Communication and Engagement Advisor

Job Description

Acknowledgement of Country

CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation

The Opportunity

We’re on a mission to make the impossible…. possible. We’re looking for skilled and innovative professionals to work on CSIRO’s Missions.
From building Australia’s hydrogen industry to enabling our transition to net zero, you’ll be helping to solve our generation’s impossible challenges.
We have opportunities for those with strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills to take on a number of roles as a Communication and Engagement Advisors.

• Amplify the impact and engagement of CSIRO’s Missions aiming to accelerate the pace and scale at which the nation can solve our greatest challenges.
• Flexible work arrangements available, a mix of home and office, part time and full time opportunities
• Work within our Corporate Affairs team who have helped position CSIRO to be one of Australia’s most trusted organisations.

CSIRO has embarked on a Missions Program to accelerate our capacity to solve the greatest challenges at scale through collaborative programs enabled by investments in digital, future science and tech, data and our people.

We are seeking highly skilled and innovative professionals with strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills to take on a number of roles as a Communication and Engagement Advisor. You’ll work closely with our missions in our Mission Program, spanning across the domains of Energy, Environment, Health, Manufacturing, Resources, Technology and Agriculture.

Your role will see you draw on your broad experience across the marketing communications mix to contribute to the missions’ strategy development and implementation, and drive engagement with a range of stakeholders.

You have a track record of influencing positive engagement and can design and deliver effective and creative communication services to clients. You possess experience in delivering campaign activities, building strong organisational networks and contributing to a positive change in organisational culture. Bring your communication expertise to an organisation creating tomorrow today and apply now!

Your duties will include:

• Partnering with the Mission team to develop a communication and engagement strategy that aligns with the Mission’s business strategy.
• Translating the strategy into a working plan that delivers a pipeline of creative and engaging tactics.
• Working collaboratively with geographically dispersed teams to deliver activities with limited direction, demonstrating initiative and a flexible, adaptive and responsive approach.
• Monitoring the external environment to identify opportunities and manage risks and ensure rapid communication of issues and assist in issues management.
• Establishing and maintaining positive relationships across Corporate Affairs, with other business functions and internal CSIRO stakeholders, with Mission partners, and with other external stakeholders.
• Other duties as directed.

Location: All Australian CSIRO locations considered

Salary: AU$105k – AU$114k pa (pro-rata for part-time) plus up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Specified term until 30th June 2024, Full-time or Part-time.

Reference: 90995

To be considered you will need:

• A relevant tertiary qualification and relevant experience in communications – public relations, marketing, digital, media or journalism.
• Demonstrated experience developing and implementing communication and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Demonstrated experience managing integrated communication and stakeholder engagement campaigns encompassing:
  – strategic planning and implementation, problem solving and effective team management
  – liaising with media outlets including pitching stories, managing interviews -both proactive and reactive.
  – creating collateral and digital content that engages audiences.
  – developing, or contributing to, engaging online and in-person events
  – working with brand managers to meet organisational and partner requirements
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines while maintaining excellent attention to detail and quality.
• Ability to operate well in complex, ambiguous and fast-moving environments.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience in the Energy, Environment, Health, Manufacturing, Resources, Technology and Agriculture domains.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

Eligibility

Applications for this position are open to Australian/New Zealand Citizens, Australian Permanent Residents or you must either hold, or be able to obtain, a valid working visa for the duration of the specified term. Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible Working Arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia’s national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to Apply

Please apply on-line and provide a cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role.

Applications Close

9th January 2023, 11:00pm AEDT.