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Senior Media Advisor
Job No:
CN2054
Location:
Newcastle
- Fantastic opportunity with exceptional scope and breadth to the role.
- Drive City of Newcastle’s media presence.
- Permanent Full-time - 35 hours per week.
- Flexible working with optional 9-day fortnight.
A fantastic opportunity exists for a skilled and experienced public relations professional to lead City of Newcastle’s media presence.
Reporting to the Media and Stakeholder Relations Manager as part of the Major Events and Corporate Affairs unit, you will build the City’s profile through engaging media opportunities and protect its reputation with astute issues management strategies.
Your ability to provide strategic advice, training and support to CN officers will play a critical role to increase media awareness and skills within the organisation.
At CN our people are valued and have access to a range of benefits that help balance life at work and at home. These include flexible working arrangements, professional development opportunities and health and wellbeing programs.
The essentials you’ll need;
- Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing or a related qualification, and/or demonstrated capability through past employment experience.
- Five (5) years or more experience working in a communications/public relations role which required developing and implementing media strategies and working with senior management to manage issues of reputational risk.
- Extensive experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of communications strategies and activities, including media, publications, digital communications and social media.
- Successful track record in delivering projects or parts of projects in accordance with financial, scope, quality and time constraints and demonstrated capacity to monitor and report on project performance.
- Advanced level experience in media liaison, writing and editing.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills demonstrated by abilities in consultation, negotiation, conflict resolution and influencing skills at all levels, and the capacity to develop and manage effective relationships with all stakeholders and all levels of staff.
- Substantial experience in the management of critical issues, development and implementation of proactive communication strategies.
- A high level of written and verbal communication skills including the ability to write plain English content for a range of media.
- Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing communication plans.
- Ability to think creatively in a high-pressure environment while managing and prioritising competing activities and deadlines.
- Be willing and able to work in a dynamic and fluid environment with the flexibility to work outside regular business hours during the evening and on weekends to meet the needs of a 24/7 media environment.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and post quality content to digital channels including websites and social media.
- Current C Class drivers’ licence.
Other valuable skills you may have:
- Experience in highly regulated or government environments.
- Experience in delivering advice and training in media management skills to staff.
- Digital production skills.
Sound like the perfect job for you? Apply Now!
City of Newcastle proudly promotes the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and fosters a culture of diversity to represent the community of our Local Government Area.
All candidates will be assessed against the selection criteria outlined in the position description. Suitable candidates may be placed on an eligibility list for future identical positions for a period of 12 months.
You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.
To view the full position description please click here.
Application Closing Date: Friday, 28 August 2020.
Remuneration: $107,622 + 9.5% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour week.
Contact: Nick Kaiser, Media and Stakeholder Relations Manager, 0411 485 204.