AddressCreative with a flair for making great content? Interested in international relations at the highest level? Strong interest in news and current affairs? Join the British Government in Australia and supercharge your career.
We need a Communications Officer to support our social media channels, events, and media engagement. From interviewing famous UK sportspeople, to filming at major international events, or supporting high profile political visitors, no two days in this role are ever the same.
Your expertise will help us tell our story to Australians, and in return, you’ll be given experiences and access not available anywhere else.
Based in our High Commission in Canberra, you’ll join our network across Australia, supporting our Consul-General Offices covering every state and territory. The UK in Australia network represents the best of British, and we need your best to help us tell the UK story in Australia.
Applicants may also be considered for other suitable vacancies.
Job Description (Roles and Responsibilities)
You will be managed by a Senior Communications Manager and work closely with the media & communications team and Head of Australia and Oceania communications.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- You will create and publish social media content across our channels that supports the UK’s objectives in Australia. Ensuring content follows brand and social media guidelines.
- Stay up to date with the latest best practice, insight and expertise across social media channels. Analyse how UK in Australia performs compared to these and make recommendations for improvements.
- Use judgement to make decisions and prioritise activity, ensuring that messages are high quality and support UK objectives. Work with the team to identify pinch points working in advance where possible and highlighting where more support is needed.
- Coordinate activity across the UK in Australia network, adding it into forward planning grids and ensuring that events, announcements and initiatives have clear social media plans.
- Plan weekly and monthly social calendar across all channels which supports the full range of UKinAustralia objectives. Proactively identifying and publishing evergreen content to maintain delivery.
- Monitor direct messages and replies, ensuring community standards are upheld and signposting British nationals to support where necessary
- Evaluate success of activity and identify lessons learned. Develop clear audience insight about specific channels, messages and formats to improve performance across social media channels.
- Work as part of a wider team to increase followers and engagement across social media channels and maintain our relationships with key media stakeholders.
Resources managed (staff and expenditure):
Budget may be available for ad-hoc video support from an agency, but the vast majority of materials are developed in-house and occasionally in collaboration with marketing hubs in Hong Kong, Delhi and London.
