Description:
Ready to make your mark in health communications? As a Senior Media and Communications Officer with Darling Downs Health, you’ll drive high-impact stories, lead crisis communications with confidence, and shape the public voice of one of Queensland’s most diverse health services. This is your chance to be at the forefront of meaningful, purpose-driven storytelling—where every message matters.What Your Day Will Look Like….
You'll immerse yourself in creating thoughtful and timely content for a wide audience—drafting compelling media releases, producing digital and visual assets, and managing media enquiries with clarity and confidence. You'll collaborate with internal teams and executive leadership to shape strategic communication plans that respond to emerging issues and highlight our health service's achievements. Whether you're advising on reputation management, contributing to crisis communication strategies, or bringing health stories to life across social platforms, your work will be fast-paced, rewarding, and always connected to the bigger picture—supporting the health and wellbeing of our communities.
Let's talk about you!
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:
Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.
Why Us?
Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Benefits!
Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlementsA diverse work cultureCareer developmentProfessional development opportunitiesEducation opportunities, Study and ResearchPaid parental leaveEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Discounted Private Health InsuranceFitness PassportWork-Life Balance, Variety and FlexibilityGenerous Salary Sacrificing
Next step….
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
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Occupational group Marketing, PR & Communication
8 Jul 2025;
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