Assistant Director Production and Creative Services

EL 1 - $120,290 - $129,379 per annum plus superannuation
- Office of Water Compliance Division
- Adelaide, SA, Albury, NSW, Brisbane, QLD, Canberra, ACT, Dubbo, NSW, Goondiwindi, QLD, Mildura, VIC, Sydney, NSW

**Who we are**
The Water Act 2007 (Act) established the role of an independent Inspector-General of Water Compliance (Inspector-General) to monitor, and provide independent oversight of, water compliance together with compliance powers and functions. The Act provides the legislative and regulatory framework for the management of the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia’s largest resource. The Act enables the Commonwealth to manage, in conjunction with the Basin States, the Murray-Darling Basin resources in the national interest. Our mission is to provide transparency and accountability against the Basin Plan.

Objectives include:

- To improve trust and transparency in implementing the Basin water reform agenda.
- To strive for greater consistency of water management across the Basin.
- To strengthen Basin Plan compliance and enforcement.
- The Inspector-General, and the staff which supports the role, will seek to communicate in a clear and transparent matter in relation to activities, deliverables, and findings.
- The Inspector-General General and the staff which supports the role will approach all efforts in a manner which is proportionate to the risk, and which must have a strong basic of evidence.
- The Inspector-General, and the staff which supports the role, leads the Australian Government in providing confidence to communities and stakeholders with the transparent guardianship of:

- Monitoring and providing independent oversight of Commonwealth agencies in the performance of their functions and exercise of their powers under the Act, regulations and other legislative instruments made under the Act, the Basin Plan and water resource plans.
- Oversight of Basin State agencies in relation to their obligations in the management of Basin Water resources.

The Office of Water Compliance supports the Inspector-General of Water Compliance, which is an independent statutory role. The Inspector-General of Water Compliance will aim to improve trust and transparency in implementing the Commonwealth’s Basin water reform agenda, deliver greater consistency and harmonisation of water regulation across the Basin, and strengthen Basin Plan compliance and enforcement.

The Media and Communications team is responsible for leading and managing:

- Inspector-General of Water Compliance media and communications, including media and issues management, corporate communications, creative content development and social media.
- Directly supporting and delivering day-to-day stakeholder engagement and specialised community engagement activities - such as field days.
- Development, production, and delivery of digital communications content that educates and informs the Australian community in regard to the management of Basin resources.
- Information analysis, intelligence mapping and reporting, including annual community survey work across the Basin.

**The Job**
You will undertake work that is complex or sensitive and operate under broad direction.

You will exercise:

- A considerable degree of independence and perform a leadership role.
- Sound decision making and judgement to produce high-level policy advice and supporting content/materials.

You will engage in complex problem solving and issues management and may coordinate, and undertake detailed or sensitive projects that affect strategic, political, or operational outcomes for the agency. You are responsible for actively managing key stakeholder relationships within and outside the agency and may manage one or more work teams.

**What we are looking for**
**Knowledge and experience**

Creative content on behalf of the Inspector-General, includes:

- Field-based broadcast industry grade video production and post-production.
- Industry grade photography.
- Creative writing and copywriting.
- Animation and video motion graphics.
- Basic graphic design.
- Multi-camera livestreaming and production project management.

Experience in providing creative direction, sourcing, and procuring third-party providers, such as:

- Freelance media operators.
- Content producers.
- Advertising creatives.
- Live event audio, video, and lighting technicians.

Ability to undertake production duties, includes:

- Video production - concept, storyboard, pre-production, production, and post-production.
- Audio production - such as podcasts and audio news releases (this may include concept, storyboard, pre-production, production, and post-production).
- Photography - concept, storyboard, pre-production, photograph, and post-production of images.
- Motion graphics and basic pre-print graphic design - concept, storyboard, and design motion graphics (including animation, image special effects), as well as production, and post-production. Experience in assisting with team administration inclu