Publishing & Production Manager (parental leave cover from Jan 2027) Redfern, NSW, Australia

Parttime

Closes in 12 days

Location: The role will be based at our Redfern centre, with the opportunity to work from our Parramatta centre occasionally.

Term: Part time, 22.8 hours (three days) per week beginning around the 11th of January 2027. One of the three work days must be a Tuesday; the other two work days can be either a Monday, Wednesday or Thursday. The role is a parental leave cover, for 12 months, with a three month probation period.

Reports to:

Communications & Publishing Lead

Direct Reports:

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Salary:

Base salary of $54,337 per annum for this 0.6 FTE three day a week position (based on a full-time equivalent salary of $90,562 per annum) plus superannuation. Fringe benefit is available, providing up to an additional $15,900 per year tax free if eligible. For more information, click here .

ABOUT STORY FACTORY:

At Story Factory, we believe that stories can change lives. We focus on enriching the lives of young people in under-resourced communities through quality creative writing programs, improving their writing skills, increasing their confidence and expanding their future prospects. Reading is access but writing is agency.

Story Factory runs a wide variety of fun and engaging creative writing programs at primary and high schools across Sydney and Western Sydney, at our centres in Redfern and Parramatta, and digitally across Australia. We have also just opened a new centre in Bidwill, Mount Druitt in April 2026.

Since opening in 2012, our achievements include:

80,000+ student enrolments, with more than 10,000 enrolments in 2025;





15% of students are Indigenous and 49% are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds;

Recognition of our work with multiple awards, including a Secretary’s Award for Excellence in the 2018 Public Education Foundation Awards, and Executive Director and Co-founder Catherine Keenan AM being named the 2016 Australian of the Year Local Hero.

Six core values guide us and the work we do. They are:

Writing is agency

Creativity unleashes potential

Diversity makes us better

We have high expectations of ourselves and the young people we work with

We have heart, passion matters.

We are currently in the fourth year of a five-year strategy that will see us grow the reach and impact of our work. A key part of this was opening our new hub for our work in Bidwill, Mount Druitt in April 2026, to consolidate and deepen the work we’ve been doing in that area for many years.

If you would like further information visit: or read through the following documents (please note, you will not be expected to have read these for the interview).

To view the Theory of Change, click here.

To view the current strategic plan, click here .

To view the Story Factory Reconciliation Action Plan, click here .

To view the latest Annual Report, click here .

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

This is a fixed-term, part-time, three day a week parental leave cover role.



The Publishing and Production Manager (parental leave cover) manages the publication of stories by young people enrolled in Story Factory programs, in professionally published books, as well as digital formats. The role also manages the logistics of Special Projects, which are large-scale projects involving multiple schools and in partnership with other organisations and artists. Responsibilities for Special Projects include project management and managing the production of public outcomes such as books, exhibitions or performances. This role is closely aligned with our strategic goal of amplifying young people’s voices to wider audiences.

The Publishing and Production Manager (parental leave cover) will be based at our Redfern centre as this is where our bookshop is located, at least initially. But will have the option to work at our Parramatta centre occasionally.

Story Factory is a Child Safe Organisation. The successful applicant must undertake a Police Check and Working with Children Check prior to commencement. The Publishing & Production Manager will be expected to follow our Code of Conduct and Child-Safety Policy at all times, complete our child safety training, and be a role model for the Story Factory community in all matters of child safety.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manage the production of professionally published Story Factory anthologies, novellas and poetry chapbooks for our year-long poetry and novella programs.

Project manage end-to-end logistics of all book launch events (Special Projects and Year of the Novella (YoN) and Year of Poetry (YoP) from inception, delivery, and legacy. Ensure collaboration across the organisation,

📌 Publishing & Production Manager (parental leave cover from Jan 2027) (Sydney)
🏢 Story Factory
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