Advocacy and Government Relations Officer

1 week ago

Australia Melton City Council Full time $60,000 - $90,000 per year
The OpportunityKey Responsibilities
  • High level administrative skills to effectively centralise and manage information, correspondence and reporting.
  • Support the review and development of Council's advocacy strategies and campaigns and delivery of objectives, priorities and actions that supports the Executive, Mayor and Councillors advance key advocacy issues.
  • Coordinate and prepare correspondence, briefings notes, fact sheets, publications, presentations, submissions, online content and other materials to support Mayor, CEO and Senior Leaders.
  • Support delivery of Council's government relations program including developing targeted engagement plan, scheduling meetings, preparing briefing materials, coordinating follow up actions and maintain stakeholder/actions register.
About youTo be successful in this role you will have the following:
  • Tertiary qualifications in policy development, political science, international relations, communications or other related field with experience, or a lesser formal qualification with substantial experience.
  • Relevant experience in advocacy, government relations and/or communications, policy development, and grant attraction.
  • Ability to engage with diverse stakeholders at all levels with credibility and tact and foster collaboration to drive outcomes.
  • Excellent written and verbal communications skills, and an ability to distil large amounts of complex information for a variety of internal and external audiences and ability to build and maintain relationships.
  • Demonstrated experience and capability to manage administrative and planning aspects of projects along with strong project management skills.
  • Current valid Victorian driver's licence.
Culture and Values
  • Motivate
  • Empower
  • Lead
  • Trust
  • Open
  • Nurture
Benefits
  • 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year
  • 5 weeks annual leave
  • Flexible Working Hours
  • Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
  • 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)
  • 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave
  • Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities -
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Subsidised Uniforms
How To Apply

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