Corporate Communications & Campaigns Advisor

Our Organisation
At Melbourne Water we love water and love life. What we do makes a vital contribution to Melbourne's famous lifestyle. We achieve this by supplying high quality drinking water, providing outstanding sewerage services, integrating drainage systems, building resilience to flooding and by enhancing our waterway and land for greater community use. At Melbourne Water, we are in the 'Decade that Matters' and we've got some ambitious goals to achieve. It's a pride we share in helping to make greater Melbourne a fantastic place to live.
The Role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Corporate Communications & Campaigns Advisor to join our External Communications team on a fixed-term contract for 12 months (parental leave cover).
Reporting to the External Communications Manager, you will provide strategies, plans, content and advice across Corporate Communications, marketing and brand to enhance Melbourne Water's reputation, and support its marketing and brand goals.
This will be achieved through:

• Leads and delivers evidence-based marketing campaigns targeting Melbourne Water's brand customer segments, using the 'Story of Melbourne Water' guide and other resources.
• Champions Melbourne Water's brand strategy by articulating its brand narrative and themes in multi-media content across external and internal channels.
• Creates and delivers proactive and reactive communication plans and content - aligned to marketing and brand goals - that enhance Melbourne Water's reputation across Victoria.

Your Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in delivering marketing campaigns and Corporate Communications plans that support marketing and brand goals, and enhance reputations.
• Exceptional writing skills including spelling and grammar, and an innate ability to convey and evolve Melbourne Water's 'voice' along with its narratives and key messaging.
• Demonstrated project management expertise to create, track and deliver communications across multiple channels in complex and time-sensitive environments.
• A critical thinker who can strategise marketing and communications concepts, and create the plans, tactics and content to deliver them successfully.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence senior external and internal stakeholders on Corporate Communications, marketing and brand projects.

For more information, please see the attached
Culture at Melbourne Water
We take enormous pride in cultivating a culture that holistically benefits our team and the wider Melbourne community. The pillars of our culture are based on Flexibility, Impact, Growth & Development, and People.

• We are committed to flexible working in a variety of manners including hybrid work, varied start/finish times, purchased leave, part time work, and 9-day fortnights. We understand that Melbourne Water and our customers are benefitted by enabling balance in work and life.
• Make an impact as part of a passionate team doing meaningful work to enhance life and livability in Melbourne.
• We relish learning and challenging the status quo for continuous growth. Perpetual and varied opportunities for learning and development are offered in a variety of manners - from formal development programs, digital learning content and lunch & learns; to visiting our sites and getting to see our initiatives and projects first hand.
• People are the foundation for all that we do. Our people are warm, welcoming, and inclusive.
• We welcome applications from everyone, including people with disability, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTI+ community, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Melbourne Water welcomes and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

How to apply
Click on the "apply" button and complete the online application form.
Closing date: 22 January 2024 at 11:55pm AEST
Please note we reserve the right to close the application period and screen suitable applicants before the scheduled closing date, and encourage you to apply immediately.
Please note Melbourne Water will be enjoying a two week shutdown period from the 23th of December 2023 through to the 8th of January 2024. We wish you, your family & friends a safe and happy festive season.
Advertised:
22 Dec 2023 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Closing:
22 Jan 2024 11:55 PM AUS Eastern Daylight Time