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Are you an experienced Media Advisor looking for your next challenge? We are currently seeking a process-driven Senior Media Advisor to make the move into a new role within a community-focussed NSW Government Department.
What's in it for you:
Senior Media Advisor (Parramatta)
| Job title : | Senior Media Advisor (Parramatta) |
| Contract type : | Temporary |
| Location : | Sydney |
| Sectors : | |
| Salary : | Up to $600 per day + super |
| Start date : | ASAP |
| Duration : | 12 months |
| Job Reference : | MR1260012 |
| Contact name : | Emily |
| Contact email : | emilyd@maydayrecruitment.com |
| Job published : | 8 days ago |
What's in it for you:
- ASAP start dates available
- Temporary role for 12 months
- Up to $600 per day + super
- Based in Parramatta (hybrid working flexibility to be confirmed)
- 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday
- Supportive, diverse and innovative Government Department
- Great opportunity to gain exposure or develop your career in NSW Government
- Genuine opportunity to develop your skills and experience in media management and consultancy
- Great assignment length, with the possibility of extension
- Well-known business
- Support strong and effective working relationships with media, government, and stakeholders, to protect and promote the department's corporate reputation
- Contribute to the delivery of Corporate Plan objectives, while providing advice to internal stakeholders to manage reputation risk
- Develop responses to media issues, inquiries, and opportunities with other teams (social, internal, community etc) including preparation of media statements, alerts, strategies and releases in a highly effective and timely manner
- Work effectively and build trust with the media team in the Minister’s office
- Keep up to date with emerging media trends and non-traditional media channels and update media and stakeholder strategy teams
- Develop relationships with other media officers in key agencies
- Act as a general media spokesperson
- Share on-call duties as one of three on-call spokespeople including daily media monitoring (traditional and social)
- Experience in a similar role is essential, ideally with exposure to NSW Government
- Degree qualifications in communications, journalism, public policy, public relations, business or similar
- Valid drivers licence is required for the role
- Candidates must be able to commit to the required duration of the assignment
- Candidates must be able to pass a full background check
- Candidates must have a current Working with Children Check for paid work, or the ability to process this quickly
- For this role, our client requires candidates to be double vaccinated for COVID19, unless they can't due to a protected attribute such as a medical condition