Randstad is proud to partner with Victoria Police to recruit for a pivotal leadership role within the Prevention, Community and Partnership portfolio. This is a unique opportunity to shape the strategic narrative of one of Victoria's most vital public institutions, ensuring a safe and secure society for over 6.5 million Victorians.
Organisational Environment & Values
Victoria Police serves the community to uphold the law and promote a safe, secure, and orderly society. With over 22,000 staff, the organisation works 24/7 across 54 Police Service Areas to ensure those affected by crime feel supported and those who break the law are held to account.
Our values are our contract with the Victorian community and each other. We are committed to:
- Compassion
- Respect
- Integrity
- Professionalism
- Courage
- Classification: Senior Executive Officer, Level SES-1
- Location: Melbourne
- Role type : Executive Officer Contract of Employment for a period of up to five years
- Pay Rate: Total Remuneration Package range from $232,790 to $298,488 including superannuation
Position Overview
Role Accountabilities
Reporting to the Assistant Commissioner, Partnerships and Safe Communities, you will lead a shift in the media function from transactional service to a fully integrated strategic enterprise capability.
Key responsibilities include:
- Strategic Narrative Stewardship: Provide leadership in developing media strategies that move beyond reactive issues management to proactively build trust and confidence among the workforce, media partners, and the Victorian community.
- High-Level Authoritative Advice: Act as a strategic advisor to the Chief Commissioner and Executive Leadership Board, offering assessments on emerging public sentiment, reputational risk, and the long-term trust implications of communication approaches.
- Complex Executive Briefing: Develop detailed briefs for executive management on sensitive issues, clearly articulating the impacts on community trust, workforce confidence, and downstream organisational risk.
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Empowered Leadership: Lead significant change whilst fostering a working environment that encourages staff to seek challenges while embedding high standards of professional judgment and resilience in a high-pressure, scrutinised environment.
- Strategic Partnerships: Represent Victoria Police at the highest levels of government and the public sector, maintaining professional relationships with media organisations that support public debate while safeguarding operational integrity and victim welfare.
- Continuous Improvement: Drive measurable improvements in the efficiency of frontline service delivery by ensuring the media function is aligned with broader organisational strategy and governance frameworks.
- Workforce Wellbeing: Ensure that people-related strategies account for the impact of public scrutiny and media exposure on the health and safety of the workforce.
- Senior Leadership: Outstanding leadership capabilities and a record of delivering innovative media approaches and strategic communications in complex, political environments.
- Professional Expertise: Extensive senior-level experience in corporate communications, media plans and public relations with a deep understanding of the media's role in achieving organisational objectives.
- Team & Strategy Development: Proven experience in leading change whilst building high-performing teams and the analytical skills to deliver organisational-wide media programs.
- Public Sector Insight: Sound understanding of public sector complexities, ideally within emergency services, and experience advising senior management on sensitive issues.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Exceptional consultation and negotiation skills to drive outcomes for a range of government and non-government stakeholders.
- Ethical Commitment: A proven record of ethical behavior and commitment to the Victoria Police Code of Ethics and Conduct.
Key Selection Criteria
Special Requirements
- Security Clearance: Ability to obtain and maintain a National Security Clearance to the determined level.
- Citizenship: Applicants must be an Australian Citizen or hold a valid work permit or visa (Citizenship waivers may be considered for the security clearance).
- Pre-employment Checks: Includes National Police Check, Fingerprint checks, and misconduct screening.
- Qualifications: A degree in journalism, public relations, or communications is highly regarded.
Your application must include
- CV; and
- A cover letter, no more than two pages, outlining why you are the most suitable candidate for this role.
Closing Date: 11:59pm Sunday 24 May 2026
How to Apply: Please submit your application via the Randstad portal accessible via the Randstad website, www.randstad.com.au. This role will be advertised between 11 May 2026 - 24 May 2026. To encourage the highest possibility of consideration please ensure you get your application in towards the start of this period. Successful candidates will be required to complete Declarable Association and an annual Declaration of Private Interests forms.
We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to support an inclusive recruitment experience. If you require a copy of this advertisement and attached documentation in an accessible format or would like to discuss an access requirement/reasonable adjustment for the recruitment process (including an alternate method of submission of the application), please refer to the Randstad website at www.randstad.com.au or the Victoria Police Executive Employment via email: [email protected] or telephone (03) 8335 8059.