Communications Advisor

Permanent, Full Time
- Supportive and Collaborative Team
- Preston location, close to public transport with hybrid flexibility

Join our team as a Communications Advisor and be at the heart of enhancing Council’s strategic communication with our community.

In this pivotal role, you'll help ensure that Council delivers engaging, accessible, quality information to the Darebin community through a range of channels including digital and print.
- Permanent, Full Time
- Salary: Band 6, $97,480 per annum + superannuation
- Supportive and Collaborative Team
- Preston location, close to public transport with hybrid flexibility

At Darebin, diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of how we work. Our commitment to these values is unwavering, they are central to our mission, to our impact and to help us better serve our community. We know that having varied perspectives and lived experiences helps generate better ideas to enable a diverse, inclusive and connected community.

**About Darebin City Council**
Located in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, Darebin City Council is home to one of the largest, most diverse communities in terms of culture, language, religion, socio-economic background, occupation, and housing needs. The city has one of the largest populations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents in metropolitan Melbourne. Our Vision is for a community that works together to advance community life.

**About the Role**
With a focus on continuous improvement and creativity, you'll support divisions across the organisation to inform and educate the community about a broad range of Council programs, events, policies and initiatives.
Key result areas include:

- Develop effective strategies and communications plans.
- Coordinate the development and delivery of key external and internal communications.
- Provide strategic communication advice to internal clients.
- Develop content for Council’s major channels, including digital, social media, newsletters, publications, print material and internal communications.
- Where necessary, represent Council on joint communication teams with key external stakeholders.
- Manage a diverse range of stakeholder requests and time-manage and prioritise concurrent work across multiple groups with differing needs.
- Ensure communications activities are in-line with Council narrative and strategic communications frameworks.
- Ensure communications are developed with Darebin’s diverse communities in mind.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of communication channels and executions and use findings to optimize strategies and enhance future campaigns for greater impact.

**Skills & Experience**
- A tertiary qualification in communications, digital communications, public relations, journalism, marketing (or related discipline) and/or relevant experience in the corporate communications environment.
- Minimum five years of experience in the area of corporate communications and strategic public relations.
- Experience in communications, including digital, media, issues management and strategies.
- Demonstrated experience in recognising and interpreting quality content for a range of different audiences.
- Experience in working with a range of stakeholders (internal and external).
- Skilled in managing and working on multiple projects and priorities with mínimal supervision.
- Ability to negotiate, develop and influence others towards common organisational outcomes.
- Ability to problem solve and be solutions focused.
- Excellent communication (oral and written) and presentation skills, especially in the field of public relations and media relations.
- Demonstrated ability to contribute positively to a team.
- A high degree of integrity and professionalism.
- A current employee Working with Children Card.

**Culture**
As a progressive leader in Local Government, Darebin City Council is passionate about social inclusion, sustainability, engagement and service excellence. We are proud of the diversity of our workforce and recognise the strength this provides in meeting the needs of the community we serve. We are committed to upholding a positive and supportive work environment that values the contribution of all employees and treats all employees with dignity and respect.

**Benefits**
We offer a range of benefits to our employees including opportunities for personal and professional development, flexible work practices, Employee Assistance Program, recognition and reward program - Appreciate Great and a variety of generous paid and unpaid leave options.

**How to Apply**

We’re also happy to adjust our recruitment process to support your accessibility needs.

Contact Monica Barrow, Senior Advisor, Strategic Communications on 03 8470 8722 for a confidential discussion.

**Applications close on 27 November at 11.30pm.**
- Darebin is committed to providing a safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, and thorough ‘Safety Screening’ processes apply. To