Director, Media And Communication - Strategy And Governance - Executive Level 2

• Ongoing / Non-ongoing
• Salary: $139 657 to $159 067 plus 15.4% superannuation
• Barton, ACT

Employment OpportunityThe Director, Media and Communication leads the delivery of external and internal communication functions on behalf of the Attorney-Generals Department, including media management, strategic communication, online communication, corporate communication and graphic design and advertising campaigns.The Director will:

• Lead a large, high-performing section to deliver communication outputs aligned to the departments outcomes.
• Build and maintain section capacity and capabilities, ensuring outputs are delivered based on priorities.
• Foster close, respectful working relationships with and provide expert communication advice to key stakeholders.
• Maintain whole-of-department processes and protocols for communication operations.
• Manage the development and delivery of a wide range of communication products and services.
• Oversee key procurement and contractual activities; including, but not limited to, the department's media monitoring service.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of communication outputs to guide development of future activities.
• Management of and participation in an on-call roster after hours to fulfil media duties.
• Contribute to strategic and operational planning/improvements for the Branch and Group.
• Oversee delivery of department led multi-disciplinary national campaigns.

Significant experience in a communication-related role, ideally with a communication degree is desired.The Director, Media and Communication reports directly to the Assistant Secretary, Strategy and Governance, and works closely with the offices of the COO, Secretary and Attorney-General. How you can help us make a differenceWe seek people who bring external ideas, diverse experience, and global perspectives, and are willing to explore innovative ways of working. People who work for us will display leadership at all levels, apply information effectively in order to solve problems, and work collaboratively to achieve outcomes.Our ideal candidate will:

• Have significant Media and issues management experience.
• Highly developed sense of initiative and demonstrated willingness to be proactive.
• The ability to work effectively in high pressure environments with high workloads and tight timeframes.
• Demonstrate flexibility and sound judgment in use of communication channels to influence outcomes, deliver results and support organisational strategy.
• Display excellent judgment, the ability to build and nurture effective relationships with a broad range of stakeholders, and strong communication skills.
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to manage changing work requirements and varying volumes of work.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, solve problems, manage and meet deadlines and maintain a high quality of work with limited supervision.
• Strong leadership and people management skills to lead a large and diverse team.
• Strong understanding of the political and media environment.
• Strong resource management skills.

Certain positions require formal legal qualifications. For these positions, applicants must hold a degree in law from an Australian tertiary institution or comparable overseas qualification, which, in the opinion of the Secretary, is appropriate to the duties of the office, or admission in Australia as a legal practitioner.