Job Description

Marketing Manager

• Location: Australia-wide
• Term: Ongoing
• Part-time: 37.5 hours per week
• Remuneration: SCHADS Level 7: $128,000 + 12% super + 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are particularly encouraged to apply

Job title: Marketing Manager

Reporting to: Head of Marketing & Media

Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is the largest environmental legal centre in the Australia-Pacific, dedicated to protecting our climate, communities and shared environment by providing access to justice, running ground-breaking litigation and leading law reform advocacy.

Since time immemorial, First Nations and Indigenous peoples have been taking care of their Countries in Australia and the Pacific. These deep understandings, knowledges and experiences are critical to maintaining the health and vitality of Australia and the Pacific’s unique wildlife and ecosystems. EDO respects these great knowledges and strongly believes that EDO cannot achieve a world where nature thrives without working for First Nations and Indigenous peoples.

The opportunity:

Apply your marketing expertise within a values-led organisation that is at the forefront of protecting the environment, advancing climate justice and supporting communities through the law.

Reporting to the Head of Marketing and Media, you will play a pivotal role in growing EDO’s reach, influence and impact. You will lead the development and delivery of innovative audience acquisition, donor conversion and revenue-generating marketing initiatives, helping to build the support and resources that enable EDO to continue its critical work.

Candidate Profile:

Are you an experienced marketing professional looking to use your skills to drive meaningful change?

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives on creating impact through strategic marketing. You will bring a strong commercial mindset, a passion for understanding audiences and a proven ability to turn insights into action. Working across the organisation, you will collaborate with experts in law, science, policy, communications, fundraising and advocacy to develop campaigns and partnerships that deliver measurable results while contributing to a more just and sustainable future.

If you are looking for a role where your marketing expertise can deliver both commercial outcomes and genuine social impact, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities include:

The key responsibilities of the Marketing Manager include but are not limited to:

• Lead brand partnerships and supporter acquisition strategies that expand EDO’s brand recognition and grow income.
• Lead and deliver an events and/or activations program that expands on brand recognition and generates revenue.
• Identify and manage values-aligned influencer partnerships.
• Scope and deliver acquisition campaigns across digital and non-digital environments including on owned channels, that focus on building pipelines and attracting financial support.
• Scope and deliver expanded regular giving programs that acquire more donors and increase program income.
• Develop and deliver sales strategies.
• Collaborate across teams to identify and promote content and campaigns to relevant audiences.
• Stay across industry benchmarks, consumer trends, and emerging marketing channels; bring evidence-based ideas to the team.

Key selection criteria:

Essential:

• Demonstrated senior-level experience (8+ years) in marketing, media, advertising, commercial partnerships or related fields, with a proven track record of developing strategic partnerships, driving revenue growth and delivering commercial outcomes.
• Proven ability to develop and deliver innovative marketing, audience growth and commercial strategies, identifying opportunities and translating them into measurable outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, relationship management and influencing skills, with experience building effective partnerships and working collaboratively with senior leaders, external partners, agencies and suppliers.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, multidisciplinary projects and managing multiple concurrent initiatives, balancing competing priorities while delivering high-quality outcomes.
• Demonstrated expertise in digital marketing and campaign performance, including paid digital channels, email marketing, CRM and marketing automation platforms, data analysis, KPI management and evidence-based decision-making, supported by highly developed communication skills and relevant tertiary qualifications in Marketing, Business or a related discipline.

Desirable:

• Experience in or alongside the non-profit, social enterprise, or advocacy sector.
• Experience with brand partnerships, digital marketing, merchandise production, fulfilment logistics, or e-commerce.
• Knowledge of or genuine interest in environment, law, public participation and democratic engagement.

Personal qualities and cultural competency

• A champion of the EDO values.
• Strong initiative and self-motivation.
• Commitment to the protection of human rights and the environment.
• A strong sense of ethics and understanding of professional obligations.
• Demonstrated awareness of and sensitivity to the needs and concerns of First Nations and peoples from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and orientations in both the delivery of our work and our internal culture.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative and team-based environment.

Our Culture and Benefits:  

We care deeply about creating a workplace where our team members feel valued, respected and empowered. We are committed to providing equal opportunity regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or life stage.

• The chance to be part of the largest environmental legal practice in the Australia-Pacific.
• A very flexible and family-friendly workplace.
• Option to work from home.
• 8 weeks paid parental leave, regardless of gender or carer status.
• 15 days personal/carers leave.
• 20 days annual leave.
• 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave per year.
• 3 days paid cultural leave per year.
• Extra paid leave over the Christmas period.
• Opportunities and encouragement to attend NAIDOC week events.
• ICIP and Colonial Loading protection within employment contract.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities.
• EDO proudly has a JEDI (Justice, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion) Committee and a Mental Health Ambassador Committee, and has developed a First Nations Program with the aid of indigenous-led consultancies. 
• Three Affinity groups for the following: Disability, Global Majority* and LGBTQIA+

*Global Majority is a collective term that first and foremost speaks to and encourages those so-called, to think of themselves as belonging to the majority on planet earth. It refers to people who are Black, African, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as ‘ethnic minorities’.  

Our Values

Commitment – We are committed to; a united organisation, to each other, to collaboration, to justice, to our communities and to creating a world where nature thrives.  

Diversity – We are respectful of and welcome diversity of staff, volunteers, offices, environmental regions, communities, stakeholders.  

Integrity – We work effectively, efficiently, strategically, professionally, and ethically; “justice is in our nature”.  

Vision – We lead change and environmental empowerment using innovation, creativity, and courage.  

How to Apply

• Apply via our website or by clicking ‘Apply here’: https://www.edo.org.au/jobs/
• To review the position description, please see this link: https://www.edo.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/EDO-Position-Description-Marketing-Manager-June-2026.pdf

If you have queries regarding this advertisement, please contact us at recruitment@edo.org.au

Applications will close at 9:00AM AEST on Wednesday, 8 August 2026. Applications will be assessed as they are received so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Applications must include a CV and a letter that clearly addresses each of the key selection criteria above.

The Key Selection Criteria show the minimum essential requirements of the position. The desirable criteria outline additional attributes which would enable the successful candidate to perform the role more effectively; they are not essential but may be used to distinguish between applicants during the shortlisting process.

EDO particularly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Pacific Island people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, workers of all ages, people with disabilities and people who identify as LGBTQIA+.

Please note: Your application may be considered for future roles at the EDO within the next 12 months without additional advertising. Please notify us in your application if you would not like to be considered for similar roles beyond this recruitment.

If you have any accessibility needs for the recruitment or interviewing process, please let us know in your application or by emailing recruitment@edo.org.au.

Vaccination Requirements

EDO does not have a vaccination mandate. EDO staff have the option to share vaccination details within the EDO HRIS system. EDO will maintain this record of vaccination status of EDO employees; however, if staff do not wish to disclose this information, it will not be enforced.

Working with clients face-to-face:

• EDO works with diverse peoples and groups across the Australian and Pacific communities, including people who are considered a high-risk group in terms of COVID-19.
• In order to ensure the safety of all EDO employees and the people we work with and around, staff visiting overburdened communities are required to take a COVID-19 test three (3) days prior and on the day of travel to the overburdened community.

Other Information

All offers of employment may be subject to satisfactory background checks including a National Police Check, disclosure of previous or current disciplinary action, referee checks, proof of eligibility to work in Australia and qualification checks.