- Ongoing
- Salary: $98 329 to $109 684 plus 15.4% superannuation
- Melbourne, VIC
Employment Opportunity
The Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner is seeking a media and communications officer to join his office in Melbourne.
This is an opportunity to join a small team supporting the Anti-Slavery Commissioner in his role combatting modern slavery in Australia and globally.
A function of the Commissioner's role is conducting education and community awareness initiatives relating to modern slavery, disseminating information relating to modern slavery and promoting compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2018.
For more information about the Commissioner and the Modern Slavery Act 2018 see the following link: Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner.
The person employed would work closely with the Commissioner and his staff on a range of media and communications related duties, including:
- editing publications and reports
- managing the Commissioner's social media accounts and website
- drafting media releases
- liaising with media outlets
- providing communications advice and guidance.
How you can help us make a difference
The successful candidate will need to exercise flexibility, resilience and have a positive attitude. The office environment is a small, non-hierarchical team operating from different workplaces in a variety of states.
As this is a new position in the recently established office of the Australian Anti-Slavery Commissioner the person filling this position would have an opportunity to develop the role over time in response to the needs of the Commissioner and the office.
The ideal candidate will have:
- strong written communication skills and an ability to articulate complex information in an accessible and engaging way
- the ability to work effectively in high pressure environments with tight timeframes and work flexibly across a small team
- the ability to work independently and think creatively
- the ability to liaise widely and develop productive working relationships with stakeholders
- excellent judgment, common sense and discretion.
The position will be based in the Melbourne CBD, with some capacity to work from home.
The position could be offered as a part-time position (3-4 days a week) if required.
Current APS employees are encouraged to apply, with the potential to s26 transfer into the role.
Merit Pools:
A merit list or pool may be created as part of this selection process and be used to fill similar vacancies anywhere in Melbourne, VIC.
Flexible work arrangements will be considered and supported where possible. These include:
- Job Share
- Hybrid Work
- Remote Work
- Compressed Hours
- Bandwidth Modification
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