Senior Communication Officer

IBAC; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IBAC is seeking a Senior Communications Officer in Melbourne to lead the design, delivery, and evaluation of strategic communications for prevention and education across stakeholders and the community. The role focuses on supporting IBAC's legislative reforms with proactive and reactive communications and media relations.

Reporting to the Manager - Communication, the role collaborates across the organisation to ensure clear, accessible communications that meet business objectives, including

Qualifications

• A tertiary qualification in communications, public relations, journalism, or related discipline is essential.
• Demonstrated ability to write content for high-quality communication materials.
• Demonstrated work experience in communications, marketing, media or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and evaluation of effective communications to support work such as quarterly newsletters, media responses and engagement activities.
• Collaborate across the organisation to ensure clear, concise and accessible communication services and products to achieve business objectives.
• Identify proactive communication opportunities that protect and promote the organisation and support its role to build a corruption-resistant Victoria.
• Provide internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, with timely advice on communication issues and media relations.

Skills

Content writing

Media relations

Stakeholder management

Strategic communications

Project management

Education

Tertiary qualification in communications, public relations, journalism, or related discipline

Job description

IBAC's work is vitally important to Victorians - we prevent and expose public sector corruption and police misconduct.
Our vision is a public sector and police trusted to act with integrity for all Victorians.

People who work for IBAC are expected to have a sound understanding of and ability to demonstrate the IBAC values when dealing with Government agencies, the community and colleagues.
IBAC's values are incorporated in professional skills and behaviours for the position.

We Lead by example, Act Impartially, Work Together, Behave with Respect, Strive for Excellence.

Your new role

We have an opportunity for an individual to join our communication team as Senior Communication officer on a full-time, permanent ongoing basis. Reporting to the Manager - Communication, the role will work across the business to develop prevention and education plans and products for stakeholders and the community. The role will also have a focus on delivering communication actions that support IBAC's new legislative reforms.

Duties include:

• Lead the design, implementation and evaluation of effective communications to support such work as the quarterly newsletter, proactive/reactive media responses, investigative reports, engagement activities, public hearings and a broad range of other activities.
• Work collaboratively across the organisation, using formal and informal channels, to ensure the delivery of clear, concise and accessible communication services and products to achieve business objectives, including the quarterly newsletter.Including identifying areas and opportunities for improvement.
• Identify proactive communication opportunities which protect and promote the organisation and assist the achievement of IBAC's role to build a corruption-resistant Victoria.
• Provide internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, with sound, relevant, accurate and timely advice on communication issues and media relations.

Additional duties are set out in the position description. To view this, please visit theIBAC Careers webpageand click on the appropriate vacancy.

Our requirements / your skill set

We are looking for candidates with the below experience and capabilities:

• A tertiary qualification in communications, public relations, journalism, or related discipline is essential.
• Demonstrated ability to write content for high-quality communication materials.
• Demonstrated work experience in communications, marketing, media or related field.

Due to the requirement to attain a Negative Vetting 1 security clearance candidates must be an Australian citizen at the time of application.

Applications close 20 November 2026

We are committed to bringing together people with differing perspectives, lived experiences and skills to make choices that reflect our integrity and community, and to creating an inclusive work environment for all.

Visit: www.ibac.vic.gov.au for more information.

For further information regarding the role, please contact Peter Varley ************@ibac.vic.gov.au.