Senior Adviser, Internal Communication

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 122,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC in Melbourne is seeking a senior adviser, internal communication, to help staff understand the department's work, policies and changes. You will lead a small team to deliver clear, useful information across the organisation.

You will develop practical communication plans, coach your team, advise senior leaders, and collaborate with events and digital teams to deliver forums and online discussions, strengthening intranet content and staff engagement.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in communication or related field.
• Strong writing skills to turn complex ideas into clear messages.
• Experience delivering projects that support change or campaigns that raise awareness.
• Project and leadership skills to manage deadlines and coordinate teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop practical communication plans and manage projects that keep staff informed.
• Lead and coach your team and share tasks.
• Advise senior leaders to help them communicate clearly.
• Work with events and digital teams to deliver staff forums, roadshows and online discussions.
• Build strong working relationships across the department and support authors of intranet content.

Skills

Strong writing skills

Project and leadership skills

Experience delivering change campaigns

Team coaching/leadership

Education

Tertiary qualification in communication

Job description

Department of Justice and Community Safety VIC - Melbourne VIC

• Help staff across Victoria understand changes that affect their work.
• Lead a small team and guide communication across the department.
• Use your writing skills to make complex ideas clear.
• Shape how senior leaders share news and connect with staff.
• Fixed-term, full-time role until 30th January 2028, earning $122,383 - $128,631 per year, plus super.

About us

Strategic Communication is the department's centralised communication team and delivers communication services on behalf of the department's business units to inform and educate the community about departmental policies, programs and legislation across the justice and community safety system.

The Internal Communication team is responsible for developing and delivering effective communication to Department of Justice and Community Safety employees across Victoria to drive staff engagement and service delivery.

What you will do

As senior adviser, internal communication, you will help staff understand the department's work, policies and changes. You will lead a small team to deliver clear, useful information.

You will:

• develop practical communication plans and manage projects that keep staff informed
• lead and coach your team, share tasks and support each person's development
• give senior leaders expert advice to help them communicate clearly
• work with events and digital teams to deliver staff forums, roadshows and online discussions
• build strong working relationships across the department and help authors produce clear intranet content.

About you

You will ideally have a tertiary qualification in communication or a related field.

You should also have:

• strong writing skills to turn complex ideas into clear messages for different audiences
• extensive experience delivering projects that support change or campaigns that raise awareness
• project and leadership skills to manage deadlines, resolve competing needs and help people work together

To learn even more about this role, please read the position description. If you have any further questions, feel free to email Terry Strates at *************@justice.vic.gov.au.

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people are strongly encouraged to apply. Learn more about our Aboriginal workforce strategy.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

Child safe statement of commitment

The Department of Justice and Community Safety is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. We seek to prevent harm of any kind impacting children and young people and have zero tolerance for racism, child abuse and inequality. Children and young people's rights, relationships, identity, and culture must be recognised and respected, their voices heard, and their concerns acted upon. We aim to foster a culturally safe, child safe and child friendly environment for all children and young people we have contact with, deliver services to, or are impacted by our work.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which may include national police checks and misconduct screening.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application material, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.