Communications Officer

About the Department of Education
The Department of Education are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the community and schools we support by treating everyone with respect and dignity. This starts with recruitment and selection. The methods of assessing suitability in the recruitment process may vary. This includes making reasonable adjustments to support applicants at all stages of the process and employee lifecycle.
The Department of Education (DoE) is committed to ensuring Queenslanders have the education and skills they need to contribute to the economic and social development of Queensland. The department delivers world-class education services to all students and contributes to the achievement of Queensland's employment, skills and economic priorities. DoE is a large and diverse organisation with a united commitment to teaching and learning environments that are centered around child, student, and staff wellbeing and safety.
About the Role
The Education Futures Institute (EFI) is a key initiative under the department's Equity and Excellence strategy to empower departmental staff, educators, school and system leaders to build professional expertise through high quality, targeted capability development across their career.
Multiple positions are available in the Communications and Graphic Design team supporting the work of the EFI by developing key communications, learning materials and resources for capability development delivered by the Capability Branch.

**The Communications Officer will**:

- Provide professional high quality communications and graphic design services for both print and online publication that support EFI Flagship programs and other Capability Branch deliverables; and
- Design, plan and produce communications and artwork for publications, brochures, posters, booklets, branding and displays from concept design through to final production stage.
- Provide technical and creative consultation and advice on matters relating to graphic design and liaise with project teams and individual clients on the design and development of projects.
- Ensure that corporate identity standards, publishing procedures and the department's visual communications standards are maintained.About You

**The ideal applicants are individuals who**:

- Have extensive knowledge of communications and design processes and techniques, with intermediate to advanced skills using programs such as Adobe Creative Cloud suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere Pro), Articulate 360, Vyond (Graphic Design).
- Bring high attention to detail, organisational skills and can bring communication plans to life.
- Is familiar with the DoE Editorial style guide, Government web publishing style guide and Australian government style manual (Communications).
- Has a client focus and enjoys working with a diverse team to deliver outcomes and make a positive impact in education.

The Communications Officers reports to the Manager, Governance and Implementation, Capability Branch.
How to Apply
- Please attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant previous work history); and
- Attach a 2-page written response outlining your suitability for the role in response to the attached role description and within the context of the role as described above.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
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