EOI - Manager - Early Childhood Communications

This is open to Expressions of Interest and any extensions to this appointment will not exceed 12 months.

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About this opportunity:

An exciting opportunity exists as a leader within the Early Childhood Communications Team, Strategic Communication and Engagement, Early Childhood, Regulation and Communication Division.

We are on the lookout for an experienced and agile AO8 Manager to lead the Communications Team to deliver key priority work of the Early Childhood Division through strategic communication. This role is highly responsive through responding to ministerial requests, coordinating events, and producing high quality designs and presentations for internal and external briefings. The ideal candidate for this role is someone who thinks creatively to strategise and solve problems, employs managerial skills and a high level of organisation to keep teams on track to deliver outcomes.

About you:

The ideal candidate for this role is someone who thinks creatively to strategise and solve problems, employs managerial skills and a high level of organisation to keep teams on track to deliver outcomes.

Design and technical skills in Canva, Adobe Creative Suite, Vision 6 and Microsoft suite are desired.

Your role:

As the Manager, Early Childhood Communications you will have responsibility for the following:

• Provide leadership and management of strategic projects and communication initiatives to support the quality of early childhood education and care in Queensland to the sector and the public more broadly.
• Provide expert communications advice to program areas on strategies to best inform and educate audiences on complex and sensitive issues, including adapting a range of messages to public and internal audiences.
• Lead the development of high-quality communication materials and deliver responsive communication services for a range of departmental clients within an account management framework.
• Prepare materials to support development of major policy papers, cabinet submissions, briefings, reports and other documents on strategic early childhood education and care and communication initiatives.
• Apply high level skills to communicate effectively, consult and negotiate persuasively to achieve desired outcomes on strategic policy and communication issues and facilitate stakeholder meetings and briefings to senior management.
• Identify and develop creative solutions in response to emerging strategic communication issues that may impact on the early childhood divisional activities.

See the role description for further responsibilities.

Instructions to apply:

• A brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (one of whom should be your current supervisor).
• A brief cover letter (not more than 1 page) outlining your skills and what you can bring to the role.

We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive.

Applicants need to be a current Queensland Government employee to be eligible to apply.

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.