Senior Manager, Employee Communications

Internal Communications
New South Wales, Australia
22/11/2022
Full Time
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Job Description

So, why Optus?

At Optus, we don’t sit back and let the future happen to us – we’re out there making it. By expanding into new technology and relentlessly improving every day, we’re creating a better tomorrow for all Australians.

Your team …

The Employee Communications & Events team partners with the Optus Australia business, our CEO and ExCo. We work up, down and across the business. We’re responsible for sharing our business strategy, helping our amazing people understand the role they play and bringing it to life.

The role

We’re on the lookout for a Senior Employee Communications Manager. If you’re a communications professional who is passionate about strategic storytelling and best-practice communications that motivate people to action, loves a challenge and enjoys a fast-paced team environment we want to hear from you.

Your core duties –

  • Supporting the Executive Committee (ExCo) members such as Managing Directors / Vice Presidents and their senior leadership teams;
  • Developing creative communications strategies that help our people understand why they’re here and what we need them to do;
  • Communicating the Optus Purpose, Vison and Strategy to all staff, plus support critical initiatives and embedding Optus behaviours;
  • Working with teams across the business to develop plans and initiatives that support our business strategy and demonstrate how we’re supporting our customers, community and each other;
  • Communicating wins, achievements and project breakthroughs from the business units with the wider Optus audience;
  • Creating compelling, easy to understand messaging to support business and employee experience objectives;
  • Delivering outstanding communications across our enterprise social (Yammer), and broadcast (email) and face-to-face channels;
  • Tracking the effectiveness of our communications campaigns and continuing to make them better; &
  • Sharing know-how with the Corporate Communications team and working with the Human Resources Business Partners to drive engagement, share updates on engagement initiatives and development capabilities for our amazing people.

 

Tertiary qualified in a relevant business field (in-house or agency), you will have significant corporate experience working across a range of internal communications channels, including streamed events, corporate videos, corporate intranets, enterprise social media and more traditional written mediums.

Importantly, you will have exceptional stakeholder management expertise at all levels of business.

If this sounds like you, please apply in confidence with your CV and cover letter via the online function today!

As a provider of essential services across Australia, Optus has a critical role in the community through keeping our customers connected to the people they love and the things that matter. It is also our priority to ensure we provide our amazing people and our customers with a healthy and safe workplace environment.

Considering the significant risks posed by COVID-19, Optus expects all workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and will require vaccination for certain roles as well as access to Optus workplaces. Please speak to us if you have any questions about this policy or how it impacts you, including any concerns you might have about meeting this requirement.

Optus is a place where we let you do you. We’re a highly collaborative workplace, and offer a range of perks such as:

  • A competitive salary;
  • Discounts on products and services;
  • Ongoing training, mentoring and development opportunities;
  • Up to five days of Volunteer Leave per year; &
  • Blended Ways of Working.

We understand that flexibility means different things to different people. We’re proud to offer a variety of options to work in different ways, such as our Blended Ways of Working and job share. Our Blended Ways of Working lets our people work across home and our offices. Please talk to us about how we can make this role work for you.

Curious about our culture? Go behind the scenes with our people by searching #OptusLife on LinkedIn.

Please no recruitment agencies, we’ll be managing this role in-house. Any resumes submitted outside of our process will be deemed the sole property of Optus.

Perks, perks & more perks!