Public Relations And Communications Officer

Permanent
Full-time (average of 38 hours per week)

The City of Rockingham is an award-winning local government known as the place where the coast comes to life thanks to our spectacular sparkling coastline. 

Our community’s vision for the future is: A quality lifestyle. A sustainable future. You can be part of making that vision happen.

As one of the fastest growing local government areas in the south metropolitan region, and a designated strategic centre, the City is responsible for meeting the community’s aspirations by delivering high quality services, facilities and events.

Joining the Strategy, Marketing and Communications Team will put you in the centre of a wide range of exciting communications projects where you will be actively involved in helping shape the future of the City of Rockingham.

You will be accountable for taking a lead role in enhancing the City’s brand and reputation to help Council and the organisation meet their strategic objectives. You will be responsible for helping tell the City’s story by developing and delivering internal and external communications, and liaising with media and key stakeholders. From creating media releases and responses, to writing speeches for the Mayor and other members of the leadership team, to contributing to a raft of regular and one-off projects where creative thinking, high calibre communications skills, and an agile approach to Public Relations are required.

Creating content for a variety of digital and traditional channels for both external and internal projects, you will support the consistent promotion of the City’s brand as the place “where the coast comes to life”, and the fulfilment of the community’s vision of a quality lifestyle, a sustainable future.

You must have an excellent track record in delivering strategic content through storytelling and have excellent Public Relations and communication and influencing skills.   

As the Public Relations and Communications Officer you will establish, nurture and maintain professional working partnerships both internally and externally and must be confident dealing with the media, community and all levels of government.

You must address the following selection criteria when submitting your online application:

1. A brief summary of your experience in Public Relations, media and corporate communications – are there any campaigns you are particularly proud of?
2. Experience in dealing with major media outlets and journalists
3. Ability to build collaborative and consultative relationships, across all levels of an organisation and with external stakeholders
4. Confirm your tertiary qualification, including date of conferral.

As part of your application, please provide a sample of your work.  For context, it would be helpful (but not essential) to include the project or product brief. 

We are offering a gross salary of $88,929 per annum and: 

• 11% superannuation with the option to co-contribute up to a further 5%
• A variety of health and wellbeing programs including a physical health reimbursement subsidy payment of up to $150 per annum, free flu vaccinations, free skin cancer checks, mental health programs and Employee Assistance Provider (EAP) services
• Flexible working arrangements, including rostered days off and two additional paid days of absence per annum
• A culture of learning with training/development opportunities including paid study leave and study fees
• Salary packaging opportunities for motor vehicles, etc.

An information package, including the position description, is available on our website.

Providing a safe and healthy workplace for our employees is important to us and we are committed to employing team members who share the City’s Values of Recognition, Ethics, Service, Professional Development, Empowerment, Communication and Teamwork – RESPECT. These Values are incorporated into all aspects of employment at the City.

Applications must be submitted online by 4pm, Friday 16 February 2024.

This process may be used to fill future similar permanent or fixed-term positions that may become available in the City during the next 12 months.

The City of Rockingham accepts applicants from a diverse range of backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people living with disability and people who speak a first language other than English.