Communications Advisor

Our NSW Government client is hiring for a highly capable Communications Advisor, on a short-term contract basis. This is a chance to utilise your communication and marketing skills contribute to efforts of NSW's sustainable energy future. The successful candidate will join the wider MarComms team and contribute input into a specific portfolio.

Role Title: Communications Advisor

Contract Length: Till the 31st of July with a chance of extending.

Hourly Payrate: $62.19 - $75 + Super p.h.

Location: Parramatta (2150)/WFH Hybrid

Role Requirements:

• Develop, coordinate and deliver communications activities that target key target audiences and promote initiatives.
• Partnering with program teams to coordinate and develop marketing and communications requirements and provide customer-centric advice to guide successful program delivery.
• Stakeholder management to build and maintain strong relationships that foster collaboration and coordination.
• Maintain the customer-centred framework by identifying and delivering audience and channel insights against customer personas and journey profiles, revising marketing and communications activities as required.
• Project management delivering agreed outcomes on time, on budget, and to quality standards.
• Translate complex or technical information into customer-centric content and plain English messaging across traditional and digital platforms.
• Comfortable working both as part of a team and autonomously, thriving in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.

Key Challenges:

• Develop and maintain effective stakeholder relationships and networks to successfully deliver timely, accurate and engaging customer-centred marketing and communications strategies and plans.
• Identify and manage issues around competing priorities and diverse stakeholder needs in a complex and dynamic environment, while delivering quality outcomes.
• Maintaining skills and knowledge of contemporary trends, research, and technologies in media, marketing, and communications to deliver objectives and outcomes effectively.

Experience & Skills:

• Demonstrated experience providing best practice leadership, partnering with colleagues, customers and stakeholders providing effective customer service delivery.
• Stakeholder and partnership management experience across multiple levels.
• Project management skills demonstrating the ability to deliver agreed outcomes on time, on budget, and to quality standards, and demonstrated time management and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise competing demands.
• Tertiary qualifications in communications or other relevant discipline or equivalent relevant experience.

Candidates must be based in the Greater Sydney Area and must possess existing full working rights - Permanent Resident or Citizen of Australia.

If you feel this opportunity matches your skills and previous experiences, please apply with your CV.