Communications Advisor

Airways New Zealand; Auckland; On-site; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks annual leave

Enhanced parental leave

Free parking

Learning and professional development

Job summary

Airways New Zealand is seeking a full-time Communications Advisor to join the Auckland team. You will provide day-to-day communications support, manage intranet, social media, website, and sponsorship activities, and help deliver engagement plans to strengthen culture internally and externally.

Ideal candidates will have a tertiary degree in Communications/Journalism, 3+ years in a corporate communications or PR role, and proven media experience across multiple channels, including crisis

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary degree in Communications/Journalism or equivalent.
• 3+ years' experience in a similar role.
• Experience in dealing with media across all mediums including print, broadcast, online and social media management.
• Experience managing a creative agency, projects and campaigns.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day communications support and advice to the business.
• Manage communications channels (intranet, social media, website, sponsorship programme).
• Support the Communications team to deliver the communications plan and engagement activities.
• Respond to media queries and develop activation plans for key initiatives.
• Support events and corporate reporting, and protect/enhance Airways' reputation.

Skills

Media management

Crisis management

Stakeholder engagement

Project coordination

Social media management

Education

Tertiary degree in Communications / Journalism

Tools

SharePoint

Job description

About the Business Unit:

The People & Partnerships Group manages ourpeople, customer and stakeholder relationships, communications, sustainability,and strategy. They ensure an integrated approach to managing internal andexternal relationships, promoting a customer-focused and engaged workplaceculture. They oversee strategic customer and stakeholder relationships,communications, and the development of Airways Corporate Strategy, includingsustainability.

The Group plays a critical role in supporting thebusiness to achieve its objectives by providing high-quality service and advicethat is proactive, innovative, and impactful.

About the Role:

We have an opportunity for a full-time permanentCommunications Advisor to join our Auckland (airport) based team.

This role is responsible for providing day to daycommunications support and advice to the business, managing communicationschannels and supporting the wider Communications team to deliver theircommunications plan, as well as supporting the delivery of activities to driveengagement and culture internally.

This includes taking ownership of our intranet,social media pages, website and sponsorship programme, as well as supportingthe business to deliver a wide range of communications activities internallyand externally.

You’ll be part of a team that are responsible forprotecting and enhancing the reputation of Airways, responding to media queries,developing activation plans to support key initiatives within the business and supportingthe delivery of proactive media engagement, events and corporate reporting.

This is a broad spectrum role in a small team sothere is plenty of opportunity to use your existing skills and develop newones. We have a strong focus on development and are looking for someone withstrong skills and a desire to grow.

Application closing date is Wednesday, 30 September2026.

About You:

To be successful you will be someone who has theability to work across a range of projects, channels and topics simultaneously,managing priorities and deadlines, and engaging with stakeholders across allparts of the business.

In particular we are interested in people with goodmedia management experience with New Zealand business media. Experience incrisis management will be considered favourably.

• Relevanttertiary degree in Communications / Journalism or equivalent experience in a commercial domain
• 3 + years'experience in a similar business communications or PR agency role
• Demonstratedexperience in dealing with media across all mediums including print, broadcast,online and social media management
• Solidexperience managing a creative agency, projects and campaigns, events and keyrelationships
• Demonstratedexperience in developing and implementing communications plans channelmanagement including social media and SharePoint.

Previous experience in aviation, Government or SOE,or an operational environment is desirable but not essential.

Please note that you must be legally eligible towork in New Zealand to be considered.

This role will require the successful candidate toundergo outstanding pre-employment background checks linked to the role.

About Our Offering:

Airways is a great place to work, providing aninclusive and supportive environment. We offer a competitive salary, free parking, five(5) weeks annual leave, enhanced parental leave, vast learning and professionaldevelopment opportunities.

At Airways, our people are at the heart of what wedo to keep NZ skies safe. We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable andinclusive workplace where people feel they belong and can bring their wholeself to work. We make our recruitment decisions based on the best candidate forthe job and encourage applications from diverse candidates. We are proud tohold both Rainbow Tick and Gender Tick accreditations.