Media Manager

**Media Manager Role**:

- **Ongoing Full Time located in Parramatta + Flex/Hybrid work model**:

- **Salary ranges from $134,411 to $155,445 + super**

Our NSW Land and Housing Corporation (LAHC) team is currently seeking to appoint **a Media Manager** within the Partnerships and Communication Division. This role provides strategic advice and guidance to Ministers and the Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) Secretary, Deputy Secretaries and Executive on the planning, development and delivery of media strategies and activities to support government initiatives, programs and events and manage issues as they arise in a highly contentious and political environment.

Our Media Manager role is within a very fast-paced environment that is a high profile media role in terms of focus for the government. This is a role in which you will have an impact on our community. Your day-to-day could involve anything from managing the flow of news around the business including major media and critical issues; providing and contributing to strategic communication advice; monitoring state-wide media to building effective and collaborative relationships with the Minister’s offices, media representatives and managers throughout the organisation at large.

**About you**
Do you thrive in a high pressure environment? Do you have “superstar level” written skills? Do you have extensive media experience? If you answered yes to these questions, this could be your next opportunity

We are seeking someone who brings with them experience and strength in team leadership along with experience in the management of multiple internal and external stakeholders. This is a fast-paced, high pressure role and we are looking for someone who can hit the ground running and thrive in this environment. You will also need a willingness to travel to regional areas in order to fulfill the requirements of this role.

**Essential requirements**
- Tertiary qualifications in communications, media, journalism, or related discipline and/or relevant extensive experience.
- Demonstrated strong experience in media relations, including contacts with media organisations and an understanding of emergent issues impacting the client Directorate.
- Willingness and ability to be on call as required outside of normal working hours.

For more information read the full Role Description: Media Manager

**About Us**
The Department of Planning and Environment’s (DPE) vision is to create thriving environments, communities and economies for the people of New South Wales. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and seeks to embed Aboriginal cultural awareness and knowledge throughout the department.

LAHC is a Public Trading Enterprise within the DPE cluster responsible for the public housing portfolio. LAHC owns and manages the Government’s public housing portfolio of some 125,000 properties within New South Wales.

Future Directions for Social Housing in NSW (Future Directions) sets out the Government’s vision to transform the social housing system over the next 10 years with LAHC playing a critical role in delivering the benefits of this new and innovative model for social housing. A key feature is the Communities Plus program, which is designed to fast-track the redevelopment of LAHC’s social housing portfolio in partnership with the private and community housing sector to deliver significant new and replacement social housing dwellings that are integrated with affordable private dwellings.

**To Apply**

DPE strongly recommends all applicants who can be safely vaccinated for COVID-19, to be so.

**Applications close 25**th** April at 11:55PM.**
- A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months._

**Looking for more information or assistance in applying?**
Our Diversity team can assist to:

- provide alternative formats to apply
- make adjustments to the recruitment process
- offer information about workplace adjustments and support networks

LAHC is a workplace that values our First Nations employees, their culture and their experiences. We are committed in becoming the employer of choice by creating a safe and welcoming environment. We are committed to work alongside our First Nations communities to support their social, cultural and economic aspirations and as a culturally inclusive workplace, provide a safe environment, where employees feel secure in their own identity, culture and community.

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