OVERVIEW

Work type: Full time
Salary: $97,955 - $111,142
Grade: VPSG4
Occupation: Communications, Marketing and Media
Location: CBD
Reference: VG/MULTIPLEMAY2025
At the Department of Justice and Community Safety, we’re looking for people who want to make a difference. People who take pride in their work. People who get things done. People who are committed to making Victoria a safer place.
We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We’re all about recruiting the best people, regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or cultural background. If you think you can do the job and would be a good fit for our department, we’d love to hear from you.
The department is committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and recognises that children’s rights need to be respected, their views welcomed and valued, and their concerns taken seriously and acted upon.
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.
For more information on working with us and our recruitment process, please visit justice.vic.gov.au/careers

We’re proud of the important work we do across Victoria. Want to be part of it?

• Utilise your Communications and Media expertise to provide support and advice to the Strategic Communication branch
• 2 x Ongoing, Full-Time opportunities to work with a high-performing and passionate team in the Victorian Public Service
• VPS Grade 4: $97,955 - $111,142 plus superannuation.

Strategic Communication delivers communication services on behalf of the Department of Justice and Community Safety’s (DJCS) business units to inform and educate the community about departmental policies, programs and legislation.
If you have a passion for law and order issues, strong writing skills, and a sharp news sense, this is your chance to work on some of Victoria’s most high-profile and challenging public policy areas, including criminal law, corrections, youth justice, emergency services, and community safety.

You will be part of a media team that handles some of the most challenging areas of public policy and operations.
Our work requires clear thinking under pressure, and the ability to understand and communicate sensitive and complex information accurately. Candidates should be confident working in a fast-moving environment and capable of managing multiple and competing deadlines.
The successful applicants will be expected to write media materials, coordinate responses to media enquiries, be team-oriented and self-motivated, with a strong work ethic and a can-do approach in the workplace.
The Adviser, Media provides communication support and advice to the department’s business units, senior executives and ministerial offices.

Some of your duties will include:

• Drafting and delivering clear, compelling media materials.
• Responding to media enquiries with accuracy and professionalism.
• Working under pressure while managing multiple deadlines.
• Collaborating in a fast-paced, high-performing team.