Web Content Officer

IP Australia; Canberra; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

IP Australia is seeking a Web Content Officer to drive content strategy and delivery for its corporate website within the Digital Experience team. You will shape how digital content informs, engages, and supports diverse audiences, reporting to the Web Content Lead.

The role also offers opportunities to contribute to other web platforms, including content writing for education materials, while ensuring information is accurate, engaging, and accessible across channels.

Qualifications

• Experience writing for the web in a government or similar setting.
• Ability to translate technical or legal information into plain English.
• Familiarity with accessibility requirements and web content standards.

Responsibilities

• Write, edit, and publish web content that is accurate, engaging, and accessible.
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to translate complex information into plain English.
• Conduct keyword research and optimise metadata, headings, and structure for the site.
• Work with internal teams and external partners to ensure content accuracy and relevance.

Skills

Content writing

Editing

SEO basics

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Web Content Officer to assist in driving the content strategy and delivery for IP Australia’s corporate website in the Digital Experience team. Reporting to the Web Content Lead, you will play a key role in shaping how our digital content informs, engages, and supports our diverse audiences. Working with stakeholders across the agency you will ensure that the content is written for the audience, and is accurate, engaging and accessible.

The Web Content Officer will also have the opportunity to work in the Web, Multimedia and Design team on a part-time basis to support them in content writing for other web-based platforms, and reviewing graphically designed education materials.

Duties include:

• Write, edit, and publish content that is accurate, engaging, and accessible
• Collaborate with subject matter experts to translate complex legal and technical information into plain English
• Conduct keyword research and optimise metadata, headings, and page structure
• Work closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure content accuracy and relevance
• Ensure content complies with accessibility requirements, the Australian Government Digital Experience Policy and supporting standards, and agency policies

Diversity and Inclusion

IP Australia celebrates and champions diversity to ensure we reflect the community we serve, and pride ourselves on our inclusive culture. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of all genders, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, those who identify as LGBTQA+, mature aged employees and carers.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know—we will do our best to support you.

Applications close at 11:59pm AEST on Thursday 01 October 2026