📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0769862
- Agency: Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
- Job Title: Senior Media and Communications Officer
- Position Number: 26/0515
- Classification: APS Level 6
- Closing Date: Wednesday 10 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Canberra ACT, Brisbane QLD, Melbourne VIC
- Future Merit Locations: Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne
- Salary: $105,295 – $115,786
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible working arrangements will be considered in)
About Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
We are the department that helps job seeking Australians find safe, secure, and well-paid work while we ourselves strive to be a
model employer. We provide the framework for fair and productive relationships between employers and employees. We also
oversee skills development and training initiatives to support those entering the workforce or retraining to take advantage of
emerging employment opportunities. Secure jobs are vital—driving future economic growth and providing people with the certainty.
We focus on connecting Australians who are starting, advancing or changing their career with the relevant skills, knowledge and
experience to gain or regain employment. Our work directly contributes to shaping the employment landscape. It is our unique
purpose to help people realise their potential and we want you to be part of it. Underpinning our important work is our focus on
culture. We recognise that how we do things is equally important as what we achieve. Our workplace is one where different
perspective are encouraged, people feel a sense of belonging and draw on the expertise of their peers. Our people demonstrate
the APS Values, which includes being open, thoughtful, curious and candid. We also value employee wellbeing and developing
leadership through investment in capability.
Duties
- Your professional experience will enable you to provide sound media and communications advice,
- support and direction to others within the department.
- You will be an effective and strategic thinker who builds trust and works confidently in a complex,
- dynamic and at times uncertain and ambiguous environment. You will exercise sound judgement,
- take initiative and actively identify solutions to complex issues.
- You will be responsive, resilient and adaptable. You will have the ability to manage competing
- priorities and deliver quality outcomes under pressure, both independently and as part of a team.
- The role requires strong capability across media and digital communications, including the ability
- to:
- Provide strategic media advice on complex or sensitive issues
- Translate complex policy, technical information and data into clear, accurate and accessible
- content for media, ministers and the public
- Respond to media enquiries accurately and at pace, including coordinating clearances with
- ministerial offices, executives and policy areas
- Develop high quality media and communications materials, including releases, talking points,
- Q&As, briefings and digital content
- Develop and manage digital communications products, including internal communications
- and intranet content
- Understand user experience journeys and information architecture across digital channels
- Use data, analytics and insights to inform communication decisions and continuously
- improve content and channels
- Apply best practice accessibility, content design and digital publishing standards in a
- government environment.
Eligibility / Notes
- Please note, under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian
- citizens to be employed in the APS unless the Agency delegate has agreed, in writing.
- This is a designated security assessed position. The successful candidate will have the ability to
- obtain and maintain a security clearance. Baseline
- This selection process may be used to establish a merit pool. The pool might be accessed to fill
- ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies for similar roles in the Department over the next 18 months.
How to Apply
Position Contact Jasmine Huynh, (07) 5582 1928
Agency Recruitment Site https://dewr.nga.net.au/cp/
Applicants to vacancies notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette should be aware:
that the names of successful applicants will also be notified in all formats of the electronic Public Service Gazette
applicants found suitable may be offered similar employment opportunities by other Australian Public Service agencies
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