Senior Director, Communications and Engagement

19 hours ago

Canberra, ACT, Australia ACT Government Full time $169,551 per year
Closes: 24 November 2025

Classification: Senior Officer Grade A

Salary: $169,551 plus superannuation

Position No: 46905

Directorate: Infrastructure Canberra

Advertised (Gazettal date): 17 November 2025

Contact Officer: CoreyJ Uncles on or

Details: Are you a strategic communications leader ready to shape the future of Canberra's infrastructure?

Infrastructure Canberra is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Director to lead a communications and engagement team across some of the Territory's most significant infrastructure projects.

This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for driving innovative communications and engagement strategies that build public awareness, foster positive sentiment, and support project delivery. You will lead a multidisciplinary team and work closely with senior executives, Ministers, and stakeholders across government to ensure coordinated, high-quality engagement.

What you'll bring:

  • Extensive experience in strategic communications, stakeholder engagement, and media management – ideally in infrastructure or government settings.
  • Proven ability to lead complex, high-profile campaigns and consultations.
  • Strong leadership, negotiation, and risk management capabilities.
  • A collaborative mindset and commitment to ACTPS values of respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation.

This is a unique opportunity to lead communications for transformative projects that shape Canberra's future. If you're ready to make a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other requirements:

  • Relevant tertiary education qualifications such as in Communications, Marketing and/or Public Relations is highly desirable.
  • Extensive experience in corporate communications, high-end campaign management, community consultation and engagement, marketing and/or stakeholder management.
  • The ability to work flexibly with some out of hours work is required.

Desirable

  • Communications and consultation experience in the delivery of large infrastructure projects is highly desirable.
  • Baseline security clearance (or ability to acquire).

Notes: This is a temporary position available from 08 December 2025 until 27 November 2026 with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only.

This position will be moving to a new workplace designed for activity-based working (ABW). Under ABW arrangements, officers will not have a designated workstation/desk.

How to apply: Please submit no more than a two-page written response addressing why you are best suited for this position and your experience against the Professional/Technical Skills and Knowledge, Behavioural Capabilities and Compliance Requirements/Qualifications outlined in the Position Description, along with a current curriculum vitae and contact details for two referees.

Applications should be submitted .

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Note

This is a temporary position available from 08 December 2025 until 27 November 2026 with the possibility of extension and/or permanency.

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