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Lead Communications Advisor

Job Title: Lead Communications Advisor
Contract Type: Permanent Recruitment
Specialisation:
REF: BRLRZB109285
Contact Details: Rebecca Berney
Contact Email: rebecca.berney@beyond.co.nz
Job Published: almost 3 years ago
  • Fast-paced and dynamic environment
  • Positive and supportive environment
  • Permanent position, Wellington

Overview of position

The Lead Communications Advisor works across all key internal and external stakeholders related to their portfolio to provide strategic leadership and expert communications and engagement support to ensure the success of initiatives.

Responsibilities include:

  • Strategy, Planning and Delivery
  • Provide expert strategic communication advice, development of strategies and delivery to key senior people and their respective business units to support Government and this organisation’s major priorities.
  • Proactively identify, develop and deliver storytelling opportunities for this organisation internally and through traditional and social media.
  • Work closely with Ministers’ offices to identify, develop and deliver on communications opportunities and address risks.
  • Support leadership teams and community liaison advisors with communications advice, templates, material and support for delivery of key business priorities.
  • Actively participate in leadership teams for key accounts to ensure highly effective identification, evaluation and management of communications opportunities and risks.

Experience required:

  • Proven communications experience at a senior level and/or a relevant qualification
  • Proven ability at a senior level to grasp complex concepts quickly, question and assess for opportunities and risks and translate into compelling communications strategies and plans
  • Experience leading and providing strategic and risk communications advice to senior levels in large organisations, preferably with a government context
  • Experience in working effectively with external partners and their communications functions, other organisations and providers/suppliers
  • Professional writing, editing and proofreading skills across a variety of media
  • Able to participate confidently and competently in situations that involve processes, systems and organisations based on ‘Matauranga Māori’

Attributes:

  • Demonstrated strengths in the following personal competencies:
  • Highly effective leadership skills
  • Highly effective oral and written communication skills
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Highly effective relationship management skills
  • Strong political and environmental awareness
  • Effective persuasion and influencing skills
  • Ability to make clear and astute decisions about issues and risks, and escalate decisions where appropriate, with clear recommendations
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Able to talk to groups of people, as well as one-to-one; demonstrates effective presentation skills
  • Knows when to refer upwards, with appropriate recommendations

If this sounds like you, please APPLY NOW, or call Rebecca Berney on 021 401 125 for further information.

REF # 109285