Modern office close to Burwood CBD with plenty of transport and food options available

Annual salary of $85,658.32 - $100,601.54 + 12% Superannuation

Access to flexible working arrangements and Flexi Time available

About us: Recently voted by TimeOut Magazine as the #1 Coolest Neighbourhood in Australia, Burwood is a diverse, creative, and connected community. Our community enjoys well designed public spaces, inclusive cultural events, intriguing laneways with impressive public art and an enviable restaurant and café scene.

At Burwood Council our people are our most important asset and central to achieving our exciting and ambitious Community Strategic Plan 2036.

Our team works across a fast-moving mix of events, projects and community stories, giving you plenty of scope to create work that gets noticed.

Your Position: Burwood Council is seeking a digitally fluent, hands-on content creator who can find the story and bring it to life – through video, photography and shape platform-ready copy.

You will create fast, engaging social content and provide real-time coverage of Council events and activities, while contributing to day-to-day media and communications. You will also lead our internal communications function.

You could move from filming and editing a reel to photographing an event, writing a newsletter or turning a complex Council project into clear, compelling content.

You understand what works on different platforms, capture clean footage and strong images, edit confidently, write accurately and stay across changing trends, formats, features and audience behaviours.





We want a self-starter who pitches ideas, asks smart questions, builds relationships, manages competing deadlines and follows through. You will be supported by an experienced team and trusted to make things happen.

If you are passionate about media, communications, and digital content, we would love to hear from you.

What you’ll bring:

A degree in communications, public relations, marketing, or a related discipline

Demonstrated ability to plan, film and edit high-quality short-form video, capture solid photography and create engaging, platform-specific social content.

Outstanding writing and verbal communication skills, with experience producing sharp, accurate copy for social media, websites, media releases, newsletters and speeches.

A proactive, can-do approach, sound judgement and the ability to build trusted relationships and deliver collaboratively in a fast-moving environment.

Proficient use of social media publishing and analytics tools and software as well as graphic design, photo and video editing tools such as Adobe Premiere Pro, CapCut and Canva (or comparable tools), plus strong knowledge of current trends, formats and platform best practice.





Flexibility to work outside regular office hours when required to attend Council events and provide media support.

A current Australian C Class Driver Licence

Willingness to complete a National Police History Check

Willingness to complete a pre-employment police and medical assessment

Access to flexible working arrangement options

Access to flexitime

Health and well-being initiatives including flu vaccinations, skin checks, wellbeing activities)

Access to Fitness Passport membership

Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Modern offices located close to Burwood Railway Station and part of a vibrant CBD

Enquiries: Further information regarding this role can be found in the Position Description or please contact Adrian Nesbitt, Manager, Marketing and Communications on 0414 321 407.

If you need assistance with your application, any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact Lauren Allcott, People & Culture Advisor on 02 9911 9***.

Closing date: Applications close on Sunday, 20 September at 11.59pm.

At BurwoodCouncil we celebrate diversity, value inclusion and welcome applicants from allbackgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We are committed to creating anenvironment where every member of our team feels respected, supported andinspired to contribute their unique skills and talents for a better Burwood.

In servingour community, we are also proud to be a child safe organisation.

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🏢 Careers at Council
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