Job Type: Permanent Category: Location: Multiple locations Date Advertised: 30-JAN-25 Job Reference: ASIC/1842286 Job Title: Communications Officer Business Unit: Division: Summary: Use your strong communication skills to support large-scale Government advertising campaigns Permanent role - Sydney, Melbourne (other locations considered) with hybrid working options (50/50) Salary from $94,198 - $112,011 plus 15.4% superannuation   A future with ASIC means that your work will contribute to ASIC's vision for a fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians. We value what you will bring. We value those with sharp, analytical minds and are open to challenging the way things are done.    The Communications and Corporate Affairs (CCA) Group builds and leverages media and strategic stakeholder relationships to improve awareness and understanding of ASIC's mandate and outcomes. It manages external, digital and internal communications, and delivers ASIC's consumer education and Moneysmart. This role sits in the Corporate Affairs team in the CCA Group, which is accountable for consumer communications, including Moneysmart, corporate reporting, events and communications, and CCA's strategy. From 2025, ASIC's Moneysmart program, which was accessed by more than 11 million Australians last year, will start delivering a new ongoing program to ensure Australians have easy access to independent, reliable information on superannuation and retirement through new consumer education campaigns, content and tools.   As a Communications Officer you will be accountable for: Developing communication strategies and briefs for agencies (creative, research, public relations, media buying). Assisting with procurement, including invoicing, financial and contract management as part of campaign development. Team administration/management including team mailbox. Providing strategy support to the Campaign Lead. Understanding evaluation methodologies and an ability to analyse and translate research results for a range of purposes. Ensuring competing priorities are delivered to a high standard and proactively progress work.  About you Bachelor's degree in communications, journalism, public relations or related field. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Knowledge of digital marketing tactics, such as SEO and email marketing. Excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to exercise good judgment and solve problems quickly and effectively. Experience working in customer relations preferred. Demonstrated experience in managing and implementing Government advertising campaigns. Experience in briefing and managing research, creative, public relations and media buying agencies. Experience in Government communications. Desirable - A thorough understanding of the Australian Government advertising process.   ASIC's remit is one of the broadest of regulators across the world. ASIC regulates corporations, markets, financial services and consumer credit and monitors and promotes market integrity and consumer protection in the Australian financial system. Through our enforcement work, we hold to account those who contravene the law, working to achieve strong outcomes that address the greatest consumer and investor harms. Through Moneysmart, we aim to improve the skills and knowledge of Australians and provide information and tools to help them in their decision making. A future with ASIC means that your work will contribute to achieving ASIC's vision for a fair, strong, and efficient financial system for all Australians. ASIC is committed to a providing a diverse and inclusive workplace where the very best talent in Australia chooses to work. Indigenous Australians are encouraged to apply as well as applicants from all backgrounds and with different abilities.   Applications for this role will close at 11:59pm on 13 February 2025.