AO4 Communications Officer

1 month ago


Sunshine Coast, Australia Public Sector People Full time

Your Opportunity:

Join our team as a Communications Officer, where you'll play a vital role in our Stakeholder and Issues Management team within the Stakeholder Management Business Unit. As part of this dynamic team, you'll primarily focus on researching and drafting responses to ministerial and executive correspondence. Exceptional skills in stakeholder and customer management, along with building and maintaining relationships, are crucial for success in this role.

This is a full time temporary position in a state government department on the Sunshine Coast. Contract until May 2027. 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assist the Stakeholder Management Business Unit by providing well-considered, accurate, and timely communications advice and correspondence support to regional staff, utilizing appropriate communication tools.
  • Coordinate, research, draft, and edit communications material, including responses to ministerial and executive correspondence, briefing notes, media statements, responses to media inquiries, speech notes, parliamentary business, online engagement, newsletters, and other non-project-related material for the Minister's office and senior management.
  • Undertake community engagement and stakeholder consultation activities during project development and delivery as required.
  • Coordinate and update the content of regional webpages to ensure relevance to projects and initiatives.
  • Provide training, advice, and support to regional staff and consultants to ensure consistency, enhance communication skills, and improve relationships with key stakeholders and the community in the delivery of non-project initiatives.

Ideal Candidate:

  • Previous experience in communications, stakeholder management, or a related field.
  • Exceptional skills in stakeholder and customer management, with a proven ability to build and maintain relationships.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft and edit a variety of communications materials.
  • Knowledge of communication tools and techniques, including online engagement and media relations.
  • Ability to coordinate and manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively.
  • Experience in community engagement and stakeholder consultation activities is desirable.
  • Familiarity with web content management systems is a plus.

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