Climate Communications & Engagement Advisor

CGR Services; Wellington; On-site; NZD 78,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

Climate Change Commission in Wellington, NZ is seeking an Advisor, Communications and Engagement to support end-to-end engagement and communications across the organisation. The role involves planning, content development, and delivery of engagement programmes within project teams.

The ideal candidate has at least one year of experience in communications, engagement or media, with a relevant tertiary qualification.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build and maintain relationships.
• Strong critical thinking.
• Attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience in product design, publications, and/or digital communications.
• Highly effective planning and organisational skills, including time management and prioritising work in a complex work environment.
• Knowledge of the machinery of government, the political environment and government policies, and the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/Treaty of Waitangi and Te Ao Māori.
• Demonstrated high levels of integrity.

Responsibilities

• Using your engagement skills to help strengthen the Commission’s key relationships, support evidence gathering, and share our work.
• Communicating complex information in ways that are compelling and easy to understand, adapting communication styles, content, and formats to audience needs.
• Taking an audience-focused approach to developing and delivering engagement and communications plans.
• Preparing key messages, talking points, media releases, presentations, social media content and other materials, and organising and running webinars in a clear and well-structured manner related to specific projects.
• Supporting a culture of collaboration, coordination, and inclusiveness in the team and across the organisation.
• Demonstrating that cultural responsiveness is valued, understood, and applied within the Commission by embedding te ao Māori (te reo Māori, tikanga, kawa, Te Tiriti o Waitangi) into the way we do things.

Skills

Relationship building

Critical thinking

Attention to detail

Excellent communication

Publications and digital comms

Planning and organisation

Te Tiriti o Waitangi knowledge

Integrity

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Job description

Climate Change Commission in Wellington, NZ is seeking an Advisor, Communications and Engagement to support end-to-end engagement and communications across the organisation. The role involves planning, content development, and delivery of engagement programmes within project teams.

The ideal candidate has at least one year of experience in communications, engagement or media, with a relevant tertiary qualification.