Communications and Media Officer
4 weeks ago
**Hybrid Working **#LI-Hybrid**:
- **Permanent, full-time position with a 38-hour work week**:
- **Fortnightly RDO**:
- **Salary: $97k - $105k + Super**:
- **Ability to transfer or take LSL (Long Service Leave) within Local Government**
**About Merri-bek City Council**:
Merri-bek City Council is a progressive council of 175,000 residents: one community, proudly diverse. Our council area sits within the banks of the Merri Creek and the Moonee Ponds Creek, and includes Brunswick, Coburg, Fawkner, Glenroy, Gowanbrae, Hadfield, Oak Park and Pascoe Vale. Our city is vibrant and energetic, known for its active community, cultural diversity, creative industries and the arts. Our long-term vision has ambitious goals for environmental sustainability, social justice, community wellbeing, and creating great places. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food and cafés right at the doorstep.
Merri-bek Council strives to be a contemporary, innovative and collaborative organisation with a deep commitment to engaging and supporting the Merri-bek community. Our organisational vision is to be one team, brave and diverse, making a difference.
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive and welcoming workplace. We offer flexible and hybrid work options and genuinely care about providing our staff work/life balance. With the Civic Centre located in Coburg, 8 kilometres north of Melbourne’s CBD, there are excellent public transport options and great food, cafés, parks and a cinema right at the doorstep. Merri-bek is a great place to live, work and play.
**About the role**:
Merri-bek City Council is looking for a driven media and communications expert to join its team. As a high-profile organisation with a range of media opportunities and challenges, we’re seeking a go-getter with initiative to help protect and enhance Merri-bek’s reputation. You’ll have regular direct contact with media to secure coverage and respond to enquiries, while leading some of Council’s complex communications projects.
This is a fast-paced role with a different focus every day, working as a trusted partner on projects across the organisation
You would be working in a fun and supportive team of communications professionals working in partnership with the wider organisation to achieve great outcomes for our community. This exciting opportunity also offers leadership opportunities and the chance to progress and build your career prospects.
**Skills and experience require to perform the role**:
- Previous experience managing media responses in an issues-rich environment is required, with experience in government highly desirable
- Experience in liaising directly with senior stakeholders and offering strategic media advice
- Ability to communicate about complex projects and policies in simple language
- Working independently to achieve positive media and communications outcomes in tight timeframes
- Willing to participate in a weekly media on-call roster and work occasional overtime
The role will involve
- Provide strategic communications and media support to the Strategic Communications Coordinator and senior stakeholders
- Responding to media enquiries from local, metropolitan and national media within tight timeframes
- Developing speaking points for the Mayor, Councillors and CEO to prepare them for media interviews
- Identify and analyse critical and emerging issues, and opportunities for promotion
- Deliver responsive, situation-specific communications actions for issues
- Developing and executing communications strategies and plans
- Preparing speeches for the Mayor and Councillors
**This role also involves out-of-hours work and on call roster times.**:
**What the role can offer**:
- Monthly RDO
- Extensive opportunities for training & career development
- Salary sacrifice options
- A real sense of work-life balance & flexible work options
- Employer-supported study assistance schemes
- Wellness programs
**Further support offered for our staff**:
- Up to 20 weeks primary & up to 5 weeks secondary parental leave
- Purchase leave
- Ceremonial leave
- Gender affirmation leave
- Family violence leave
**Applications close: 11:30pm, Wednesday, 12 July 2023.**
**How to apply**:
- Please note that some documents relating to this position may reference Moreland City Council. We are in the process of updating the councils new name of Merri-bek City Council.
Merri-bek is focused on diverse representation of the community we serve. With this we value lived experience that could contribute to the shaping of this role and in turn will continue to provide representation and growth of safe and inclusive work culture.
**Our Commitment**:
In May 2021, Merri-bek Council adopted a revised Statement of Commitment to Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung People and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities of the municipality. The statement recognises
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