We are hiring: Digital Campaigner

12 May 2025

WA Forest Alliance (WAFA) is seeking a Digital Campaigner to join our team. Ideally, the position is 0.8FTE but we are open to considering options with the right candidate(s).

WAFA is a small but highly effective organisation made up of passionate, hard-working and dynamic people who care deeply about the protection of Southwest native forests.

$77,333 – $84,463 per annum (pro rata) plus super

Applications close: 9:00 AM AWST, 26th May 2025

To apply please provide a CV and cover letter that addresses the selection criteria.

Please address applications and queries to Jess Boyce, Director – forests@wafa.org.au 

Responsibility

The Digital Campaigner will work collaboratively with the Director and WAFA staff team, but have these specific responsibilities

  • Generate, post and maintain content and engagement on social media, including videos and simple graphics
  • Communicate and engage supporters via digital communications platforms
  • Manage the supporter database
  • Produce a monthly e-newsletter
  • Maintain WAFA’s websites, publish blogs and ensure content is up to date
  • Manage advertising traditional and social media advertising
  • Utilise analytical tools to measure, evaluate and report performance of digital platforms
  • Capture high-quality photo and video content of major events and activities, and maintain a library of content
  • Develop and maintain a consistent approach to language and branding for use across communications, and assist the team with copy-editing
  • Keep up to date with new and emerging platforms, tools and trends which may help improve WAFA’s digital presence.
  • Ensure that activities are managed within budget

Essential criteria

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Proficiency in social media
  • Efficiency and the ability to shift between tasks
  • Capacity to work independently and collaboratively
  • Photography and film experience – ideally with skills in telling a campaign’s story through the framing and selection of images and video content.
  • Experiencing using design programs such as Canva
  • Proficiency in CRM systems such as Action Network or similar
  • Proficiency in website management on WordPress or similar

Desirable criteria

  • Experience working in the community and/or environment sector
  • Experience in producing content for and engaging traditional media
  • Knowledge of Zapier or similar platforms

Conditions

  • Located in Boorloo/Perth or in the Southwest. The Digital Campaigner may work from WAFA’s West Perth or Denmark offices or from home, using a provided computer and their own mobile phone.
  • Expected to travel to different locations across Perth and the Southwest as required.
  • $77,333 – $84,463 per annum (pro rata) plus super
  • 0.8FTE but we are open to considering options with the right candidate(s).
  • 6 weeks (pro rata) annual leave per annum
  • Reimbursed for all reasonable expenses, including but not limited to any travel and accommodation expenses
  • Initial 12-month contract with a 4-month probation period