Digital Communications Officer

APS Level 5
- Adelaide, SA
- $87,264 - $93,294

**About the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations**
We are committed to empowering futures, ensuring rights and enriching lives. We support people to have safe, secure and well-paid work with the skills for a sustainable future as we ourselves strive to be a model employer.

We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or re-training to take advantage of emerging employment opportunities.

With us, your work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. Whether you are engaging in policy development, program implementation, or direct support services, your efforts will have a tangible impact on job seekers, employees and the economy by giving them a framework to build a future anchored and realised through employment.

It is our ambition to do things differently, to create the ‘department of great jobs’- where our people reflect our purpose.

**The Role**
Reporting to the Assistant Director of Corporate Services, Communications and Stakeholder Relations, the Digital Communications Officer is part of a small team responsible for outreach activities, external communications, website content and design, branding support and advice, stakeholder relations and engagement.

Applications are sought from those with demonstrated experience in communications roles. In this position, applicants should be able to work as part of a team in a flexible working environment. Applicants must demonstrate the ability to problem solve and adapt quickly to changing work priorities with a friendly positive attitude and the ability to motivate and support team members to achieve business goals.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
Responsibilities of the APS Level 5 may include:

- Using digital communication tools such as website content management systems, social media platforms and associated planning and reporting tools.
- Providing advice on the most effective digital options, including search engine optimisation and social media marketing.
- Using Google Analytics and other digital marketing evaluation techniques to improve website and social media responses.
- Creating content and visuals in Canva or other design software.
- Utilising strong interpersonal and communications skills and maintain effective internal and external working relationships.
- Interpreting technical information into plain English.
- Event planning, including meeting deadlines and competing priorities and delivering work to a high standard with attention to detail.
- Hold relevant qualifications in a related field, and/or commensurate experience, be professional and articulate with a positive and energetic attitude.

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide a summary (no more than 1000 words) that outlines skills, knowledge, and experience and why you should be considered for this vacancy. You should take into consideration the position overview (including any detailed position specific requirements) when drafting your response. Where possible include specific relevant examples of your work.

The APS work level standards accommodate the diversity of roles across the APS and are structured to clearly differentiate between the work expected (i.e. responsibilities and duties) at each classification level.

In the eRecruit (the department’s online recruitment system) you will also need to:

- upload a Curriculum Vitae
- provide contact details for 2 Referees.

**Eligibility**

**Don’t meet all the role requirements?**

**Citizenship** - to be eligible for employment with the Department, you must be an Australian Citizen or, in limited circumstances, in the process of obtaining it.