Senior Communications Officer

Job description

• 11 month fixed term contract and potential to go permanent
• Offices based at in Sydney, hybrid working
• Clerk grade 9/10

• Plan and deliver end-to-end strategic external communications, including digital, media relations, stakeholder events, and community visits, with monitoring, evaluation, and reporting to support continuous improvement
• Draft communications materials including newsletters, media statements, event flyers, speech notes, presentations, and other content for review and implementation
• Identify, establish, and maintain key external stakeholder relationships relevant to the organisation’s work, leveraging these connections to support events and advocacy activities
• Lead coordination and triage of the inbox, applying sound judgement to allocate correspondence, prioritise requests, and ensure accurate corporate records management

• Tertiary qualifications in communications, journalism, digital media, marketing or a related discipline
• Professional experience within a Government setting
• Extensive experience influencing government through external communications, strategic events, and media engagement
• Strong understanding of government processes, decision making and governance frameworks
• Strong written and verbal skills
• Experience delivering high-stakes content for senior leaders and advising on messaging, tone, and reputational risk
• Experience delivering events and stakeholder engagement, ensuring alignment with objectives and impact across diverse audience