Senior Media Liaison Officer, Clerk Grade 9/10

Senior Media Liaison Officer

Strategy & Governance - Media & Communications

Location: Haymarket, with flexible working conditions

Position Type: Ongoing Permanent, Part-Time (2 days: 15 hours per week)

Salary: Clerk Grade 9/10: $120,859 - $133,183 pa + superannuation + annual leave loading pro rata

Your role

The Senior Media Liaison Officer, reporting to the Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) Media Manager, independently manages complex media relations and stakeholder communications. This includes responding to media inquiries, promoting positive media coverage, and acting as a departmental spokesperson. The role also involves overseeing events, press conferences, monitoring media coverage, and providing strategic media advice.

What you’ll do

• Reporting to the CSNSW Media Manager, the role of the Senior Media Liaison Officer is to independently manage stakeholders and complex and sensitive media and communications on behalf of CSNSW.
• You will manage and compose responses to media enquiries, and work to encourage positive and informed coverage of CSNSW in the media. 
• It is expected that you will act as a departmental spokesperson when dealing with the media.
• You’ll oversee events, press conferences and announcements; monitor media coverage, and provide strategic advice about media issues.

What we’re looking for

• Advanced written and verbal communication skills including attention to detail and proofreading skills.
• Excellent critical thinking capacity and the ability to exercise judgement and solve problems quickly and effectively.
• Demonstrated capacity to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities.
• Experience working in a small team and contributing to a team approach to problem solving.
• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, public relations, or another relevant field.

Essential Requirements

• A current driver’s licence and preparedness to drive a vehicle, in the course of performing the role.
• Be prepared to travel for up to a few days a month and to visit the Correctional Centres 

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What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career.
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Apply now and join Australia’s top public sector employer where we will support you and provide an exciting and flexible working environment!

Are you ready to join us?

Click apply, attach a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements of the role as well as an up-to-date résumé (maximum 5 pages).

Applications close: Thursday 2nd January 2025 at 11:59pm AEST.

Got a question?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCJ, please contact the hiring manager, please call Bree Fuller– Media Manager on 0439 001 805, or via email: Bree.Fuller@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Tamara Duffy on 0482 665 139 or via email Tamara.Duffy@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

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Other Information

A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

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