Communications Manager

Engineers Australia Group; Melbourne; Ibrido; AUD 110.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

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Hybrid working model

Salary packaging

Personal Leave 15 days

Life Leave 2 days

Descrizione del lavoro

Engineers Australia is seeking a Communications Manager to shape and deliver communications for the MCX Transformation Program. This fixed-term role runs until June 2028 and requires leading program-wide communications, developing messaging frameworks, and partnering with leaders to support readiness and adoption.

Melbourne-based with hybrid work options. The role demands extensive experience in strategic or transformation communications within complex organisations, exceptional writing, and

Competenze

• Extensive experience in strategic, transformation or change communications within complex organisations.
• Proven ability to translate complex information into clear and engaging messages.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management at all levels.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for executive and organisation-wide messaging.
• Experience developing communication strategies, plans and messaging frameworks.
• Highly organised, collaborative with strong cross-team coordination.

Mansioni

• Develop and deliver the communications strategy, roadmap and messaging framework for the MCX Transformation Program.
• Lead program-wide communications with consistent messaging across milestones.
• Partner with change, stakeholder and business leaders to support readiness and adoption activities.
• Manage communication channels, governance, publishing schedules and central information source.
• Provide strategic communications advice and quality assurance to workstreams for alignment.
• Measure effectiveness and stakeholder sentiment to continually improve outcomes.

Conoscenze

Strategic communications

Transformation communications

Stakeholder engagement

Written communication

Project coordination

Descrizione del lavoro

One of our cultural mindsets is authentic dialogue and authenticity; Bring your authenticself to work at Engineers Australia! We offer meaningful, purpose-driven work. Our people work to support the engineering profession that shapes the very world we live in. With more than 144,000 members, Engineers Australia is the voice of the profession, and we need you to help us drive mutual value for our members and industry partners.

About the role

The Communications Manager is responsible for shaping and delivering communications for the MCX Transformation Program, ensuring stakeholders are informed, engaged, and prepared for change. Working across the program and its workstreams, you will develop clear, consistent messaging that supports awareness, readiness, adoption, and a unified transformation narrative.This is a fixed term opportunity with an immediate start until June 2028.

Location

Melbourne, VIC

In this role you will:

• Develop and deliver the communications strategy, roadmap, messaging framework and communication plans for the MCX Transformation Program.
• Lead program-wide communications, ensuring consistent messaging and engagement across key transformation milestones.
• Partner with change, stakeholder and business leaders to support communication, readiness, feedback and adoption activities.
• Manage communication channels, governance, publishing schedules and a central source of truth for program information.
• Provide strategic communications advice, tools and quality assurance to workstreams to ensure alignment and consistency.
• Measure communication effectiveness, stakeholder engagement and sentiment, using insights to continuously improve outcomes.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Extensive experience in strategic, transformation or change communications within complex organisations.
• Proven ability to support large-scale transformation initiatives, translating complex information into clear and engaging messages.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including executive and organisation-wide communications.
• Experience developing communication strategies, plans, messaging frameworks and engagement approaches.
• Highly organised and collaborative, with strong project coordination skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities across teams and workstreams.

*Please refer to the supporting documents to review the full success profile and measures of success in this role (on our careers website)

Why work for Engineers Australia?

• People are at the heart of what we do and why we do it.
• Enjoy competitive remuneration and salary packaging that recognises your expertise and contributions
• Generous paid leave options including 15 days of Personal Leave and 2 days of Life Leave
• Enjoy the flexibility of our hybrid working model, helping you balance personal wellbeing and professional achievement, with at least 2 days in the office or 40% of working hours onsite.
• Unlock career growth prospects, as we invest in you and provide avenues for advancement in EA.
• A diverse, inclusive, and supportive team culture that supports you to lead and achieve
• Proud AWEI Bronze Employer Award winner (2023–2029), championing a safe and inclusive workplace for LGBTQ employees.

Diversity, inclusion and your privacy:

Engineers Australia embraces diversity, inclusion and belonging and are committed to building a team that represents the communities that we live in and creating a safe inclusive environment for our people. We are a flexible workplace, please talk to us about your flexible working needs during our recruitment process. Our commitment to inclusivity means that we will work with you to ensure that your experience with us is accessible and welcoming. If you need any reasonable accommodation to fully participate in the job application, interview process, or to perform essential functions of the role, please know that we are here to support you. Please feel free to reach out to our Talent Team at ******@engineersaustralia.org.au , our dedicated point of contact for all accommodation-related matters. At Engineers Australia, we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential for our success. We welcome applications from everyone, including people with disabilities, mature age and young job seekers, members of the LGBTI community, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other culturally diverse backgrounds. We look forward to welcoming candidates from all backgrounds and providing necessary support where needed to ensure a level playing field for all applicants. Please visit Engineers Australia’s website to view our Privacy Policy in relation to the collection of candidate information: https://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/privacy-policy

Thank you for considering a career with us.

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