Graphic Designer (12-Month Maternity Leave Contract)

Full-Time | 38 Hours per Week

Want to use your creativity to make a real difference for animals across the ACT?
Love the idea of capturing and telling the stories of animals in care (yes, including kittens and puppies)?
Have a strong eye for design and a passion for creating engaging digital content?

RSPCA ACT, Canberra's leading animal welfare charity, is seeking a talented and passionate Graphic Designer to join our Development and Engagement team on a 12-month maternity leave contract.

This is a hands-on, fast-paced role within a small but high-performing team, where your work will directly support fundraising, community engagement, and animal welfare outcomes. From designing campaign assets to capturing video content and maintaining digital platforms, no two days are the same.

About the Role

You'll play a key role in bringing our campaigns and stories to life through high-quality design, photography and video content. You'll work across digital and print, supporting fundraising appeals, events, social media, and website content.

About You

You're a creative thinker with a strong eye for detail and the ability to move quickly from concept to execution. You're comfortable working across multiple platforms and formats and enjoy creating content that connects with different audiences.

You will bring:

Demonstrated experience in graphic design across digital and print
Minimum 2-3 years of professional graphic design experience
Strong skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator)
Intermediate to advanced experience creating and editing video content
Confident managing website content (Drupal) and digital platforms
The ability to prioritise and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
A collaborative, proactive approach and a genuine passion for animal welfare

RSPCA ACT offers :

Make a positive impact every day
Additional days leave including birthday leave
Consideration of hybrid working hours opportunities
Access to independent Employee Assistance Program
Retail & veterinary care discounts
A happy supportive team.
An environment to share your passion for animal welfare.

To Apply:

Please send your current resume, and cover letter addressing the following essential criteria to employment@rspca-act.org.au

The essential selection criteria is found on the Job Description document.

It is essential that you provide your written responses to the selection criteria to be considered for the role.

Job description

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Pre-employment Health Declaration

You are seeking employment with RSPCA ACT. We attach the role’s job description. The role would require, amongst other things for you to:

Sit or stand for lengthy periods
Use a work computer; and
Effectively communicate to people on the phone or in person.
Be in contact with a variety of different species of animals that may expose you to infectious disease, bites and scratches.

Before completing this declaration, please read the job description and contact us if you have any queries about the role and its requirements.

The purpose of this declaration is to ensure that you are fully able to perform the inherent requirements of the role (with reasonable adjustments if required) and that you are not placed in an environment or given tasks that would result in risks to your safety.

Under the worker’s compensation legislation applicable in the ACT, if you fail to disclose or make false or misleading disclosure in relation to a pre-existing injury or disease of which you are aware, you or your dependents may not be entitled to compensation for any recurrence, aggravation, acceleration, exacerbation or deterioration of the pre-existing injury or disease arising out of or in the course of or due to the nature of employment with RSPCA ACT. RSPCA ACT will rely on any failure to disclose as grounds for denying compensation.

If you give any willfully incorrect or misleading answers or material omission you may be ineligible for employment or if employed, liable for dismissal. You are required to disclose:

all injuries, disease or medical conditions that could be affected by the nature of the proposed employment
any circumstances regarding your health or capacity to work that could interfere with your ability to perform the requirements of the role.

All details on this form will be treated confidentially. If you gain employment with RSPCA ACT the completed Pre-Employment Health Declaration will be retained on your personnel file, which will be kept secure. If you do not take up employment with RSPCA ACT it will be securely destroyed

To be completed by employment applicant

I have read and understood this form, including the above explanatory information.

I have read the job description and understood what the role requires.

I am aware of the following circumstances regarding my health or capacity to work that may interfere with my ability to perform the requirements of the role:

I am aware that reasonable adjustments to the workplace can be made to assist employees with disabilities in carrying out the inherent requirements of their role. (NB: any adjustments need to have been discussed with RSPCA ACT prior to completing this declaration

I have the following injuries, diseases or medical conditions that could be affected by the nature of the proposed employment:

To the best of my knowledge the information provided in this declaration is true and correct.

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