Advisor Media

At Ambulance Victoria, we are proud to share our commitment to save and improve lives by providing outstanding care for our patients. It is our promise to every patient and it sits at the heart of everything we do. No matter what corporate or support role you play in delivering our critical services to Victorians, you join a team dedicated to bringing our vision of 'outstanding emergency health care every time' to life.

We are seeking an Advisor Media to provide exceptional proactive and reactive media expertise within our External Affairs department. This ongoing full-time position is located in Doncaster, with hybrid working arrangements available.

**About the role**

If you're ready to take on a challenging and rewarding media position with an organisation that makes a real difference to lives of Victorians every day, this could be the job for you.

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to:

- Seek out proactive media opportunities from across AV to celebrate our people and promote the high-quality care, innovation and clinical excellence AV provides to patients and the wider community
- Manage media enquiries as part of a seven-day shift roster including developing media releases and deciphering operational information, while maintaining patient privacy
- Support the development, implementation, and evaluation of external communications strategy, policy, and protocols, and in the production of team and media reporting
- Deliver the whole communications package across a broad spectrum of media, including internal and external digital and social channels
- Develop and maintain strong, meaningful, and productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Gather, assess, and disseminate accurate and time-sensitive information via media releases, media statements, key messages or talking points on a range of AV matters

**About you**

To be considered for this position you will possess:

- Completion of a degree or relevant industry certification with proven subsequent appropriate experience, or an equivalent combination of training and relevant experience
- Sound knowledge and understanding of how to use media to enhance an organisation's reputation and provide timely and relevant reactive and proactive information and opportunities to the media
- Capacity and capability to work rostered hours, shift work, some public holidays and weekends
- Strong writing skills together with proven ability to multitask and perform in an accurate and timely manner within a high-pressure and complex environment
- High level integrity and demonstrated ability to handle complex, sensitive information and issues, maintain confidentiality and disseminate information to relevant key stakeholders
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the demonstrated ability to gain effective cooperation from key stakeholders, both internal and external
- Demonstrated maturity and dependability, with the capacity to professionally and effectively represent AV

**Working at AV**

We believe our people are our greatest resource and the sustainability of our workforce depends on how well we utilise our people's skills and abilities and whether our staffing reflects the diversity of the Victorian community. If you're ready to play an integral role and deliver results that help to make a real difference, we want to hear from you

Successful applicants will need to be willing to complete pre-employment screening including a Police Check.

The position is graded at **AV4** under the Ambulance Victoria (Management and Administrative Staff) Enterprise Agreement 2021.**

**How to apply**
- A covering letter
- A resume
- A document addressing the selection criteria. (These criteria can be found on the last page of the position description).
- At all levels of our organisation, a diverse and inclusive workforce allows us to deliver Best Care to the Victorian community, and helps create a healthier, more productive workplace for our people._