Courts Media Officer

Department: Media and Corporate Communications; Parramatta; Hybrid; AUD 117,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, autonomous work environment

Competitive pay and conditions

Training and development opportunities

Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assist

Job summary

The Courts Media Officer at the NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) in Parramatta manages media enquiries for the Local, District, Children’s and Coroners Courts. It’s an exciting step for a journalism or communications professional seeking to move into the justice space or advance their career.

You will provide media and issues management support, prepare media responses and briefings, liaise with journalists, court registries and internal stakeholders, and apply sound judgement to

Qualifications

• Background in journalism or communications.
• Knowledge of judicial processes or willingness to learn.
• Ability to work autonomously and meet deadlines with confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Provide media and issues management support for the Courts Media Unit, including handling complex court-related media enquiries, preparing media responses and briefings.
• Liaise with journalists, court registries, judicial staff and internal stakeholders.
• Apply sound judgement to sensitive and high-risk matters and escalate issues to senior team members where required.

Skills

Journalism background

Communications background

Job description

Department: Media and Corporate Communications – Parramatta NSW

$116,981 - $129,492 a year

Full time, Permanent

Hybrid

1d ago , from Department of Communities and Justice NSW

Location – Parramatta (hybrid in line with DCJ’s Flexible Work Policy)

Employment type – Ongoing full-time role

Salary - $116,981.00 - $129,492.00 pa, plus superannuation and leave loading

Your role

The Courts Media Officer plays an important role in the Courts Media Unit, which manages media enquiries related to the NSW Local, District, Children’s and Coroners Court. This is an exciting opportunity for a journalism or communications professional looking to move into the justice space or to advance their career.

What you’ll do

The Courts Media Officer provides media and issues management support for the Courts Media Unit, including managing complex court-related media enquiries, preparing media responses and briefings, and liaising with journalists, court registries, judicial staff and internal stakeholders. The role supports accurate, lawful and timely media engagement across the courts, applies sound judgement to sensitive and high-risk matters, and escalates issues to senior team members where required.

The Courts Media Unit manages media enquiries for the NSW Local, District, Children’s and Coroners Courts. This small but collaborative team has strong working relationships with court staff, the DCJ Communications Branch, and media statewide.

What we’re looking for

In addition to the essential requirements outlined in the role description, the ideal candidate will have a background in journalism or communications, and a knowledge of or willingness to learn judicial processes. You will need to work autonomously, use sound judgement under significant deadline pressure, and treat sensitive court matters with strict confidentiality.

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What We Offer

We offer a variety of benefits, including:

• A challenging and rewarding career
• Flexible, autonomous work environment
• Competitive pay and conditions
• Training and development opportunities to build and maintain capabilities
• Health & Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programs.

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We do work that really matters

Working for the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) provides lots of opportunities to make a real difference. We collaborate with other agencies and community partners, to improve lives and realise the potential of children, adults, families and communities. We're focused on breaking, rather than managing, disadvantage. It’s work that really matters.

Are you ready to join us?

For more information about the role or what it’s like to work for DCQ, please contact the hiring manager Emily Burley on 0475 822 *** or at ************@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you’ve got a question about applying or would benefit from an adjustment in the recruitment process to help you perform at your best (including an alternate method submission of the application), please call Anjy Fayad on 02 9765 3*** or via **********@dcj.nsw.gov.au

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Inclusion and Diversity lies at the heart of how we recruit

We continue to hire great people with a wide variety of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, women, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups.

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