Communications Advisor

Role: Communication Advisor
Duration: 6 months
Hours: 38 hours per week
Work Arrangement: Hybrid

• Includes travel across regional and rural Victoria
• Regular on-site engagement with operational and engineering teams

Team Environment:

• Fast-paced, delivery-focused and high performing
• Requires sound judgement, initiative and the ability to manage competing priorities

Purpose of the Position:

• Ensure frontline, operational and engineering employees feel informed, valued and connected to the organisation
• Lead the development and delivery of targeted internal and external communications
• Bring the Employee Value Proposition to life for field-based and technical teams
• Strengthen the organisation’s positioning as an employer of choice

Key Responsibilities

Strengthen Engagement and Culture

• Design and deliver communication strategies that strengthen engagement, connection and organisational alignment
• Translate complex business priorities, safety requirements, technical updates and cultural initiatives into clear, practical messaging
• Develop communications that resonate with operational and engineering audiences, ensuring relevance and credibility
• Bring the Employee Value Proposition to life through authentic employee stories and real operational experiences

Deliver Practical, Fit-for-Purpose Communications

• Develop and lead content creation across multiple channels, including:
  
  • Written articles and updates
  • Campaign materials and posters
  • Video and photography
• Oversee creative development, production and delivery to ensure communications are timely, accurate and engaging
• Brief and manage external creative partners where required
• Ensure communications support operational priorities and align with broader business strategy

Internal Channel Management

• Plan and coordinate content across internal platforms, including:
  
  • The Wire
  • iTV
  • Field Central
  • Digital screens
  • Work Group Meeting materials
• Drive consistency of messaging across channels
• Contribute to the content committee to support a coordinated, enterprise-wide communications approach

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with operational leaders, engineers and internal business partners
• Provide strategic communication advice to support planning, change initiatives and operational delivery
• Support leaders in communicating clearly and confidently with their teams
• Adapt communication style to suit diverse working environments, including:
  
  • Direct, data-driven and technically focused audiences
  • Practical, task-oriented field teams
  • Relationship-driven and collaborative stakeholders
• Operate effectively in high-pressure environments requiring responsiveness and sound judgement

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience Education / Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Journalism, Communication or Public Relations

Knowledge and Experience

Essential:

• Experience in corporate communications, corporate affairs or consultancy roles
• Demonstrated ability to develop, manage and deliver integrated communication strategies and campaigns
• Experience partnering with operational or technical stakeholders
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills with the ability to build credibility across varied workforce groups
• Advanced content development capability, including writing and editing across multiple channels
• Ability to interpret and simplify complex or technical information into clear, engaging messaging
• Comfortable working within a fast-paced, high performing team environment
• Working knowledge of:
  
  • SharePoint
  • Office 365
  • Digital communication tools
  • Canva and/or Adobe Creative Suite (including InDesign and Photoshop)

Desirable:

• Experience delivering communications in a large, complex or infrastructure-focused organisation
• Experience supporting field-based, operational or engineering workforces
• Experience working across geographically dispersed teams

At Chandler Macleod, we are committed to fostering a diverse workforce where everyone is welcome. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, women, neurodiverse, people living with a disability and the LGBTIQA+ community.

You can read more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion at https://www.chandlermacleod.com/diversity-and-inclusion.