About Orange Sky

Orange Sky exists to support our friends in Australia and Aotearoa who are facing challenges in their lives, including homelessness, financial hardship, limited access to laundry facilities or temporary displacement due to a natural disaster. We are committed to being there when it’s needed most, offering free laundry services, warm showers and friendly chats with our volunteers.

Our Marketing

Team brings this mission to life by sharing powerful stories, building awareness, and inviting others to be part of the journey. Through creativity and connection, they help grow our community of supporters and ensure our mission to positively connect communities continues to shine.

The Role

This position is perfect for an enthusiastic, purpose driven communicator looking to make a genuine impact. This full-time, permanent role reports to our Marketing and Communications Specialist and is dedicated to supporting, informing, and inspiring our community across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. In a dynamic role where clear, strategic messaging is key, your primary focus will be crafting and delivering engagement tactics for our most vital audiences; volunteers, friends and service partners.

You will bring Orange Sky’s mission and brand tone of voice to life, turning updates, operational news and major campaigns into meaningful connections with some of our most important community members.

This role will

Connect and champion our community

You’ll shape and share engaging operational communications, from inspiring newsletters to urgent crisis updates, tailored for our volunteers and partners across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Working closely with internal teams, you’ll ensure localised stories shine while keeping our mission and values front and centre.

Bring campaigns to life

You’ll immerse yourself in Orange Sky’s brand and tone of voice to craft impactful messaging for major projects, service launches, and key awareness events. Your adaptable style and stakeholder management will turn strategy into well executed and impactful campaigns.

Support systems, brand, and reporting

Navigating communication platforms (like Campaign Monitor) will be second nature as you manage data, uphold best practice, and deliver insightful reporting. You’ll champion brand integrity, assist with process improvements, and provide essential admin support to keep operations running smoothly.

What you bring to the table

- The experience: 1–2 years in a marketing or communications role,



or looking for your first role post university with a degree in Business, Marketing, Communications, or Journalism (industry experience is a huge plus!)
- Stakeholder engagement skills: A natural ability to build warm, meaningful relationships and engage directly with diverse groups from our incredible volunteers to service partners and friends.

- Strategic & tactical comms mindset: Excellent written and verbal skills with a talent for adapting tone of voice to suit different audiences and strategic goals.
- Tech & tool adaptability: Familiarity with email marketing tools, project management platforms and design tools like Canva.
- Growth mindset & willingness to learn: Relevant skills are needed, but we believe openness to feedback and eagerness to learn are what count most vital for this role.

- The mindset: A proactive team player who thrives in a collaborative environment and brings genuine energy, empathy, and passion for Orange Sky's mission.

Convinced this is the role for you? Tick some boxes!

We're looking for someone who is proactive, eager to connect with our unique audiences and confident drafting communications across a range of channels and occasions. You will have 1-2 years experience in communications or marketing, with a great eye for detail. Not-for-profit experience is great, but not essential.

Why Join Orange Sky?

At Orange Sky, we want every person to be "Better for Being Orange" that includes our volunteers, friends, supporters, and employees. Joining our team means working alongside a passionate, high-performing group of people dedicated to our mission of Positively Connecting Communities.

We offer an inclusive, modern, and flexible environment where your well-being, life circumstances, and personal growth are genuinely supported through our industry-leading benefits, including:

- Universal Paid Parental Leave: Equal access for all parents (no distinction between primary and secondary carers), providing up to 12 weeks paid leave plus superannuation and a tailored return-to-work program.

Flexible & Modern Leave Options:
- Personal & Wellbeing Leave: Wide coverage of leave incorporating reproductive health, mental health, and extended personal care.
- Cultural & Versatile Public Holidays:



Option to substitute public holidays for another day that works best for you as well as the ability to swap a cultural or religious public holiday for observance of a day that is more in line with your beliefs.
- Inclusive Compassionate Leave: Includes close family members, family friends, pregnancy-related loss, and pets.
- Community Services Leave: Paid leave for emergency response volunteering and full support for jury duty.
- Annual Leave Flexibility: Options to cash out leave or convert interrupted annual leave to personal/compassionate leave.
- Competitive Remuneration & Perks: Attractive base salary plus non-profit salary packaging (up to $15,900 tax-free per year); paid-out rewards scheme; travel allowance; Orange Sky public holiday and additional gifted leave for high performance.
- Culture, Flexibility & Balance: Flexible working arrangements and dog-friendly offices - bring your furry best mate to work!
- Health & Wellbeing Support: Fitness Passport (discounted gym memberships) for you and your family; dedicated wellness initiatives; and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Growth & Development: Personal and professional growth pathways (My Career Pathway) with dedicated professional development funding.
- Recognised Diversity Leader: Orange Sky Australia is proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer by Diversity Council Australia (DCA).
- Purpose: The warm fuzzies that come from doing work that truly matters every single day.

(Note for Aotearoa NZ job postings: Specific NZ leave terms will align with local legislation.)

We are committed to facilitating a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodations, we welcome you to let us know so we can work with you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.

We are committed to facilitating a barrier-free recruitment process and work environment. If you require any accommodations, we welcome you to let us know so we can work with you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a standard background and criminal record check prior to commencement that will be assessed on case by case basis.

Sound Interesting?

Read the Position Description here or using the link below for more information https://docs.google.com/document/d/1viL5RFE0Noo39iCOVQcoU9Um-RnVVQLRwgxoXgJ0uBU/edit?usp=sharing

Please contact Emma from the People & Engagement Team if you have any further questions at [email protected]

📌 Communications Support Officer (Stafford)
🏢 Orange Sky
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