Careers

About the Organisation

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation with a community network of more than 12,500 employees and carers working in communities across Australia.  We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, people with mental health needs and refugees and asylum seekers.  Through this opportunity you would be joining an organisation that is energetic, collaborative and ambitious about working with communities to improve lives for the better.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

Working as part of the Strategic Engagement team, managing our intranet and internal newsletters to deliver clear, engaging content that strengthens connection and drives meaningful engagement for our employees, carers and people we support. This is a permanent full-time opportunity that can be located anywhere on the East Coast.  There is flexibility to work from home and from one of our local offices.

Key responsibilities

• Support the delivery of internal engagement activities across LWB.
• Work across the team to ensure internal engagement initiatives are coordinated, consistent and integrated.
• Assist with planning and delivery of organisation-wide internal engagement activities and campaigns.
• Develop communications, newsletters, stories and other internal content
• Maintain editorial schedules to ensure newsletters are timely, relevant and consistent.
• Work with teams to identify stories that reflect organisational culture, practice and impact.
• Coordinate the day-to-day operation of the LWB intranet including the visual design, site navigation and site content in partnership with relevant directorates.

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualification in Communications, Marketing, Journalism or other relevant field.
• Demonstrated experience in internal communications and engagement within a large dynamic organisation.
• Demonstrated experience implementing or managing web sites or intranets.
• Demonstrated experience with common web technology (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) with a sound understanding of SharePoint, Teams and Viva Engage.
• Demonstrated experience and familiarity with social software and other web-based technologies.
• Knowledge and understanding of general CMS systems.
• Excellent editing, copywriting and storytelling capabilities.
• The ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders including peers, employees, external organisations, funding bodies and government agencies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for the creation of reports, presentations, and other general correspondence.

Benefits

• Optional monthly rostered day off  
• Join one of Australia’s largest and leading social-purpose organisations
• Flexible working arrangements
• Salary packaging benefits – more money in your pocket

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check.

How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Mikaella at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on 14 June 2026.