Social Media Officer

Division: Corporate Services- Location: Parramatta, NSW, AU, 2150- Req ID: 71251**Senior Social Media Officer**

**Location - Parramatta/Hybrid**

**Employment type - Ongoing/Fulltime**

**Salary - Clerk Grade 9/10 - $120,859 to $133,183 p.a plus superannuation.**

**Your role**

The Senior Social Media Officer is ideas-driven and enthusiastic, with an understanding of the diverse community that DCJ serves, and assists with content creation, community management,oversee paid advertising, and campaign reports for the DCJ’s social media channels.

Key to this role is to build strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders ensuring DCJ services are reaching a wide social media audience (Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and X).

**What you’ll do**
- Oversee managing DCJ’s social media channels, including posting and moderation to create an exceptional audience experience and mitigate any potential reputational risks.
- Develop and deliver paid and organic social media content, including ideation, planning, copywriting, testing, design, content production (short form video, and imagery production to create informative and engaging content.
- Provide guidance on and oversee paid social media campaigns, always aiming to optimise budget allocation, maximise effectiveness and ensure sound financial management.
- Analyse and report on social media performance metrics to optimise content, increase audience engagement and provide advice to stakeholders on social media best-practice.
- Monitor trends in the social media landscape to help with organic and paid social media content creation.

**What we’re looking for**
- Demonstrated in-depth understanding of industry-leading social media platforms including Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok and X and their use as strategic communication and engagement tools in a complex environment.
- Experience in paid social advertising using Meta Ads Manager and LinkedIn Campaign Manager.
- Tertiary qualifications in digital marketing/social media/communications/media and/or equivalent knowledge, skills, and experience with demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.

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**What We Offer**

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

- A challenging and rewarding career
- Flexible, autonomous work environment
- Competitive pay and conditions
- Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
- Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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**We do work that really matters**

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families, and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

**Are you ready to join us?**

Click apply, attach an up-to-date resume (max 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as addressing the following question:

- Provide an example of a successful social media campaign (including paid ) that you worked on recently. Outline your role within the project and why was it successful?

**Applications close **:Saturday 14th December 2024 at 11.59 pm AEDT

**Please note - due to the Christmas/New Year shutdown across some areas within DCJ Interviews will be held in mid to late January, 2025.**

**Got a question?**

Visit Recruitment adjustments on the DCJ website to learn more.

**Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit**

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience, and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers, and other diversity groups.

To find out what DCJ are doing to build an inclusive and diverse workforce, visit Inclusion and diversity on the DCJ website.

**Other Information**

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

For more information visit Your recruitment journey on the DCJ website.