Why You Are Important to Us and What Impact You Will Have on the Strategy, Performance and Engagement Division and the Departments Goal
The Strategy, Performance and Engagement Division delivers strategic departmental services such as stakeholder engagement, governance, planning, reporting, risk management, media and communication, and crisis/emergency management. We provide support to the Minister, executive and business areas through advice on portfolio strategy, including developing, embedding and driving the department's strategic purpose, objectives, priorities, vision and values. The Chief Strategy Officer leads the division, working across the department to embed and assure strategic capability, helping staff deliver our strategic priorities and to prepare for the future.
The Communication and Media Branch delivers integrated communication services to the department and our ministers' offices. We partner to achieve business objectives and outcomes through evidence‐based, integrated communication and media services for industry, community and business. This includes managing the department's social media strategy and presence, media support services across the department and for our ministers' offices, production services including graphic design and branding, web publishing for external‐facing departmental websites, and the development of campaign and non‐campaign materials.
As a Public Affairs Officer Grand 3 (EL1 equivalent) you will join the leadership cohort of the Media team delivering high quality media and communication work to support the department.
The key duties of the position include
This is where you play an important role.
As the Public Affairs Officer (PAO3), you will:
* Provide strategic media advice to support the department's policies, programs and objectives.
* Develop and implement proactive media strategies that align with the objectives of the department, in addition to managing communication and media accounts for clients across the department.
* Respond to media inquiries and develop networks with key journalists and media outlets.
* Write and edit departmental and ministerial media releases and speeches.
* Write and edit communication material for a range of audiences and mediums to the highest professional standard.
* Provide leadership within the team, supervising and coaching other team members to develop their knowledge and experience.
* Build and sustain productive relationships with team members, colleagues and program areas to support the delivery of departmental priorities.
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