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Snr Strategic Communication Adviser

Requisition ID:  6466
Region:  Sydney - West
Job Category:  Education and/or training
Employment Fill Type:  Permanent (Ongoing)
Description: 

At the NSW Department of Education, we educate and inspire lifelong learners – from early childhood, through schooling to vocational education and training.  

 

 

  • 2 x Ongoing Full-Time positions 

  • 1 x Temporary Full-Time (End Date 30/06/2027) 

  • Location (Parramatta with flexible working arrangements available) 

  • Salary (Remuneration of $125,693 - $138,510 plus super and leave loading) 

 

 

About the role 

The position is primarily responsible for developing, delivering and driving communication strategies that support the department’s strategic plan and organisational objectives. You will work in partnership with subject matter experts and stakeholders from specific divisions to design and develop evidence-led communication programs. You will collaborate with partners across Communication and Engagement directorate (media, external and internal channel managers, brand and content teams) to provide seamless delivery of our communication programs for our internal customers to our target audiences – typically comprising students, parents and carers, teachers, principals and school-based staff, industry and corporate staff. 

For further information please click here to view the role description 

 

About you  

  • Develop and implement integrated communication strategies and delivery plans across key departmental priority areas – including those focused on internal audiences (corporate staff, teachers, principals, leaders etc) as well as our key external audiences (students, parents and carers, community opinion formers etc). 

  • Provide strategic advice and counsel to our internal customers and business partners around messaging, narrative, engagement and communication strategy grounded in evidence and data and responsive in real time performance analytics. 

  • Connect and collaborate with our Communication and Engagement partners to ensure a seamless and integrated internal customer experience – acting as the central point of contact to facilitate integrated communications planning and delivery. 

  • Build strong engagement within the business units teams ensuring employees are motivated and involved by keeping them updated, encouraging them to provide feedback and inspiring them to make a difference for the students of NSW. 

  • Lead the development of high quality, relevant and audience-focused written content including web pages, reports, speeches, newsletters, executive materials and briefing notes. You will work with subject matter experts, stakeholders and end audience representatives to ensure content is written for the audience intended and delivered in a way that will streamline administration, using the right channels for delivery. 

  • Engage with the department’s key policies and practices, record keeping systems and processes, strategic plans and reports, maintaining a high level of awareness and knowledge about internal and external policy shifts, and the legislative context within which we operate. 

  • Deliver and role model a high level of customer service for our internal audiences (other business units, executive and program leads) and for those enabling the success of our learners (principals, teachers, school staff) bringing best practice communication thinking and behaviour to the team, our work and our ways of working. 

  • Demonstrate our values every day (excellence, service, accountability, trust, equity and integrity) and bring to life our new ways of working (courage, agility, accountability, clarity, disciplined delivery, learning) that have been designed to ensure everything we do is prioritised on work that ultimately delivers outcomes for students. 

 

Essential requirements of the role 

  • Working with Children Check Clearance for paid employment 

 

Benefits 

  • Flexible working arrangements 

  • 35 hour working week 

  • Competitive, salary sacrificing, employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading 

  • Flex Leave entitlements, generous holidays & leave conditions 

  • Opportunities for advancement and mobility across the Department to support your career growth 

 

How to apply 

Attach a resume (maximum 5 pages) and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining how you meet the requirements and capabilities of this role. 

 

Please refer to the Applicant’s Guide to Applying to assist you with your application. 

 

If you are an existing Education Support Staff (corporate staff) with the NSW Department of Education, click here for instructions on how to submit your application. 

 

All other applicants please submit your application by clicking ‘Apply Now’. 

 
Note: the selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role. Successful candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment screening for this role which includes a National Criminal History Check. 

This is a child-related role. As a condition of employment you will be required to provide a valid Working with Children Check (WWCC) Clearance number (for paid employment). Visit the website for more information. 

 
Closing date Monday 2nd of June at 11:59pm. 

 
For role enquiries please contact Rosangela Battista at rose.battista1@det.nsw.edu.au 

 
We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment/interview process to better enable you to shine, please contact the Diversity and Inclusion Team (dandi@det.nsw.edu.au) or visit NSW Department of Education Diversity and Inclusion. 

 
A recruitment pool may be created through this recruitment process. A recruitment pool is a group of applicants who have been assessed and identified as suitable for this role, and who may be considered for a range of similar roles, including temporary, term or ongoing roles, over the next 18 months. 

 

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