Andrew Braddock, Member for Yerrabi and acting Deputy Leader of the ACT Greens is seeking a Community Engagement and Communications Adviser for his Assembly office.

Andrew is looking for an experienced communications and community engagement professional who shares our commitment to supporting communities to achieve positive change. If you are a communications or community engagement professional, enjoy working in a fast-paced and people-focused environment, have good political judgement and experience in managing projects then we hope you will apply to join us.

This position could be full time or 4 days per week depending on the preference of the successful applicant.

Duties

• Work with the Assembly team to develop, organise and implement community outreach and engagement.
• Develop, organise and implement communications strategies for local, electorate and constituent engagement and advocacy, through a range of tactics including petitions, social media, videos, graphic design, digital media and traditional media and events.
• Build and foster connections across Yerrabi with constituents and the broader Canberra community.
• Create impactful content, including through writing, photography, graphic design, and video production.
• Localise policy content to be relevant to the electorate and seek local opportunities to maximise their reach with the community.
• Work collaboratively within the Assembly team and with a high level of autonomy and accountability.
• Media relations, including developing responses to enquiries, writing media releases, developing and implementing media strategies and proactive media, and liaising with journalists.

Attributes

• Well-developed time management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines and priorities.
• Have a demonstrated commitment to or willingness to learn about implementing ACT Greens principles and policies around ecological sustainability, social justice, peace and non-violence, and grassroots participatory democracy.
• Commitment to working in, and contributing to, a positive team culture.
• Ability to manage different views while maintaining positive relationships with a range of stakeholders.
• Other duties as directed.

Selection criteria

Essential:

• Experience in community engagement or media.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Sound oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.

Desirable: (one or more of the following)

• Experience developing digital communications and preparing high quality, engaging copy for digital communications.
• A high level of digital competency, including experience using social platforms, websites and digital communication tools in a professional capacity.
• Experience in or willingness to learn media relations, including developing responses to enquiries, writing media releases, developing and implementing media strategies and proactive media, and liaising with journalists.
• Competence in content creation programs such Canva (or other similar programs), and skills in video and graphic content development for web and social media.
• Connections to the community in Yerrabi or a willingness to develop and foster such connections.

The role will be for the term of the 11th Assembly and is set at Adviser Level 1 or Adviser Level 2, subject to experience with indicative full time equivalent pay ranging from $82,377 to $130,693 plus allowances and superannuation.

The successful candidate will be engaged under a Legislative Assembly Members’ Staff contract, and other terms and conditions of employment are governed by the ACT Legislative Assembly Members’ Staff Enterprise Agreement 2023-2026. This role is not an ACT Public Service position.

Applications from Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and people with disability are encouraged.

The role is based in the Legislative Assembly, however flexible arrangements will be supported where possible.

Next Steps

To submit your application please click 'Apply Now' by the closing date.