Engagement Coordinator

Engagement Coordinator 

If you’re passionate about government, policy, news and current affairs we want to talk to you! Fifty Acres is an award-winning engagement and communications agency that works with organisations and brands committed to making a positive impact.

We are looking for someone to join our team to coordinate our government engagement and relationship management.

Fifty Acres isn’t a traditional agency — we’re a virtual agency, operating remotely for 15 years with hubs in NSW, Canberra, Victoria, WA and Singapore. We’re proud to offer the flexibility to work remote from home, or from a coworking space.. We take pride in working on projects that we care passionately about, and ou’ll get opportunities to work on everything.

Qualifications and experience – to be successful in this role you should have:

• Qualifications or working towards qualifications in politics, public policy, international relations or other relevant areas. 
• Experience in public policy, policy writing, and campaigns or a very strong understanding of politics and current affairs.
• Previous experience in a state or federal MPs office as an electorate officer or junior adviser.
• Experience in project and/or client management. 
• A willingness to travel interstate if required and to work outside of standard hours.

Desirable but not essential:

• Experience in managing social media accounts
• Sound knowledge of Figma as well as government and media monitoring services
• A strong network or the ability to develop government contacts at federal and state level
• Great attention to detail

The role will involve:

• Supporting small and large accounts and project teams to ensure deliverables are met on time and budget.
• Calling the office of a member of parliament to arrange a meeting for clients
• Client event management
• Client onboarding and project management
• Liaising with our clients to facilitate meeting requests.
• Manage administration support, including preparing reports, presentations and data entry.
• Travel management for team.
• Setting up Zoom/Teams calls for our team and clients.
• Assisting with the development of government engagement strategies.
• Supporting relationships with clients and political stakeholders.
• Keeping across political and current affairs and the daily news cycle to assist clients.
• Supporting new business research and development.

Salary commensurate with experience. Please send your resume, examples of recent work and the names of two references to Jo Scard: jo@fiftyacres.com

Strictly no calls and only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.