Strategic Communications and Engagement Manager

Here is your opportunity to help a rapidly scaling, mission-driven organisation turn complex research and innovation into influence, investment and impact. Hope & Glory is delighted to be assisting our client with this appointment.

About the organisation

Our client is an ambitious not-for-profit working across research, health, government, philanthropy and industry, informed by lived experience. It is growing rapidly and challenging established approaches to improve outcomes in its field.

With a national remit and a complex network of stakeholders, it brings people and expertise together to advance research and translate innovation into practical impact. You'll join a credible, mission-driven organisation with a start-up mindset, where new ideas can shape how it works and what it achieves.

The opportunity

Reporting to the CEO, you'll shape the organisation's voice, profile and influence as it grows. The focus is on engaging organisations and decision-makers through strategic positioning, thought leadership, advocacy and partnership development.

You'll bring forward opportunities, build new approaches and deliver the work yourself. That means developing a clear strategy, finding compelling stories in complex research and helping turn them into stronger relationships, support and investment.

Your responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

- Developing a communications and engagement strategy that supports growth, national leadership and measurable outcomes
- Building a proactive PR program that turns research funding, partnerships and lived-experience stories into credible media opportunities, building awareness,



influence and demonstrable value for funders and partners
- Translating complex research and innovation into credible messages that show why the work matters to partners, funders and decision-makers
- Building thought leadership and advocacy through proactive media engagement, speeches and stakeholder communications
- Identifying opportunities to develop strategic partnerships and bring influential stakeholders together around shared priorities
- Advising the CEO and preparing spokespeople to communicate confidently on complex or sensitive issues
- Testing new tools, technology and channels to improve delivery and extend the organisation’s reach
- Guiding a part-time digital content colleague while remaining hands-on with writing, content and delivery.

About the organisation

Our client is an ambitious not-for-profit working across research, health, government, philanthropy and industry, informed by lived experience. It is growing rapidly and challenging established approaches to improve outcomes in its field.

With a national remit and a complex network of stakeholders, it brings people and expertise together to advance research and translate innovation into practical impact. You'll join a credible, mission-driven organisation with a start-up mindset, where current ideas can shape how it works and what it achieves.

The opportunity





Reporting to the CEO, you'll shape the organisation's voice, profile and influence as it grows. The focus is on engaging organisations and decision-makers through strategic positioning, thought leadership, advocacy and partnership development.

You'll bring forward opportunities, build new approaches and deliver the work yourself. That means developing a clear strategy, finding compelling stories in complex research and helping turn them into stronger relationships, support and investment.

Your responsibilities will include (but not be limited to):

- Developing a communications and engagement strategy that supports growth, national leadership and measurable outcomes
- Building a proactive PR program that turns research funding, partnerships and lived-experience stories into credible media opportunities, building awareness, influence and demonstrable value for funders and partners
- Translating complex research and innovation into credible messages that show why the work matters to partners, funders and decision-makers
- Building thought leadership and advocacy through proactive media engagement, speeches and stakeholder communications
- Identifying opportunities to develop strategic partnerships and bring influential stakeholders together around shared priorities
- Advising the CEO and preparing spokespeople to communicate confidently on complex or sensitive issues
- Testing new tools, technology and channels to improve delivery and extend the organisation’s reach
- Guiding a part-time digital content colleague while remaining hands-on with writing, content and delivery.

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📌 Strategic Communications and Engagement Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 Hope & Glory
📍 Melbourne