Officer, Digital Communication

Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time

Salary: $79,122 - $96,073

Grade: VPS 3

Occupation: Communications, marketing and media

Location: Melbourne - CBD and Inner Metro suburbs

Reference: VG/D02994SEPTEMBER2025

At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we're looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We're all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we'd love to hear from you.

The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children's rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit

We're proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

• Use your content design and web publishing expertise to provide timely digital communication support to the department
• Play a critical role in ensuring that the department's website, intranet, social media and community engagement channels are accurate and up to date
• This is a 12-month fixed-term, full-time VPS3 role in a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• VPS Grade 3: $79,122 - $96,073 plus superannuation

About the Business Unit:

Strategic Communication is the department's centralised communication team and delivers communication services on behalf of the department's business units to inform and educate the community and staff about departmental policies, programs, and legislation.

About the Role:

The Officer works in the digital communication team within the Strategic Communication branch and provides timely communication support and advice for the department's business units, senior executive and ministerial offices.

Some of your duties will include:

• Writing, updating, scheduling and publishing web, social media and intranet content
• Developing social media content, including static tiles and simple animation
• Undertaking general website maintenance including broken links, responding to user feedback and reporting.

To learn more about this role before applying, please read the attached position description.

About You:

As our ideal candidate, you will possess:

• Experience in using content management systems, in particular Drupal
• Experience using Canva
• Awareness of Victorian State Government digital policies and processes including branding, visual style guidelines and website standards

Qualifications/Requirements:

• An appropriate tertiary qualification in communications or related field is highly desirable.

How to Apply:

Please click the Apply button on this advertisement. Applications should include a resume and covering letter. Attachments can be uploaded in .doc, .docx, .pdf, .txt or .rtf formats.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include reference checks, national police checks and misconduct screening. Dependant on the role, other checks may include VicRoads checks, drivers licence checks, medical checks, Working with Children Checks, and Declaration of Private Interests (for executive and responsible officer roles).

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

CHILD SAFE STATEMENT OF COMMITMENT:

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

Applications close Tuesday 23 September 2025 at 11.59pm

Posted

9 September 2025