38682

Closes: 01 July 2025

Classification: Senior Officer Grade C
Salary: $125,344 - $134,527 plus superannuation
Position No: 38682
Directorate: Health and Community Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 17 June 2025
Contact Officer: Sally-Anne Clark on Sally-Anne.Clark@act.gov.au or (04) 0233 5650

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Details: Are you a creative communicator who wants to work closely with the media, Ministerial Offices and the directorate to inform and educate Canberrans about critical health initiatives, programs, and priorities? If so, then the Assistant Director, Media and PR, at ACT Health may be the role for you!

We are looking for someone to join our Branch to provide best practice media and PR planning, delivery and support to the directorate. In this role, you will be a part of an established and dynamic team, where you will oversee the delivery of impactful and responsive media and PR activities. You will support the Director of Media and PR to drive the directorate’s media and PR activities to ensure the protection and promotion of the directorate’s reputation and dissemination of important health information for the benefit of the Canberra community.

In this role some of the key activities you will work on include:

• Lead and manage reactive media activities received by the directorate and Ministerial Offices.
• Develop creative media opportunities and stories across ACT Government channels that share the critical work we do and that of the broader ACT health system to educate the community and stakeholders.
• Provide detailed strategic media advice to the directorate that puts our community at the heart of public health programs, emergencies, policies and services, resulting in better health related decision-making and improved service delivery.
• Seek to continuously improve team and branch processes and delivery through data, feedback, insights and research.
• Support the leadership and development of junior members of the Communications & Engagement Branch
• Work collaboratively across the Branch and in partnership with business and policy teams and the broader ACT Public Service to deliver coordinated communication and engagement activities.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people with diverse thoughts, lived experience, and perspectives can thrive and contribute their unique talents to the ACTPS and ACT community. We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans, younger and older workers, and people with diverse genders, sexes and sexualities to apply.

Eligibility/Other Requirements: Tertiary qualifications in communications, public relations or media (or equivalent), or equivalent experience are desirable. Minimum 5-8 years’ experience in a media or journalism focused role is highly desirable.

Notes: An order of merit will be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months. A Merit Pool will be established from this selection process and will be used to fill vacancies over the next 12 months.

How to Apply: Please submit a two-page pitch and curriculum vitae along with the details of two references.

Applications should be submitted via the Apply Now button below.

Health and Community Services

Health and Community Services Directorate was established on the 1 July 2025. This new directorate is an amalgamation of positions previously advertised under ACT Health Directorate and Community Services Directorate.