Communication Advisor, Brand and Design

**Acknowledgement of Country**:
CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

**Child safety**:
CSIRO is committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people involved in our activities and programs. View our Child Safe Policy.

**The opportunity**:

- **Deliver CSIRO's brand and creative services**:

- **Protect and strengthen the agency's reputation**:

- **Part-Time opportunity in a flexible work environment**

We are seeking a Communication Advisor, Brand and Design to support the delivery of CSIRO's brand and design services.

Success in this role will require strong collaboration and organisational skills, experience across process simplification, design management, asset production and supplier liaison, complemented by a broad and developing understanding of brand strategy and brand governance.

**Your duties will include**:

- Protecting and strengthening CSIRO’s reputation through day-to-day delivery of brand and creative services.
- Coordinating and continuously improving CSIRO’s creative and graphic design services (including coordination of CSIRO’s self-service design platforms and coordination of work to internal designers and external suppliers/design agencies).
- Providing day-to-day management and continuous improvement of CSIRO’s image library and merchandise services.
- Supporting the coordination of CSIRO’s brand governance services including third party logo and name use advice.
- Assisting in the promotion, education and training of communicators and CSIRO staff to enable understanding of CSIRO’s brand strategy and new creative services delivery model.

**Location**:Brisbane or Newcastle preferred. Other Aus CSIRO locations negotiable

**Salary**:AU$96k - AU$109k pa (pro-rata for part-time) plus 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**:Specified term until January 2026, Part-time (0.6 FTE)

**Reference: 99953**

**To be considered you will need**:

- A certificate or tertiary qualification and/or relevant experience in PR, communication marketing, studio production management and/or relevant work experience.
- Demonstrated experience in:

- coordinating, and improving, the delivery of design and production services, processes and systems;
- Collaborative engagement skills with a history of demonstrated professional and respectful behaviours and attitudes in a collaborative environment.
- Experience managing multiple projects, clients and suppliers concurrently, ensuring high standards of service delivery and technical output.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Ability to support a culture committed to values-based behaviour which fosters innovative problem solving, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing. The ability to work with and provide guidance to the Communication Unit as well as CSIRO’s staff.For full details about this role please review the Position Description

**Eligibility**:
Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents or you must be able to hold and obtain a valid working visa for the duration of your appointment.

**Flexible working arrangements**:
We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

**Diversity and inclusion**:
We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

**About CSIRO**:
At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today

**How to apply**:
**Applications close**:
14th May 2025, 11:00pm AEST