Media and Campaigns Advisor

Title: Media and Campaigns Advisor

Organisation / Entity:NSW Electoral Commission

Job category:

Marketing & Communications

Job location:

Sydney Region / Sydney City

Job reference number:0000B5XK

Work type:Full-Time

Total remuneration package:Package includes base salary ($113,574 - $125,720), plus employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.

Job Description:

• Ongoing full-time opportunity
• Produce creative, multi-channel content across media, digital, social, video and campaigns
• Collaborate with journalists, content partners and media outlets
• Work in a team that values creativity, collaboration and quality

 

Key knowledge, experience and essential requirements

Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or equivalent professional experience. Track record of delivering communications that demonstrate quality and excellence. Demonstrated experience in successfully creating audience focused content suitable for diverse channels and audiences including media. Demonstrated understanding of, and experience in, developing and implementing social media plans. Radio experience and media spokesperson experience an advantage. Politically neutral with no affiliation to political parties or lobbyists/third party campaigners. Satisfactory criminal record check result.

What we offer

Opportunity to work on large scale events and assist your local community Career development opportunities through study and face to face training Access to self-paced training via LinkedIn Learning Employee Assistance Program for wellbeing support Staff social events to connect with colleagues Work/Life balance (35 hour working week) and flex leave Access to Fitness Passport for eligible staff  Free annual flu vaccination Convenient CBD location, near Gadigal Metro and Town Hall Stations.

About the role
The Media and Campaigns Advisor creates content and manages and contributes to media, social and campaigns to build understanding of and engagement with all parts of the electoral and democratic process among external audiences including voters, parties, candidates, lobbyists and donors.

About the NSW Electoral Commission

The New South Wales Electoral Commission delivers trusted and independent systems, processes, oversight and engagement that support democracy in New South Wales. Our vision is to maintain confidence in the integrity of the democratic process and make it easy for people to understand and participate.

Our work includes:

Running and regulating elections Communicating and engaging with current and future voters, key NSW community stakeholders and NSW election participants; and Investigating possible offences and enforcing electoral and lobbying laws such as the Electoral Act 2017 and the Electoral Funding Act 2018.

The NSW Electoral Commission embraces diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the population of New South Wales. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, mature-age people, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this role. 

Your employment will be subject to National Criminal Records Check to determine your suitability for employment.  

The NSW Electoral Commission is committed to maintaining public confidence in the integrity of the electoral system. The Commission requires all its employees to refrain from membership of any political party and from engaging in political activity which could be seen as reflecting adversely on the strict political neutrality of the Commission. To maintain political neutrality, applicants for roles with the Commission who are, who have been or who may be perceived to be or have been connected with political activities may also be ineligible for appointment and should disclose such information as part of their application. 

A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles of the same work classification that may become available for filling over the next 18 months.

This role is based in at our Elizabeth Street, Sydney office with a hybrid work arrangement.