- Ongoing Full Time Opportunity
- Champion our brand and culture to build trust and transparency
- Lead strategic media engagement to directly support trust in democratic processes
About the Role
The Manager Media and Engagement manages media relations and develops communication strategies. It creates compelling narratives, engages diverse audiences and ensures consistent messaging across various platforms.
The role is an Ongoing Full-time position.
Key knowledge, experience and essential requirements
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and industry experience.
- Proven ability to develop and implement strategic communication plans.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
- Sound understanding of media dynamics and the ability to build relationships with journalists and media outlets.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to plan, execute, and evaluate communication activities.
- Demonstrated ability to develop engaging and informative content for various media channels.
- Ability to build and maintain strong relationships with diverse stakeholders and experience in influencing and motivating others.
- Politically neutral with no affiliation to political parties or lobbyists/third party campaigners.
- Satisfactory Criminal Record check result.
How to apply
As part of your application, you will be asked to respond to the two targeted questions:
- Describe a time you managed a sensitive or high-pressure media enquiry. How did you handle it and what was the outcome? (Maximum 500 words).
Tell us about a time you planned and delivered an end-to-end engagement or communication campaign (maximum 500 words).
You should include a covering letter summarising your skills, knowledge and work experience, along with an up-to-date resume which clearly detail your skills and experience as relevant to this role.
For further information regarding the role please download the Role Description
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The NSW Electoral Commission embraces diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the population of New South Wales. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and encourage women, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTQIA+, people with disability, mature-age people, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this role.
If you have any questions about applying or would benefit from an adjustment to the recruitment process to help you perform your best, please contact talent@elections.nsw.gov.au. For more information on recruitment adjustments visit I Work for NSW Adjustments for individual needs.
Applications received and completed after closing time will not be considered for selection.
The selection process will include a range of assessment techniques to assist in determining your suitability for the role.
For further information, contact NSW Electoral Commission’s Talent team on talent@elections.nsw.gov.au
Other Information
Your employment will be subject to National Criminal Records Check to determine your suitability for employment.
The NSW Electoral Commission is committed to maintaining public confidence in the integrity of the electoral system. The Commission requires all its employees to refrain from membership of any political party and from engaging in political activity which could be seen as reflecting adversely on the strict political neutrality of the Commission. To maintain political neutrality, applicants for roles with the Commission who are, who have been or who may be perceived to be or have been connected with political activities may also be ineligible for appointment and should disclose such information as part of their application. This does not include voting in a Commonwealth, State or Local Government election, which is compulsory in NSW. The Commission’s Political Neutrality Policy may be viewed on its website.
A talent pool may be created from this recruitment action for ongoing and temporary roles of the same work classification that may become available for filling over the next 18 months.
This role is based in at our Elizabeth Street, Sydney office with a hybrid work arrangement.
Applications Close: Monday 18th May 2026 @ 11.59pm
