Communication Officer

3 months ago

Geelong, Australia City of Greater Geelong Full time

**Communication Officer - Mayor and Councillor Support**:
**Job no**: 499159
**Work type**: Permanent Full Time
**Classification**: Band 6 ($90,263 - $97,365 pa)
**Categories**: Marketing & Communication

**About the role**
In this role, you will be part of a team of three communications officers within the Corporate Communications department providing primary support for our mayor and councillors for all external communications relating to their Council responsibilities.

**Work type: Permanent full time**
**Classification**: Band 6 $90,263 - $97,365 pa plus super

Key responsibilities include:

- Actively contribute to the production of communication and media products to support the City’s long-term vision (A Clever and Creative Future), Council’s 4-year Plan, and the City’s Communication and Marketing Strategy.
- Creation of speeches and speaking notes for the Mayor and Councillors.
- Manage the official social media accounts including regular monitoring and posting both in business hours and after hours as required.
- Execute, monitor, and report on work progress against plans and budgets to ensure timely delivery in line with the relevant regulations and policies.

**About you**
To be successful in this role, you will have extensive experience in journalism and/or a relevant qualification in journalism, communications, media or a related field along with demonstrated success liaising with internal and external stakeholders to plan and manage communications on complex issues.

Essential Experience:

- Demonstrated understanding of the political machinations of executive government at local, state or federal levels - and highly developed ‘nous’.
- Skills and experience in digital communications (e.g. photography, video editing, and web content authoring and management).
- Awareness of the major issues and opportunities for the City of Greater Geelong and the Geelong region.
- Current Working with Children Check (employee).
- Current Victorian Drivers Licence.

**Child Safety Responsibilities**
We are committed to being a child-safe organisation and have zero-tolerance for child abuse. We have specific policies, procedures, and mandatory training in place to support employees, volunteers, and contractors to achieve and adhere to these commitments. Please read our Child Safe Standards Management Policy.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

**Create our future together at the City of Greater Geelong**
Join the City of Greater Geelong, a community-focused workplace on Wadawurrung Country. We deliver over 130 services to our growing population, striving to make our city a great place to live, work, and study. Our central location for Central Geelong-based employees is the Civic Precinct, Wurriki Nyal, a modern, sustainable, and inclusive workplace, along with our outreach locations.

We support accessibility and encourage discussions about any adjustments or support you may need during the recruitment process.

**Applications and Enquiries**
- We collect demographic data to help us learn who our advertisements are reaching and how we can reach an even more diverse audience. We are committed to building a more diverse team. Your responses to our demographic questions are strictly confidential and will not be individually shared._

**#LI-Hybrid**

**Advertised**: 21 Sep 2024 12:00 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 06 Oct 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time

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