The Australian Human Rights Commission has an ongoing role for an EL1 Media Advisor for our Strategic Communications Team. Salary is $111,649 - $124,836 pa + 15.4% superannuation.The Strategic Communications Team works with internal and external stakeholders to positively influence debate about, and raise public awareness of, human rights in Australia in everything we do. Our goal is to educate, inform and uphold the Commission's reputation as a trusted and respected institution.We are responsible for the Commission's media liaison, websites, social media channels, electronic newsletters, events, publishing and brand identity. Across the team we have professionals with diverse experience including journalism, public relations, graphic design, web content strategy, marketing and events.The purpose of the Media Advisor role is to lead the Commission's media engagement, provide advice to senior leaders and develop communication strategies. The role handles media enquiries, writes media releases, opinion pieces, develops key messages, provides interview briefings, and evaluates the effectiveness of media engagement and communication plans. The Media Advisor contributes to informing and influencing the media and a broader community of stakeholders about human rights. The position holder is expected to meet on-call requirements to respond to media enquiries for which an allowance is provided.The key duties of the position include Manage media enquiries • Anticipate and respond to, in a timely and accurate way, media enquiries about the Commission.• Research and write high quality media releases, statements, opinion pieces and talking points for external and internal distribution.• Research and develop proactive story pitches to achieve the Commission's strategic communications objectives.• Advise the President, Commissioners and any other authorised media spokespeople of the best way to represent the Commission and present a balanced view of human rights related issues in the media and other forums.• Organise and assist with media interviews and media conferences.• Coordinate media training and coaching for authorised spokespeople. Write and implement communication strategies • Collaboration with internal stakeholders to develop and implement communication plans that meet the Commission's strategic objectives.• Monitor and evaluate the results of communications plans and activities.• Write high-quality, engaging and values-based content for a variety of traditional, digital and social platforms and channels, tailored to a range of audiences, and ensure a consistent and appropriate style and tone of voice is applied across all communication outputs.• Respond to ad hoc communication support requests from internal stakeholders by providing advice and solutions that meet the overarching communication strategy of the Commission and address the needs of internal stakeholders. Reputation management • Monitor public debate on human rights and discrimination issues and take a proactive approach to promoting the Commission and its work in the media.• Provide timely advice on and responses to positive and negative issues that may be of public interest and generate media coverage.• Take a proactive approach to risk management and provide advice to the Director, Public Engagement and senior executives on risks and mitigation strategies relating to the Commission's public engagement.#J-18808-Ljbffr
