VPS4 Communication Officer

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Talent International Full time

Role Context

We are a regulatory body focused on ensuring quality learning outcomes across various educational and training sectors in Victoria. Our responsibilities include:

  • Registering school education providers and senior secondary education providers.
  • Overseeing school boarding premises and home schooling.
  • Accrediting organisations to award senior secondary qualifications.
  • Regulating vocational education and training (VET) providers.
  • Appointing review bodies and regulating apprenticeships and traineeships.
  • Monitoring group training organisations.
  • Accrediting courses and maintaining a register of education and training organisations.
  • Protecting the interests of students as consumers of education and training services.

Role Purpose

You will support a small communications team. Your role will involve contributing to strategic communications activities, stakeholder engagement, and the successful implementation of regulatory reforms. You will assist in planning, curating, and developing content for various channels.

Key Accountabilities and Activities

Internal Communications

  • Develop internal communication strategies.
  • Support business or project areas in executing internal communications.
  • Work with senior officers to enhance culture and improve internal communication practices.

External Communications and Branding

  • Ensure consistency and integrity across all communications and marketing materials.
  • Assist in developing external communication strategies.
  • Create communications that highlight initiatives and priorities, reflecting audience interests.

Digital Communications

  • Curate, develop, and review website content to ensure it is current and accurate.
  • Coordinate and oversee e-newsletter production, including editing, sourcing content, and design/layout.
  • Manage and maintain the image library, selecting appropriate visuals.
  • Contribute to planning activities for digital channels.

Required Capabilities

Knowledge & Skills

  • Organisational Awareness: Understands the priorities and interests of various groups and key individuals, and appreciates legal obligations and limits.
  • Written Communication: Prepares clear, concise, and grammatically correct briefs, letters, emails, and reports.

Personal Qualities

  • Conceptual and Analytical Ability: Comfortable dealing with concepts and complexity, generating creative ideas, and reasoning through problems.
  • Customer Focus: Committed to meeting customer needs and delivering high-quality outcomes, listening to customers, and seeking service improvements.
  • Creativity and Innovation: Promotes ideas, identifies new ways of doing things, generates new ideas, and translates them into workplace improvements.

Apply now to secure an interview or email Luther Borgas at luther.borgas@talentinternational.com



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