Social Media Manager

Executive Level 1
- Canberra, ACT
- $125,220 - $138,394

**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 Director of Digital Content Strategy and Delivery, the Digital Content Manager will manage how content is developed for digital platforms to support strategic priorities. This may include internal or external platforms.

Central to the role is your ability to develop strong relationships within the Branch, across the Department and with key stakeholders.

The Digital Content Manager should have demonstrable experience managing publishing workflows for online platforms such as Drupal or Sharepoint, ideally within government. As the Digital Content Manager will be managing staff and working with senior staff across the Department, experience in a leadership role is essential.

They will have skills in developing digital strategy. They will be a key contributor to almost all communication strategies coming out of the department. They will contribute innovative, creative and effective ideas on how best to leverage the power of social media to benefit audiences.

The Social Media Manager will also be responsible for maintaining channels used to manage the department’s social media presence.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

Responsibilities of the EL1 Digital Content Manager may include:

- Manage core aspects of the department's digital content channels which may include intranet, websites or other related platforms
- Implement and report on the performance of DEWR’s digital content channels in line with strategic objectives
- Maintain and enhance governance and operations of key digital content channels, including coordinating with other channels to ensure consistency
- Manage contracts and software licencing for social media tools as required including ensuring they are meeting business needs
- Provide advice on audience engagement to key stakeholders including accessibility, content currency and engagement

**Qualifications and Education**
- A tertiary qualification in a relevant field and/or relevant experience in a similar role in either the Government or private sector.

**How to Apply**
Applicants are required to provide a summary (no more than 750 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.