Senior Communications Adviser

The Role

The Senior Communications Adviser brings expertise in building culture and connecting staff with organisational purpose through high quality internal communications. They work across diverse portfolios to deliver internal, corporate, events and change communications and to contribute to effective strategies in response to emerging priorities and initiatives.

Key accountabilities include:

Deliver high-quality internal communications, including strategy development, content production, professional writing, and reputational risk management within departmental messaging frameworks.
Support leadership in executing a comprehensive communications strategy, ensuring effective engagement with hybrid teams across Melbourne, regional, and international offices through virtual and in-person staff engagements, presentations, and speeches.
Implement complex internal, corporate, and change communication initiatives to enhance staff and stakeholder perceptions and experiences.
The Team

The position of Senior Communications Adviser forms a part of the Strategic Communications branch within the Corporate Services group.

The group works to build a safe, high-performing organisation where the department's people are supported to perform at their best. The group does this by providing strategic, operational and program delivery support services in creative and innovative ways.

Strategic Communications is focused on building our department's reputation and delivering on the DJSIR purpose by raising the profile of our key initiatives, investments and programs.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

Extensive experience in internal communications and staff engagement.
Strong project management, negotiation, and influencing skills.
Proven ability to develop and execute internal communications strategies.
Expertise in creating high-impact communications materials for internal and external audiences, including video, photography, livestreams, and written content.
Further Information

For a confidential discussion, please contact Shelley Marsh, Internal and Change Communications Manager on 045+ +34 211 or shelley.marsh@ecodev.vic.gov.au.

The department is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to taking the necessary steps to protect children from harm by adopting a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety in accordance with the Child Safe Standards.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Records Check prior to commencing employment with the Department. For further information on the position, please refer to the attached position description.

Please note: We are accredited as a Disability Confident Recruitment (DCR) organisation and committed to inclusive recruitment. If you require an adjustment to participate in any stage of the recruitment process or have a particular requirement to be communicated with by either telephone or email only, please notify the DJSIR Recruitment Team on 0472875685, or via email at recruitment@ecodev.vic.gov.au with the position number in the subject line. For additional contact details for our team please review the attached Position Description, located under Job Attachments in the right hand menu.

How to Apply

Please click the `Apply Now' button. As part of the application process, you will need to provide a copy of your resume and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria outlined in the position description.

Applications close at 23:5+pm on 1 May 2025. Read more