Coordinator, Campaigns And Media

• Full - time, Fixed term contract for 6 months. 
• $105,697.70 per annum plus Super
• Join Strategic Communications & Advocacy

Hume City Council is one of Australia's fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

As Coordinator of Campaigns and Media, you will be responsible for leading a team of communications specialists to deliver strategic communications campaigns to raise awareness and inform the community about Council services, programs, projects, initiatives, and events

This role also oversees Council's media and issues management and works closely with the Manager of Strategic Communication & Advocacy, Mayor and Senior Leadership Team.

What you'll be doing:

• Leading and motivating a team of communications specialists to develop and deliver communications campaigns that enhance the profile of Council and the City.
• Developing an annual strategic communications plan.
• Identifying opportunities for the Mayor, including the coordination of speeches and engagements.  
• Overseeing the strategic communication and promotion of Council's capital works program. 
• Developing high-level narratives, ensuring strong and consistent key messaging across all strategic communications activities.
• Providing senior-level advice across the organisation, in particular to the Mayor, Councillors and Senior Leadership Team, to ensure that Council's communications activities.

The skills and experience you'll bring to the role:

• Management of digital channels and social media accounts.
• Ability to research, write and edit communication materials for a wide range of mediums and audiences.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and managing a corporate identity to ensure an organisation is portrayed consistently and perceived positively by target groups.
• Ability to lead, manage, motivate, and develop a team in effective and industry-leading strategic communications and stakeholder management.
• Maintaining knowledge of and working within Organisation Policies and Procedures including WHS, EEO and Code of Conduct.
• Ability to gain cooperation and assistance from people with diverse backgrounds and cultures, both within and external to the organisation, to achieve the objectives of this position.
• Ability to develop and implement a departmental annual operations plan, service review and budget.
• Ability to oversee programs of work with exceptional project management skills and experience working on complex communications projects.  

Required Certifications & Qualifications:

• Qualifications or demonstrated experience in communications, public relations or marketing or a similar field.
• Significant experience in the planning, development, execution, and evaluation of integrated communications strategies.
• A strong understanding of local, state, and federal government and experience working in a political environment.

For any enquiries, please contact Trent Williams on 0447 447 *** or Sharni Carroll on 0499 055 ***.

Why Hume City Council?

As a leader in local government, we're committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We're better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We're in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.

To apply for this job go to: https://hume.recruitmenthub.com.au/Vacancies (Job ID:6554654)
Applications close 08 Mar 2024