AddressRate: Up to $600 - $800 per day + Super dependent on experience
Duration: 03/06/2024 to 06/09/2024 (possibility of extension)
The Senior Advisor, Media manages media initiatives, issues and opportunities for a designated portfolio or business unit to enhance and maintain Health Infrastructure’s reputation in the media.
Key Accountabilities
- Work in partnership with internal stakeholders to maintain a forward calendar of opportunities and achieve a coordinated media approach and narrative aligned with the agency’s vision and priorities.
- Prepare engaging, high quality and strategically aligned messaging and media materials including pitches, releases, statements, talking points and Q&A, within a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Research and develop proactive story pitches along with relevant content/spokespeople to achieve Health Infrastructure’s strategic media objectives and enhance reputation.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with media contacts to ensure timely and accurate responses to enquiries and achieve a balanced view of agency activities and projects.
- Monitor the external environment for issues and proactively develop strategies and responses to minimise risk, ensuring timely escalation of advice to internal stakeholders.
- Liaise with internal stakeholders, Local Health Districts/Networks, Ministerial offices, government agencies and other relevant organisations for input to responses and proactive opportunities.
- Monitor, evaluate and report on media activities and outcomes to ensure alignment with objectives, inform future approaches, promote learnings among the wider team and advocate improvements.
- Actively identify and contribute to the evaluation of, and changes to, systems, procedures, and processes to optimise efficiency and support the continual improvement of services.
- Prepare considered and accurate information and materials in a fast-paced, high pressure environment with competing deadlines and changing priorities.
- Maintain awareness of Health Infrastructure activities, the broader NSW Health context and public issues to develop approaches and responses to mitigate risk and leverage opportunities.
- Navigate the sensitivities of a matrix organisation and a high profile, complex and politically sensitive operating environment while adhering to media and communication protocols.
- Appropriate qualifications and senior level experience in media, public relations, journalism or other relevant discipline within the government sector and/or a large corporate organisation.
- After hours and weekend on call work is required as part of a team roster.
- Extensive experience developing and implementing media strategies and initiatives for contentious public issues within complex, large organisations and fast-paced, reactive environments.
- Experience analysing and interpreting complex, sensitive information from numerous sources to prepare and present appropriate advice and responses
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Applications received after the due date may be considered for similar roles."Indigeco Acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and Recognise our Brothers & Sisters Connection to Land, Waters and Community. We pay our Respects to our Brothers & Sisters our Culture & to our Elders past, present & future".
