Strategic Communications Officer Level 5-6

Salary: $108,584 - $138,523 plus 15.4% Superannuation

Location: Canberra ACT

Job type: Full-time

The role

Strategic communications at ASIS requires solutions to internal and external communications challenges in a complex operating environment. Join a full-service communications function, write things people want to read, and give senior leaders advice they'll use. You'll write the stories, speeches, campaigns and key messages that will build the corporate culture and attract the workforce of the future. You'll work alongside designers, media and web specialists in a team that delivers innovative communications solution. If you like working in a high-paced, multidisciplinary environment and see opportunities in challenges, you'll fit right in.

Role responsibilities

• Write clear, persuasive content across channels: news, features, speeches, briefings, social, intranet and web.
• Shape campaign ideas and messaging from first brief through to launch.
• Give senior leaders straight, practical communications advice.
• Work with designers and media colleagues to make ideas look and sound as good as they read.
• Edit and lift the quality of writing across the team and the wider organisation.
• Juggle competing deadlines calmly and keep projects moving.
• (Level 6) Lead projects, mentor colleagues and manage stakeholder relationships independently.

Core skills

• Excellent writing and editing: plain, active, engaging.
• Strategic thinking: you see the "so what" before you start drafting.
• Ability to simplify complex topics for any audience.
• Calm under pressure and solutions-focused when plans change.
• Collaborative and generous with ideas.
• Curiosity and a willingness to try new approaches.

Education and qualification requirements

The following education, qualifications and/or experience will be highly regarded:

• A degree in communications, journalism, marketing, media or a related field is desirable, but not essential. A strong portfolio and proven experience matter more.

Eligibility

To be eligible for a role you must:

• Be an Australian citizen
• Be assessed as suitable to hold and maintain a TOP SECRET-Privileged Access security clearance

For more information on eligibility please see the Protective Security Policy Framework which is publicly accessible at https://protectivesecurity.gov.au, Release 2026 section 18.5 provides information on Eligibility and suitability.