Manager Communications Delivery

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**ARPC Position Description**

**Function**:Public Affairs & Communications **Classification broadband**:EL1

**Location**:Sydney **Security clearance**:Baseline

**Role Reports to **(role title)**:Head of Public Affairs and Communications

**Direct Reports **(role titles)**:1+ Current direct report: Coordinator, Communications Delivery

**Purpose of the role**
This role is responsible for the development and delivery of comprehensive communication plans for ARPC’s
stakeholder groups. The role services all ARPC stakeholder groups, both external and internal, and will
support whole of agency requirements.

**Key Accountabilities**
Role model ARPC’s Values and Code of Conduct and capabilities set out in ARPC’s Capability Framework.

**Communication delivery**:

- Development and deliver communication materials, including press releases, newsletters, content for
- website, speeches, presentations, and ARPC events.- Manage all internal and external communications, from conceptualisation to publication, ensuring
- consistency with ARPC’s brand identity.- Develop a deep understanding of ARPC’s priorities and challenges and translate theses into value adding
- communications plans.- Review, update, and revise ARPC’s communication delivery plan to ensure preparedness for potential
- declared event.- Provide advice and support to the Head of Public Affairs and Communications on communication
- matters, including risks and opportunities.- Coordinate the delivery of communication materials, including press releases, newsletters, content for
- website, speeches, presentations, and ARPC events.- Collaborate with internal teams across ARPC to develop product content.
- In collaboration with the HR team, build and deliver proactive communications which serve to support

ARPC’s employee value proposition and related narratives to ARPC team members and also the agency’s
prospective talent pool.
- Work closely with the business to identify opportunities for innovative and engaging delivery of content.
- Engage and manage vendors as required.

**Internal communication**:

- Design and deliver internal campaigns and events aligned to ARPC’s strategic objectives, including- Enhance employee engagement by optimising internal communication channels and strategies.
- Develop internal communication content including supporting change management communications
- plans.- Convey ARPC’s message through the managing of the organisation’s internal communications.
- Establish effective internal communication systems and processes.
- Ensure internal communications align with the wider ARPC’s policies.

**Monitor effectiveness**:

- Monitor online and traditional media coverage, capturing relevant mentions and distributing reports to
- key stakeholders.- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the overall communication delivery.***
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of all internal communications to stakeholders.

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**Key Accountabilities**

**People leadership**:

- Ensure direct reports are tasked with meaningful work which provides challenge and provide on the job

coaching.

**Key legislative / regulatory role responsibilities**

**Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (PID Act)**:

- ARPC Managers may receive disclosures from staff they supervise or manage and are responsible for

providing to an ARPC Authorised Officer (CEO, CFO, COO) as soon as practicable, any information
provided to them that concerns disclosable conduct (within the definition of PID Act S.60A).
- ARPC Managers must assist the ARPC CEO (or delegate) and/ or the Commonwealth Ombudsman in the

conduct of a PID investigation.
- ARPC staff must assist the ARPC CEO (or delegate) and/ or the Commonwealth Ombudsman in the

conduct of a PID investigation.
**Privacy Act 1988**:

- ARPC staff must adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles and the ARPC Privacy Policy and report any

privacy breaches by any employee or contractor to the Privacy Officer (CFO) and/ or Privacy Champion
(COO) as soon as they become aware of them.

**Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act)**:

- ARPC staff are responsible for notifying and supporting the Information Public Scheme (IPS) Team to
- ensure published website Information is accurate, up-to-date and complete.- ARPC ‘owners’ of website content are required to review content on their page(s) at least annually.

**Security**:

- Responsible for monitoring their staff (including contractors), resources and functions to ensure security
- controls are maintained and operate effectively.- Responsible to ensure that staff (including contractors) are aware of and practice the appropriate security

procedures for protecting individuals, official information, and other valuable resources.

**Working Relationships **(Key stakeholders, clients, customers, suppliers, providers, consultants, etc.)***
**Internal Relationships**
- Build and maintain strong relationships across ARPC by working closely with t