Lead Internal Communications

About Seqwater

Water is essential for life. At Seqwater were not just delivering waterwere driving innovation growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.

As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.

As we enter an exciting period of expansion were embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service always with the future in mind.

Our transformation is about more than just infrastructureits about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve and this is reflected in Our Vision Water for Life Our Promise - Safe for Life and Our Values of integrity respect care and courage that shape everything we do.

Youll be supporting the teams working on some of the most high-profile water infrastructure projects in the industry helping to secure Water for Life for generations to come.

About Your Opportunity

This is a rare opportunity to shape how our people connect with Seqwaters purpose strategy and future. Reporting to the Executive General Manager People Culture & Safety you will set the direction for enterprise-wide internal communications and bring our priorities values and culture to life through compelling campaigns content and channels.

Leading a talented team of internal communication professionals you will champion clear consistent and meaningful communication across Seqwater. You will strengthen communication governance manage budgets and use employee insights and analytics to understand what resonatescontinually improving how we inform engage and inspire our people.

Key responsibilities:

• Shape Seqwaters internal communication strategy connecting organisational priorities transformation and culture with employee action.
• Advise the CEO and Executive crafting influential narratives that build trust leadership credibility and clarity.
• Embed communication into major initiatives and strengthen leaders capability to communicate with confidence and impact.
• Anticipate emerging risks and workforce sentiment providing timely counsel and supporting effective responses.
• Lead engaging campaigns channels and platforms that influence behaviour deepen connection and enable enterprise wide change.
• Drive communication governance and performance using insights and data to optimise investment and outcomes.
• Build influential stakeholder relationships that strengthen organisational alignment customer trust and government confidence.
• Lead 24/7 incident communication readiness and participate in the on-call roster as required.

About you

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Degree qualification in Communications Public Relations Journalism Corporate Affairs Marketing Digital Media or similar or an equivalent combination of experience and professional capability.
• Experience in providing strategic communications advice on employee engagement leadership communication organisational culture change management workforce experience and reputation.
• Significant stakeholder engagement experience including with CEO and ELT teams with the ability to communicate effectively across a broad range of stakeholders.
• Previous experience leading internal communication strategies in large complex environments
• Ability to shape leadership narratives and influencing organisational direction

This position will be offered as permanent fulltime position with a competitive salary.

Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.

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To apply

Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.

Applications close: 11:55PM AEST Sunday 30^th August

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