Be the backbone of a high-impact media team

Together, we create thriving environments, communities and economies.

• Ongoing full-time roles available
• Based in Parramatta | Flexible working supported
• Salary relative to experience and ranges from $110,266 to $122,058 + super

Are you looking for a fast-paced, dynamic role where you can sharpen your media relations skills and gain hands-on experience in a high-profile media and communications team? Do you thrive on keeping things running smoothly in a fast-moving environment?

Join the Communications and Marketing Division as our Media Advisor. You’ll play a critical operational role in supporting the team, managing workflows, and helping deliver public messaging.

The role

As Media Advisor, you’ll be the engine room of our operations, ensuring the team can respond swiftly to media enquiries, track issues effectively, and deliver high-quality communications. This role is perfect for someone with a media relations background who has a strong foundation in running a busy media room.

What you’ll do:

• Triage incoming media enquiries, ensuring they are allocated efficiently across the team.
• Monitor media coverage, compile reports, and provide insights into emerging issues.
• Support senior leaders by maintaining work-in-progress tracking systems for planning and scheduling critical work.
• Develop media materials, working with internal stakeholders to ensure clear and consistent messaging.
• Oversee monthly media analysis and develop post-campaign evaluations.
• Manage compliance and governance for key technology platforms.
• Maintain a central library of key messages, contentious issues, and media statements to support consistency in communications.
• Coordinate the media team’s on-call roster, ensuring seamless coverage for media enquiries.

For more information read the full Role Description: Media Advisor

What you will bring to the role

You are highly organised, detail-oriented, and thrive under pressure. You have a strong foundation in media relations and are eager to deepen your expertise in media operations and strategic communications. You enjoy working behind the scenes, ensuring everything runs smoothly while also having opportunities to engage in content development and campaign reporting.

You’ll succeed in the role if you:

• Have experience in media relations, journalism, or public affairs.
• Are a strong communicator who can track, analyse, and summarise media coverage effectively.
• Can manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
• Are highly organised, detail-focused, and adept at maintaining structured workflows and reporting systems.

What is an essential requirement

• Tertiary qualifications in related discipline and/or relevant equivalent experience.

About Us

The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) improves the liveability and prosperity of NSW. To achieve this, we: create vibrant, productive spaces and precincts; manage lands, assets and property effectively and deliver affordable and diverse housing. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and builds the cultural capability of our department to improve outcomes with and for Aboriginal people, communities and entities.

We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging. DPHI supports various employee affinity groups, practices flexible working, offers job share and workplace adjustments.

To Apply
If excited by the information above, we look forward to receiving your application, including a copy of your resume and cover letter expressing your interest and suitability for the role.

Applications close on Sunday 6 April 2025 at 11:55PM.

Should you require further information about the role please contact Michael Bruce at [email protected]

A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months.

Looking for more information or assistance in applying?
We encourage and support applications from people with disability. Please reach out to us to discuss any accommodations or adjustments that may be needed during the recruitment process, ensuring that you have every opportunity to showcase your talent, skills, and potential. Contact the Talent Team via [email protected] or (02) 63637676​ - HR Support, option 3, DPHI People Advisory, option 1 and reference 'Request an Adjustment - Job Title and Reference Number'.

If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander check out our Aboriginal guide to applying for a role.