Provide strategic media advice, identify opportunities and risks, manage issues and enquiries and provide balanced and accurate advice to a range of internal and external stakeholders for Tasmania's Department of State Growth.• Ensure that services, initiatives and programs are communicated effectively, and assist in the development and implementation of complex communication strategies and initiatives.• Liaise with departmental executives, the Tasmanian Government Communications Office and ministerial offices on media inquiries, and research and develop responses as required. • Provide professional writing, editing and proofreading services to clients to deliver high quality and engaging communications material (including but not limited to media releases, speeches, event packages, briefing kits, editorials, magazine articles, intranet and social media content and industry publications). • Quality assure and seek approval for all media material for diverse audiences and ensure compliance with all government and departmental media and communications policies and processes.

Oversee all external media communications for Department of Resources (Queensland) as well as provide advice and media support to the office of the Minister for Resources. Tasks include:- Create and distribute media releases- Provide media responses for DoR and draft media responses for the office of the Minister for Resources- Create Hot Issue Briefs- Provide Ministerial Statements for parliament- speechwriting- Maintain an ongoing schedule of media opportunities for ministerial office- Maintain relationships with a network of journalists, gas and mining companies, and other key stakeholders

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