Senior Advertising Adviser

• Salary: $109,730 - $132,764 (Plus Superannuation)
• Fixed term: Until 6 May 2026
• Usual hours of work: Full time (flexibility may be available)
• Usual work location: 121 Exhibition Street, Melbourne (flexibility may be available)

The Role

The Senior Advertising Adviser plays a key role in the delivery of advertising activities across the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions through the provision of strategic advice, managing and facilitating advertising approvals through the departments and Victorian Government's advertising approvals process.

The Senior Advertising Adviser reports to the Advertising and Strategic Planning Manager and is responsible for managing campaign strategy assessment, providing high quality strategic advice and guidance to campaign leads and senior stakeholders, and for undertaking ongoing review and improvement of the department's advertising approval processes and associated communications.

Key Accountabilities include:

• With oversight from the Advertising and Strategic Planning Manager, lead the development and submission of the department-wide Annual Advertising Plan.
• Manage and coordinate the department's ongoing campaign advertising approval activity, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement to processes, efficiency and user experience.
• Provide strategic advice to departmental staff on advertising policies, procedures, advertising campaign development, media-buy and developments in advertising mediums.

The Team

The position of Senior Advertising Adviser forms a part of the Strategic Communications branch within the Corporate Services group.

The group works to build a safe, high-performing organisation where the department's people are supported to perform at their best. The group does this by providing strategic, operational and program delivery support services in creative and innovative ways.

Strategic Communications is focused on building our department's reputation and delivering on the DJSIR purpose by raising the profile of our key initiatives, investments and programs.

About You

The role requires initiative, strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, and the ability to identify strategic opportunities to enhance approvals processes for departmental advertising. Ideal candidates will have strong project management abilities, attention to detail, and a talent for process design, development, and implementation.

The role requires a confident presenter, with a strong focus on proactive engagement and advertising education, including with senior stakeholders.

Further Information

For a confidential discussion, please contact Olivia Ientile, Advertising and Strategic Planning Manager on 0402 414 853 or olivia.ientile@ecodev.vic.gov.au.

The department is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation. We have zero tolerance of child abuse and are committed to taking the necessary steps to protect children from harm by adopting a preventative, proactive and participatory approach to child safety in accordance with the Child Safe Standards.

Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Records Check prior to commencing employment with the Department. For further information on the position, please refer to the attached position description.

Please note: We are accredited as a Disability Confident Recruitment (DCR) organisation and committed to inclusive recruitment. If you require an adjustment to participate in any stage of the recruitment process or have a particular requirement to be communicated with by either telephone or email only, please notify the DJSIR Recruitment Team on 0472875685, or via email at recruitment@ecodev.vic.gov.au with the position number in the subject line. For additional contact details for our team please review the attached Position Description, located under Job Attachments in the right hand menu.

How to Apply

Please click the ‘Apply Now' button. As part of the application process, you will need to provide a copy of your resume and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria outlined in the position description.

Applications close at 23:59pm on 1 May 2025.