About this job
About the opportunity:
We are on the lookout for a motivated and agile AO6 Senior Communication and Marketing Officer to enhance the key priority work of the Early Childhood Division through strategic communication, engagement and proactive marketing. This role is highly responsive through coordinating events, capturing good news stories and editing content in short time frames to deliver timely engagement on social media accounts.
Your Role:
As the Senior Communication and Marketing Officer, you will support the ongoing delivery of communication activities, increasing the profile of the Early Childhood Division projects and initiatives. This role is an opportunity for an inspired communication specialist to utilise social media, digital and events as key levers to boost the good news and opportunities of the Early Childhood sector. Working under a multidisciplinary team of project leads, you will support the team to develop internal and external communication strategies that support a range of audiences across the early childhood education and sector, including Queensland families. The skills required to support communications projects are social, digital and email marketing, user-experience, website, sponsorships and events experience.
This role reports through the Manager, Communications and also required to assist with preparations for internal briefings through reports and presentations.
Responsibilities include:
- Deliver high quality, responsive communication and marketing services to a range of departmental clients and stakeholders within an account management framework with a focus on efficient, effective and client focused service delivery.
- Project manage and run key events and community engagement activities within the Division, including liaison between third-party providers and stakeholders.
- Identify and understand client expectations and provide high level communication and marketing advice and develop and implement effective communication and marketing strategies (internal and external).
- Write, edit and produce high quality content, including:
- online and digital content including social media and website
- publications and other communications and marketing materials
- speeches, media releases, briefing notes, correspondence.
- Develop and implement sponsorship proposals and advertising campaigns that deliver effective and measurable outcomes.
- Prepare briefings and correspondence for senior executives and the Minister.
- Provide a creative, lateral and innovative approach to the business of the department.
About You:
- An agile and committed team player, willing to take initiative, manage up and support the broader team in a highly responsive environment.
Please refer to the attached role description for any mandatory requirements for this position.
To Apply:
- Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should have an understanding of your relevant work history)
- Attach a max imum2-page written statement about how your achievements and capabilities meet the requirements of the role.
We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.
Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department.
Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.
When working in regulated employment an employee must have a current Working with Children Clearance (blue card) issued by Blue Card Services.
Salary rate shown is reflective of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.
ctive of full-time (1.0 FTE).
The Department of Education is a family inclusive workplace. Click here to find out more about our Inclusion and Diversity strategies.