Media Adviser

Public Affairs Officer 1 (APS4 - APS5) - $74,882 - $89,398 per annum plus superannuation
- Portfolio Strategy
- Canberra, ACT
- _Join a team of friendly media professionals working on important announcements and issues relating to the environment and water _
- _Develop your skills and experiences in a safe and supportive workplace _
- _Enjoy flexible working options_

**Who we are**

The Portfolio Strategy Division is the department's central policy area. The division supports our ministers and the department to engage with the complex cross cutting policy challenges in Australian climate, energy, environment and water policy. We lead on the Cabinet and Budget processes, strategic policy, First Nations policy, whole-of-portfolio projects, and work to build the department's policy capability.

The Communication and Media Branch delivers internal and corporate communication and strategic communication activities in support of the department and our ministers, for the benefit of the Australian community. This includes managing the department’s social media strategy and social media presence, media support services across the department and for our ministers’ offices, production services including graphic design and branding, Web publishing for external facing departmental websites, and the development of campaign and non-campaign materials.

The Media Team plays a critical role in supporting 3 ministerial offices and the department’s executive through the delivery of timely, quality media products.

**The Job**

In this entry level role you will assist with the smooth running of the Media Team to support the office of the Minister for the Environment and Water, and policy and program areas of DCCEEW.

Duties and responsibilities will include:

- Assisting with daily media team administration. This includes helping manage a busy media team inbox and direct enquiries, distributing media releases to journalists and publishing media products to the department’s websites.
- Monitoring and sharing information on departmental activities including parliamentary committees and Senate Estimates.
- With assistance, developing media materials.
- Providing assistance to other members of the team as required.

**What we are looking for**

**Knowledge and experience**
- Experience working on or observing an activity that relates to communicating with audiences about a topic (can include while studying).
- Experience working in a team (can include while studying).
- General knowledge of the media.

**Skills and capabilities**

We are seeking a keen person who wants to further their career in a dynamic and fast moving media team staffed by communication and journalism professionals. We are seeking someone with a strong interest in our department’s issues and policies who is eager to learn about strategic media management and to help our team perform at its very best.
The skills and capabilities we are looking for include:

- ability to work in a fast moving dynamic environment as part of a team,
- ability to quickly gain a working knowledge of the department’s policies and operations,
- good writing and editing skills,
- good verbal communication skills,
- good organisational skills,
- ability to quickly develop strong working relationships and gather information.

**Mandatory Qualifications**
- Tertiary qualifications in communications field OR,
- A cadetship or a relevant public affairs degree or diploma OR,
- 2 years relevant work experience.

**Eligibility and other requirements**
- **Citizenship** - to be eligible for employment with the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water you must be an Australian citizen.
- ** Security Clearance**:

- this position requires a **Baseline Vetting** security clearance. You will be required to obtain and maintain a clearance at this level.
- ** Pre-employment Check**:

- your suitability for employment will be assessed through a pre-employment screening process. This process includes a requirement to undergo and satisfy a National Police Check, referee checks, character clearance and where required a pre-employment medical assessment, specified mandatory qualification(s) validation and a probation period of 6 months.

**For additional information, please read the Job Description below.