Rural Aid is Australia’s most trusted rural charity. We stand with our farmers when they need us most. Rural Aid provides critical support to farmers affected by natural disaster through financial, wellbeing and fodder assistance. Rural Aid’s community programs help create more sustainable communities by building stronger futures for all Australian farmers.

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Digital Marketing ManagerIndooroopilly, QLD19/08/2022

The Digital Marketing Manager is a newly created role within Rural Aid’s Fundraising, Marketing and Communication (FMC) team. The purpose of the role is to deliver Rural Aid’s digital marketing strategy.

Flexible work environment with opportunity to work from home.

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Marketing & Communications CoordinatorIndooroopilly, QLD22/08/2022

The Marketing & Communications Co-ordinator is a new role in our Fundraising, Marketing and Communication (FMC) team. The role will provide support to members of the FMC team in implementing their marketing plans, and to serve as the first point of contact for requests from across the organisation.

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People & Capability ManagerBrisbane29/08/2022

Unique opportunity to lead the delivery of our People & Capability plan in line with Rural Aid’s Strategic Goals.

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Counsellor & Community RepresentativeInverell (Or within region)29/08/2022

The Counsellor and Community Representative will offer counselling support to farmers and farming families, while building trust and rapport, listening to their story and exploring how they are coping at present, assessing their safety and those around them.

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Rural Aid is a great place to work, unfortunately there are no jobs at the moment to join the Rural Aid Team. For more information, please email hr@ruralaid.org.au or check back later to see if new jobs have been posted.

Join the Administration team:

There are currently no positions open in this team

To learn more about Rural Aid, watch the video.

Join the Finance team:

There are currently no positions open in this team

To learn more about Rural Aid, watch the video.

Join the Fundraising, Marketing and Communications team:

There are currently no positions open in this team

Join the Mental Health and Wellbeing team:

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To learn more about the making a positive impact for Farmers in rural communities, watch the video.

Join the Disaster Assistance team:

To learn more about Rural Aid, watch the video.

To learn more about the making a positive impact for Farmers in rural communities, watch the video.

FARM Recovery & COMMUNITY Events Coordinator
Location: Indooroopilly, Queensland

This role will be responsible for:

  • Acting as the senior point of contact (and Host) at our Farm Recovery Volunteer Camps held around regional Australia.
  • Maintaining, monitoring and evaluating Volunteer records and data, including registrations, preferences, locations, resources and skills, plus actively recruiting Volunteers to our cause.
  • Liaising and communicating with Farmers (in identified locations) to learn of pressing needs or understand essential repairs required following recent (not current) natural disasters or sustained local challenges impacting their local region.
  • Facilitating the allocation of resources, scheduling and assisting management with planning multiple Recovery Events spread across the calendar year (with exception of high summer).
  • Arranging and facilitating (Campsite) accommodation, catering, supplies & Volunteer facilities to support our hard-working attendees.
  • Collaborating with local Councils & other local organisations to access services, equipment and resources.
  • Managing spending and purchasing of materials (typically from Local Suppliers) to support the repair work(s) on each farm and/or establish accounts with providers (eg Hire Co.) where required.
  • Overseeing and allocating workloads, teams, role-scoping activities as well as associated services such a catering, vehicles, equipment and safety supplies.
  • Ensuring risk assessment and safety documentation is pre-prepared, completed, up to date and all WHS matters are managed professionally and reported accordingly to management; and,
  • Undertaking media interviews, snapping photos and reporting on Camp activities and generally representing Rural Aid to promote the broad range of services we offered to farmers, including but not limited to, this invaluable program.

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For more information on any of these roles, reach out to hr@ruralaid.org.au