Communications Manager - Centre for Humanitarian Leadership

The Centre for Humanitarian Leadership (CHL) is an award-winning partnership between Save the Children Australia and Deakin University. Established in 2011 as an innovative combination of academic rigour and humanitarian practice, CHL supports crisis and humanitarian leaders in more than 90 countries with accredited and non-accredited academic courses in multiple languages. CHL champions humanitarian action that centres the agency of affected communities, respects diverse perspectives, elevates local actors, and furthers social justice.

A place to make a difference:

In this full-time permanent role, you’ll work as a part of our CHL team in Melbourne to help us create lasting change for children everywhere.

The Communications Manager ensures CHL’s marketing, events and communications are strategic, timely and influential, driving the Centre’s mission to strengthen humanitarian leadership and amplify diverse local voices. They will lead the Communications Strategy and collaborate closely with Save the Children, Deakin University and partner teams to reach key audiences and elevate CHL’s research, programs and impact.

You will make a difference by:

A place to feel valued:

Your deep expertise in developing and delivering communications strategies, campaigns and high‑quality written content will be invaluable.

Ideally, you will be:

In addition, video editing and experience in Adobe Creative Suite or other design software such as Canva is highly desirable.

A place to belong:

We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We’d love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply.

Applications close COB, Thursday 19th February 2026.

Position Description – Communications Manager - CHL

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn’t quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at people.culture@savethechildren.org.au. We’re dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia & the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership is a place where everyone can feel supported – no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia & the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.

Save the Children Australia & the Centre for Humanitarian Leadership is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact people.culture@savethechildren.org.au for further support.