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Opportunity:
Communications Officer
Desert Knowledge Australia (DKA) is seeking an experienced Communications Officer.
We are seeking for someone who can effectively inform and promote our organisation, its projects, its people, its mission, and its activities. The role ensures public messaging and external communications activities support visibility and recognition of DKA’s strategic focus areas. The role is also responsible for nurturing relationships with the Alice Springs community and relevant organisations.
This is a full-time position based in Alice Springs, Northern Territory at the Desert Knowledge Precinct. You’ll be working with a diverse group of people and projects within DKA and across the networks of the desert and remote Australia.
If you are excited by the concept of challenging and rewarding work with plenty of variety, then we would love to hear from you.
The salary will be commensurate with experience, in the range of $90,000 — $96 000 — General NTPS — Administrative stream AO6
To apply please provide a covering letter and resume demonstrating your suitability for the role, with the subject line and addressed to:
Corporate Services Manager — Communications Officer Application
Submit Applications to info@dka.com.au
Applications closes on 11th July 2022, Monday
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply.
Applicants must be eligible to live and work in Australia.
For more information and details on how to apply, download the application package.
DKA’s vision is a stronger desert and remote Australia
We work to demonstrate the value of desert and remote Australia
We recognise that remote and regional Australia has something unique and valuable and that we can help to demonstrate this value to the world. We also know that people choose to live in remote and regional Australia and we celebrate that.
We connect people, knowledge and opportunities
We know how important it is to make the right connections between ideas and needs; to identify existing knowledge and the opportunities to make changes. Remote and regional Australia and its knowledge base is a big place to navigate and that DKA can provide a guiding hand.
We look to the future
We actively seek opportunities to grow ideas into realities, to act as innovators and incubators, to support future thinking programs and people who want to grow regional and remote Australia. We identify and facilitate activities that can bring real change.
Our values
Work together
We understand how important it is to be committed to building a high performing and positive team together – and to take that commitment into our external relationships and networks. By working collaboratively we increase the impact of the work we do together.
Be creative – innovate!
By approaching our work with creativity and innovation we will engage with possibilities and new ideas, creating an agile and responsive organisation – we are always aiming to improve the ways we work so that we’re future-focused.
Stay focused
There are many different things we could be doing; we know we need to stay focused and engage purposefully with everything we do. This means we grow meaningful connections, we listen and learn, we create certainty through strong planning processes.
Come from strength
Living in remote Australia means that we have something special to offer to the world. By working from our own strengths and the strengths of those we engage with, we create positivity and growth. We live and work across languages and cultures and use that experience as the foundation of our work.
Knowledge is powerful
We understand the importance of the knowledge that exists in remote and regional Australia and that we have a role in collecting, curating and sharing that knowledge. We work to ensure that correct protocols are always followed; it is important to create opportunities to share knowledge.