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If you are passionate about creating compelling communication content, driving behavioural and cultural change, and addressing sensitive workplace matters with integrity and resilience, we want you on our team. This is a unique opportunity to use your communication expertise to play a pivotal role in achieving our organisation’s commitment to fostering safe, inclusive, and respectful work environments – free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination. Your efforts will directly contribute to improving the working environment and experience of our people. But that’s not all – you’ll thrive in a flexible environment within a values-driven team dedicated to enabling meaningful and lasting change.

Job details

Our work can be complex and challenging—important work usually is! But your contribution will count and so will you. Join us in empowering change, collaborating, and embedding respect in everything we do. As a Senior Communications Officer, you'll play a pivotal role in our sector-leading initiatives to foster respectful workplaces.

Why join us:

• You'll do impactful work. Your role as a Senior Communications Officer isn't about maintaining the status quo - it's about driving meaningful change. You'll craft compelling content, enable cultural change, and work through sensitive  workplace matters to help create safe, inclusive, and respectful environments for all.

• We embody our values. Thrive in a team that lives the values we champion. Experience firsthand our commitment to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered.

• We innovate. Be part of a team that thrives on innovation and pushing boundaries. We're constantly experimenting, testing, and learning to create new solutions and approaches, and continuously improve to do what hasn't been done before.

• We embrace challenges. Joining us means embracing the challenges head-on. We're looking for individuals with the resilience and integrity to handle sensitive workplace matters with care and professionalism. This role isn't always easy—it sometimes requires difficult conversations and tackling tough issues. But it's these challenges that make the work even more meaningful and rewarding.

Your contribution 

As a Senior Communications Officer, your role will be invaluable in driving positive change and shaping our organisational culture. Your days will be dynamic and varied, with each presenting new challenges and opportunities to make a difference.

A day in the life of a Senior Communications officer may include:

• Creating articles, presentations, posters, and social media style content (using Canva) that resonates with our diverse workforce and promotes respect, safety, and inclusion.

• Developing and maintaining SharePoint and intranet content.

• Collaborating with colleagues and stakeholders to brainstorm and gather insights to inform creative campaign ideas, as well as seeking out feedback on work underway and delivered.

• Making it easier for staff to understand workplace legal obligations to prevent sexual harassment and discrimination, and what the department is doing to meet them.

• Discussing sensitive and challenging workplace matters, to better understand how we communicate and engage our workforce to prevent and respond to disrespect.

• Collaboratively reflecting to celebrate the wins, identify opportunities for improvement and highlight lessons learnt.

• Supporting colleagues to create strategic and effective communication strategies and materials.

• Representing the team at meetings or webinars and sharing back key insights and learnings.

How to apply 

• You are encouraged to connect with us and chat through this opportunity, and to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require for you to apply. 

• Provide your current resume (4 pages maximum). 

• Provide a short statement (1 page maximum) outlining your interest in the role. 

To enable the selection panel to confirm that you are eligible for priority consideration, the panel requires your written assertion that you are a person with a disability or an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person. This assertion should simply affirm that you possess the appropriate attribute. No further detail of the attribute itself is required by the panel or should be provided by the candidate.

Applications to remain current for 12 months

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Please ensure you download all attachments and follow the instructions on how to apply.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• 559871 24 Role Description (Word, 160KB)