Aso6 Media Adviser

**Department for Education**
**Job reference**: 630624
**Location**: 5000 - ADELAIDE
**Job status**: Long Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone

**Your new company**

The Department for Education believes public education is for every child and young person in South Australia.

With more than 180,000 children and young people enrolled in over 900 public preschools and schools in communities across South Australia, they want every one of their current and future learners to be their best and achieve their best.

The Department for Education has more than 30,000 staff working in every part of South Australia. Their diverse and dedicated educator workforce plays a vital role in influencing learning and outcomes and shaping futures for their learners.

Their highly skilled central teams exist to provide corporate and educational support services to preschools and schools, ensuring they have what they need to deliver for their learners and communities.

**Your new role**

The Media Adviser plays a key role in supporting the Media Manager and team in delivering an efficient and engaging media service for the Department for Education. The position promotes the department's public image, highlights important education initiatives, and provides high-level media advice to staff, including executives. It also assists schools in managing sensitive issues and promoting positive news.

Key duties include liaising with journalists, ensuring timely and accurate responses, preparing media releases and managing media risks. Operating in a deadline-driven environment, the role requires strategic thinking, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. On-call support on a rostered basis may be required with time.

The role exists in politically sensitive environment and requires quick thinking, adaptability and the ability to influence outcomes, build relationships and provide accurate information with a risk lens.

**What you'll need to succeed**

To be considered for this role, you will have:

- Proven ability to effectively manage a high and varied workload under pressure in a demanding environment, with strong time management skills to meet tight deadlines and produce high quality work, and operate collaboratively within a dynamic, multidisciplinary team environment.
- Well-developed writing and editing experience in preparing media releases, media statements and responses, feature articles, media strategies, media talking points, speeches and engaging social media content.
- Demonstrated ability to provide high level, empathetic advice and support to management, staff and stakeholders on sensitive issues and ideally within a public sector media unit.
- Demonstrated ability to work within a team on confidential and sensitive issues, exercising discretion and sound judgement and following stringent internal approval processes.
- Demonstrate knowledge and commitment to promoting and creating a safe and inclusive work environment and the legislative requirements of Equal Opportunity and Work Health and Safety legislation.
- Broad contemporary knowledge of current issues and initiatives related to education is desirable.
- Tertiary qualifications in communications or a relevant discipline.

**What you'll get in return**

In return, you will receive a 12-month fixed term contract opportunity at an AS06 level working in a large, forward-thinking State Government department.

**Special Conditions**:
The successful applicant is required to gain a Department for Human Services (DHS) working with children check (WWCC) prior to being employed which is required to be renewed every five years before expiry. The incumbent will be required to undertake RRHAN -EC (Responding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect - Education Care) Facilitator Lead (Masterclass) extended course or the online (Fundamentals) course which will be required to be updated every three years.

For all other Special Conditions please refer to the attached Position Description.

**Enquiries**:
**Call to Action**
- Resume
- Application Cover Sheet
- Employment Declaration
- A written statement of 1500 words addressing the key competencies outlined in the role description.

People of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and/or those who have a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

**Applications close**: 13/11/2024 11:30 PM