Strategic communications at ASIS requires solutions to internal and external communications challenges in a complex operating environment. Join a full-service communications function, write things people want to read, and give senior leaders advice they’ll use. You'll write the stories, speeches, campaigns and key messages that will build the corporate culture and attract the workforce of the future. You'll work alongside designers, media and web specialists in a team that delivers innovative communications solution. If you like working in a high-paced, multidisciplinary workplace and see opportunities in challenges, you'll fit right in.

The key duties of the position include:

Role responsibilities

- Write clear, persuasive content across channels: news, features, speeches, briefings, social, intranet and web.
- Shape campaign ideas and messaging from first brief through to launch.
- Give senior leaders straight, practical communications advice.
- Work with designers and media colleagues to make ideas look and sound as good as they read.
- Edit and lift the quality of writing across the team and the wider organisation.
- Juggle competing deadlines calmly and keep projects moving.
- (Level 6) Lead projects, mentor colleagues and manage stakeholder relationships independently.

Core skills

- Excellent writing and editing: plain, active, engaging.
- Strategic thinking: you see the "so what" before you start drafting.
- Ability to simplify complex topics for any audience.
- Calm under pressure and solutions-focused when plans change.
- Collaborative and generous with ideas.
- Curiosity and a willingness to try recent approaches.

Education and qualification requirements

The following education, qualifications and/or experience will be highly regarded:

- A degree in communications, journalism, marketing,



media or a related field is desirable, but not essential. A strong portfolio and proven experience matter more.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a role you must:

- Be an Australian citizen
- Be assessed as suitable to hold and maintain a TOP SECRET-Privileged Access security clearance

For more information on eligibility please see the Protective Security Policy Framework which is publicly accessible at https://protectivesecurity.gov.au, Release 2026 section 18.5 provides information on Eligibility and suitability.

Notes

ASIS values workplace diversity and is committed to providing a supportive, inclusive and respective work workplace. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Women, people with disabilities, people that identify as LGBTIQ+ and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

All requests for reasonable adjustments will be considered and managed in consultation with you. We will continue to ask you if you require reasonable adjustments at each stage of the process. If you are successful in gaining employment, reasonable adjustments can also be made available to you in performing your role.

Please note: ASIS does not provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants

Getting to know the Australian Secret Intelligence Service

ASIS is Australia’s overseas secret intelligence collection agency. Its mission is to protect and promote Australia’s vital interests through the provision of intelligence services as directed by the Government. Its work can involve collecting intelligence relating to national security, international relations and economic issues. It also contributes to Australia’s coordinated national efforts against terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and trans-national issues such as people smuggling.

📌 Strategic Communications Officer (Canberra)
🏢 Australian Secret Intelligence Service
📍 Canberra