Senior Communications Advisor – Bureau of Meteorology
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770794
- Agency: Bureau of Meteorology
- Job Title: Senior Communications Advisor
- Position Number: 60019723
- Classification: Executive Level 1
- Closing Date: Tuesday 21 July 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time;Part-Time, Non-Ongoing
- Location: Adelaide SA, Brisbane QLD, Canberra ACT, Darwin
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – ACT, Various locations – NSW,
- Salary: $121,755 – $132,713
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (Flexible working arrangements, including work from)
About Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology is one of the few organisations that touches the lives of all Australians and all Australia, every day. The
Bureau works across Australia and remote islands, providing services from the Antarctic to beyond the equator, and from the Indian
Ocean to the Pacific. We are Australia’s national weather, climate and water agency, in the Agriculture, Water and Environment
portfolio of the Australian Government, operating under the authority of the Meteorology Act 1955 and the Water Act 2007. We
provide data, information, knowledge, insight and wisdom to help Australians prepare and respond to the realities of their natural
environment, including droughts, floods, fires, storms, tsunami and tropical cyclones. Our products and services include
observations, forecasts, analysis and advice covering Australia’s atmosphere, water, oceans and space environments. We
undertake focused scientific research in support of our operations and services. Through regular forecasts, warnings, monitoring
and advice, we provide one of Australia’s most fundamental and widely used public services. We have strong relationships with our
customers, partners and stakeholders in Australia, including the Australian Community and the emergency services sectors,
all-levels of Government, and focus sectors including aviation, agriculture, energy and resources, national security and water.
Duties
- As the Senior Communications Advisor, you will generally be required to undertake work that is
- very complex or sensitive, operate under broad direction, and exercise a considerable degree of
- independence The responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:
- Develop and implement a communications strategy and implementation plan to support the
- enterprise bargaining negotiations and the implementation of the agreement.
- Develop key communications messages, and collateral including content and materials
- related to enterprise bargaining, usually under time pressure, using the approved Bureau
- visual standards.
- Develop, update and maintain the enterprise bargaining intranet page.
- Deliver contemporary communications to the Bureau’s diverse, dispersed workforce, driving
- engagement and supporting change.
- Proactively seek and foster positive internal relationships including working collaboratively in
- the broader Communications Program, and as part of the small enterprise agreement team
- in the Organisational Development Program.
- Manage multiple priorities by being resilient, responsive, and flexible.
- Undertake work that is very complex and sensitive with limited direction.
- Comply with and demonstrate commitment to the APS Values, Employment Principles, Code
- of Conduct, the Bureau’s diversity and inclusion principles, and all relevant work health and
- safety policies and procedures.
Eligibility / Notes
- Notes
- RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment
- activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum
- requirements for the job. For more information visit: https://www.apsc.gov.au/recruitability. This initiative/program is only applicable
- where the successful applicant will be employed under the Public Service Act 1999. Similar conditions may apply when employed
- under other Acts. For clarification please contact the advertising agency.
How to Apply
Position Contact Deb Vanderplight, NA
Agency Recruitment Site https://bomcareers.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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