Senior Manager, Statewide Campaigns and Communications

Children's Hospital Foundation; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid work arrangements

Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax‑sue

Annual leave increase: 3 extra days

Corporate healthcare plan

Parental leave and return-to-work aid

Professional development fund

Counselling and wellbeing support

Supervision with a psychologist

Wellness initiatives

Modern office in Southbank

Job summary

Children's Hospital Foundation seeks a Senior Manager, Statewide Campaigns and Communications to lead the statewide Care Closer to Home program and deliver major fundraising announcements. The role supports governance, coordinates ministerial visits and media, and oversees agencies to ensure timely, on-budget delivery.

Based in South Brisbane, the role requires collaboration with hospitals, government partners, and regional teams and may involve travel within Queensland.

Qualifications

• Minimum six years’ experience in senior campaigns, communications, public affairs, media or fundraising.
• Experience delivering integrated fundraising, marketing, communications or PR campaigns.
• Proven ability to manage government engagement, media opportunities and announcements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills tailored for diverse audiences.
• Knowledge of fundraising legislation and charitable giving practices.
• Willingness to travel within Queensland.

Responsibilities

• Lead the statewide Care Closer to Home program, including funding announcements and the Statewide Giving Day.
• Coordinate government administration, ministerial visits, and related media activity.
• Oversee fundraising agency and PR agency relationships, ensuring deadlines and budgets are met.
• Build trusted relationships with hospitals, hospital foundations and regional partners.

Skills

Collaborative communicator

Highly organised

Political awareness

Relationship management

Project management

Education

Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline

Job description

About Us

Children's Hospital Foundation funds cutting-edge equipment, vital research and on the ground support for kids with all illnesses, injuries and conditions, throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales. We identify and action gaps in funding and support right across the kids’ health landscape – the places left lacking but no less deserving.

Care Closer to Home

Every child deserves access to high-quality healthcare, regardless of where they live. Across Queensland, too many children and families face significant barriers to accessing the care they need, with distance, travel, cost and geography all impacting health outcomes and placing additional pressure on families during some of the most challenging times in their lives.

Through our new statewide Care Closer to Home initiative, the Children's Hospital Foundation is working alongside Hospital and Health Services, communities, regional hospital foundations and other partners to support locally led solutions that strengthen paediatric healthcare across Queensland. Built on partnership, listening and shared responsibility, this initiative will invest in local priorities, build strong regional relationships and mobilise new funding so more children can receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

The role

The Senior Manager, Statewide Campaigns and Communications is the accountable lead for the delivery of the Children's Hospital Foundation’s Care Closer to Home statewide program, including the statewide funding announcements and the inaugural Statewide Giving Day in 2027.

The role supports the Chief Growth Officer with government administration and the coordination of ministerial and Member of Parliament visits, announcements and associated media. It manages the Foundation’s fundraising agency, Donor Republic, and its PR agency, and is responsible for ensuring every deadline and deliverable across the program is met on time and within budget. Working in partnership with hospitals and hospital foundations across Queensland, the role builds the relationships, trust and shared ownership that the statewide program depends on.

is a full time, 12 month fixed term role, with the possibility of extension, and is based at our corporate offices in South Brisbane.

Who are you?

• You are a confident, collaborative communicator who can bring people together around a shared purpose and build trust across diverse stakeholder groups.
• You are highly organised and calm under pressure, with the ability to manage multiple moving parts, tight timeframes and competing priorities without losing sight of the detail.
• You bring sound judgement, discretion and political awareness, particularly when working with government, media, health partners and regional communities.
• You are outcomes focused, proactive and comfortable taking ownership of complex work, while working generously and constructively with others to achieve shared results.

Key criteria

To be successful in this role, you will possess the following:

• Tertiary qualification in a relevant discipline.
• Minimum six years’ experience in senior campaigns, communications, public affairs, media or fundraising roles, ideally in the not-for-profit, health or government sectors.
• Strong experience delivering integrated fundraising, marketing, communications or PR campaigns, from planning through to evaluation.
• Proven ability to manage government engagement, media opportunities and announcements, including briefings, visits, spokesperson preparation, pitching and regional media activity.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor compelling content for media, government, community, executive and board audiences.
• Strong understanding of the Queensland media landscape, with established media relationships highly regarded.
• Excellent project management skills, including the ability to manage complex workstreams, agencies, suppliers, budgets and deadlines.
• Strong relationship management skills, with experience working with regional communities, partner organisations, senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Sound judgement, discretion and political awareness, with knowledge of fundraising legislation and charitable giving practices.
• Willingness to travel within Queensland as required.

What is our difference?

When you join the team, you’re not just doing another ‘job’. You are playing your part, bringing about real change, creating the difference every kid deserves. Our team is passionate, inclusive, fun and caring. You will also be able to access a range of benefits and programs to help you be the best version of you, including:

• Flexible and hybrid approach to work arrangements
• Attractive salary packaging options - up to $15,900 tax-free per year
• Additional annual leave - Three days for you to use how you like
• Corporate healthcare plan - providing discounted health insurance for you and your family
• Paid parental leave and return to work allowance, in addition to the paid parental leave from the Government
• Professional development fund - we believe in investing in your future
• Free, confidential counselling and wellbeing support for you and your family
• Professional supervision with a psychologist
• Annual wellness initiatives
• Modern, open plan office in Southbank

Applications close COB Tuesday 3 November 2026, however, they will be reviewed during this time.

Please Note:

• If you require any adjustments to submit your application, please get in touch with us at [e-mail].
• We welcome and actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people living with a disability, the LGBTQI community, people with neurological differences, mature age workers, as well as parents and carers returning to the workforce.
• To be eligible for permanent employment within the Children’s Hospital Foundation you must be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident.
• The Children’s Hospital Foundation is committed to child safety. The Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 requires that people who work with children in certain categories of employment undergo the ‘working with children’ check. All Foundation employees must be eligible for a Blue Suitability Card, issued by the Department of Justice and Attorney-General. The issue and maintenance of a positive suitability notice is a requirement for continued employment at the Foundation.
• The Children’s Hospital Foundation is a child safe entity under the Child Safe Organisations Act 2024 (Qld) and is committed to meeting its obligations under the Child Safe Standards, the Universal Principle and the Reportable Conduct Scheme.