendance and session details within 48 hours
Flag risks and issues early and feed learnings back into the playbook as the program scales
Who we're looking for
The ideal candidate will have:
A background in events, marketing, communications, community engagement or program coordination, ideally with both an on the ground delivery element and a promotion or engagement element
Confidence with CRM systems, spreadsheets and basic reporting
Confidence with email and SMS platforms and basic analytics
Experience in or comfort with the education sector is a plus, as are local media, PR and community engagement skills
A genuine belief in the Wait Mate mission
An ability to stay calm under pressure
A willingness to work in a small, close-knit team
Confidence building relationships with principals, school staff, presenters and community contacts
A position description is attached.
We are reviewing applications on a rolling basis so we encourage you to apply sooner rather than later.

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