Senior Stakeholder Engagement & Communications Lead — Hybrid

Lotus People; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 119,000 - 161,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Wellbeing benefit

Leave entitlements

Parental leave

EAP

Job summary

Lotus People are seeking a Manager Stakeholder Engagement & Communications in Sydney to coordinate strategic external affairs across government, industry and partners. You will prepare briefing materials, manage engagements, events and milestones, and support senior leaders with polished communications and brand alignment.

You’ll be responsible for planning engagement activities, building senior relationships, and ensuring consistent messaging while navigating risk and approvals in a busy

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in stakeholder coordination, external affairs, communications, executive engagement or a related role.
• Experience within a government or corporate environment highly regarded.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in communications, business, public administration, events management or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting stakeholder engagement, external engagements, industry forums or events.
• Exceptional organisation and time management skills, with confidence managing competing priorities and changing requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to prepare polished executive-level materials.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong logistical coordination capability.
• Proven ability to build productive relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Proficiency across Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• A collaborative approach with the ability to identify, manage and elevate risks appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder engagement planning aligned with organisational priorities and engagement strategies.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen engagement with government, industry, sector organisations and delivery partners.
• Coordinate ministerial, executive and stakeholder engagements, including site visits, roundtables, speaking opportunities and events.
• Prepare high-quality briefing notes, speaking points, presentations, briefing packs and supporting collateral.
• Manage approvals, protocols, risks and dependencies across external engagement activity.
• Coordinate stakeholders and internal teams around key project milestones, announcements and engagement opportunities.
• Drive consistent implementation of brand and engagement guidelines across stakeholder-facing activity.
• Build understanding and adoption of brand guidelines through practical advice, tools and support.
• Track engagement outcomes, commitments and follow-up actions to ensure appropriate progression.
• Maintain oversight of upcoming milestones and proactively elevate risks, sensitivities and approval issues.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure stakeholder activity, communications and brand outputs are coordinated and consistent.
• Provide regular updates and advice on engagement activity, event delivery, approvals, risks and emerging priorities.

Skills

Stakeholder coordination

External affairs

Executive engagement

Time management

Written & verbal communication

Attention to detail

Stakeholder relationships

Risk management

Education

Tertiary qualification in communications or related

Tools

MS Word

PowerPoint

Outlook

Job description

Lotus People are seeking a Manager Stakeholder Engagement & Communications in Sydney to coordinate strategic external affairs across government, industry and partners. You will prepare briefing materials, manage engagements, events and milestones, and support senior leaders with polished communications and brand alignment.

You’ll be responsible for planning engagement activities, building senior relationships, and ensuring consistent messaging while navigating risk and approvals in a busy