Senior Communications Officer

Company description:

Department of Communities and Justice

Job description:

Senior Communications Officer

• Location Parramatta CBD with access to hybrid work arrangements
• Full time ongoing opportunity (35 hours per week)
• Salary from $129,464 to $142665 pa. + super and annual leave loading
• Diverse and inclusive organisation with generous leave entitlements including flex leave and access to Fitness Passport

This position is open to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people only

Your role

The Aboriginal Housing Office (AHO) is looking for a Senior Communications Officer to lead creative and culturally connected communications that highlight our work with Aboriginal communities across NSW.

In this role, you'll plan, create and deliver communications that align with AHO's strategy, sharing our story and strengthening connections with Aboriginal tenants, Aboriginal Community Housing Providers, and partner organisations.

What you'll do

• Collaborate with internal and external teams to coordinate important external and internal events, including event planning and on day delivery.
• Plan and create a range of communications across platforms - such as video, print and digital.
• Develop communications guides and protocols to ensure strong positioning for AHO.
• Deliver communications projects, including associated project management.
• Develop communications plans to effectively tell the story of the AHO's various workstreams (and AHO-wide communication strategy).
• Undertake analysis and review of communications to determine outcomes of initiatives and inform future planning and activity.
• Coordinate updates to the AHO intranet site and AHO website.
• Create, monitor and update information across AHO channels - including social media and website - to keep our audiences up to date.
• Research trends and issues to identify key audiences in community and identify strategies to underpin best practice strategies for communications development.

What we're looking for

• Strong experience in communications, content creation and digital engagement.
• A deep understanding of Aboriginal cultural beliefs, values and community perspectives.
• Ability to manage multiple communications projects in a fast paced environment.
• Skills in the Adobe suite including Photoshop, InDesign and PremierePro.
• Excellent writing skills for diverse audiences and digital platforms.
• Advanced capability within Office 365 environment
• Experience working in or with government.

As an Identified role, this position is open only to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander persons. Where a position is identified, an applicant's race is a genuine occupational qualification under the exception in Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

There are two alternatives to confirming your Aboriginality, one of which must be uploaded to be considered for the role as follows. Either will be accepted:

Confirmation of Aboriginality form

or

Written confirmation from 2-3 Aboriginal organisations within the community in which you live/work, which addresses the three criteria listed below:

• is of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, and
• identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and
• is accepted as a such by the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

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For more information and advice on applying for roles at DCJ, visit Careers for Aboriginal people

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.

Want more information? Visit our website to see more information on Working for us.

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply. You will need to attach an up-to-date résumé (maximum five pages) and a cover letter (maximum three pages) with a brief outline on how you meet the requirements of the role and answer the two targeted questions below:

• Can you provide an example of when you tailored a communication plan to suit different audiences and formats? Outline the project along with your approach and outcome.
• Can you describe your approach to editing and proofreading content - what are some of the key things you look to revise and take into consideration to ensure materials are focused on the right audience?

Applications close Friday 24th October at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it's like to work for DCJ and for the AHO, please contact the hiring manager Ruth Kotevich

If you've got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Stephanie Hughes on or via

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.

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