National Archives of Australia is seeking an Assistant Director Communication and Media to lead a small, high performing team, the role requires the ability to move seamlessly between strategic thinking, team leadership and hands-on delivery to achieve organisational priorities and outcomes.

This role is responsible for driving proactive and responsive communications initiatives, media relations, issues management and executive communications that support the National Archives’ strategic objectives. The position provides leadership to a small team and works closely with executive stakeholders to deliver high-quality communication outcomes across internal and external channels.

The successful candidate will demonstrate exceptional written and verbal communication skills, strategic thinking, sound judgement and experience in media, communications, public relations or a related discipline. Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or significant professional experience are highly desirable.

The key duties of the position include:

Under broad direction, the main duties of the role are to:

· Manage and lead media and communications within a small team to deliver effective, professional and strategic outcomes within required timeframes, budgets and resources.

· Develop, implement and evaluate innovative and engaging communications strategies and media campaigns to assist National Archives achieve its corporate priorities, strategic and business goals.

· Manage media and public relations activities including issues management, media enquiries, media monitoring and preparing media releases and feature articles.

· Build and maintain effective, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including local and national media, cultural institutions and government agencies.





· Develop communication plans and content for a range of channels and audiences including but not limited to corporate publications, speeches, long-form articles, multimedia and marketing collateral in liaison with the Assistant Director Marketing.

· Provide strategic leadership and guidance to a small team responsible for wide-ranging but related functions, including internal communications.

· Provide support to the Director-General, with a goal of increasing their presence amongst staff across all offices, in collaboration with business areas.

· Provide strategic advice and support to the Director of Communication, Marketing and Content Design, and to the Assistant Director-General Strategy, Governance and Capability on communication best practice.

Eligibility

Applicants must be Australian citizens and be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance at a Baseline Level.

Notes

Tertiary qualification or professional experience in a relevant and/or related field are highly desirable.

Getting to know the National Archives of Australia

The National Archives of Australia has a skilled and diverse workforce. We value our people, performance, integrity and service. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability and people from every cultural and linguistic background. National Archives has a presence in all state and territory capital cities. Our national office and exhibition spaces are in Canberra, and all centres offer public reading rooms where visitors are able to examine original records. Some offices are co-located with the state or territory archives, providing one-stop public access. National Archives collection is housed in several repositories located around Australia. We offer a high standard of service as outlined in our service charter. If you would like to join our team, we invite you to apply for this vacancy.

📌 Assistant Director Communication and Media (Parkes)
🏢 National Archives Of Australia
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