Communications Advisor

Reporting to the Communications and Media Manager, this position will provide quality, compelling written content across multiple platforms, helping inform our communities, businesses, and stakeholders about Trust activities and opportunities. It will support the implementation of the Trust’s communications strategy and help our teams achieve the best outcomes for the region.

Responsibilities include:

Communications

• Support the Communications and Media Manager to implement the Trust’s Communications Strategy.
• Plan and deliver communications content and collateral, including written and multi-media.
• Provide assistance with comms planning and executions to support projects, campaigns and BAU activities across the organisation.
• Work with internal teams to develop comms collateral ensuring the outcome achieves what was asked for.
• Support the delivery of the Trust’s Statement of Intent, Annual Report and other key documents.
• Enhance the organisation’s brand by looking for and acting on opportunities to tell stories of the Trust’s impact and successes.

Social media content development

• Support the Communications and Media Manager to implement the Trust’s Communications Strategy.
• Plan and deliver communications content and collateral, including written and multi-media.
• Provide assistance with comms planning and executions to support projects, campaigns and BAU activities across the organisation.
• Work with internal teams to develop comms collateral ensuring the outcome achieves what was asked for.
• Support the delivery of the Trust’s Statement of Intent, Annual Report and other key documents.
• Enhance the organisation’s brand by looking for and acting on opportunities to tell stories of the Trust’s impact and successes.

Media

 Support the Communications and Media Manager with responding to media enquiries and information requests.

Engagement and stakeholder relationships

 Work with internal teams to plan and support engagement activities and events across the organisation.

• Support the Communications and Media Manager to implement activities within the Trust’s Engagement Plan.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• A communications/journalism or similar tertiary qualification at degree level.
• 2+ year’s experience working in communications, journalism or marketing.
• A strong writing and editorial skill set, including experience writing fit-for-purpose content targeted to specific audiences in appropriate channels.
• Experience in planning and implementing communications/marketing campaigns.
• Experience in social media content creation based on best practice.
• Stakeholder engagement skills and experience.
• A high level of cultural competency, respecting Te Ao Māori and its principles (Tikanga).

Why work for us?

Trust Tairāwhiti is an inclusive and dynamic workplace that takes pride in our mahi and offers you a connected culture where together we all strive to achieve our goals. With a whānau-friendly and flexible approach to our mahi, we understand the value of work/life balance and enjoy the many benefits living in Tairāwhiti offers.

We can offer you:

• competitive remuneration
• a workplace with a clear vision and drive to make a difference every day
• an environmentally-focused culture where we try to minimise our footprint
• professional development opportunities to enable you to learn and grow with us
• a modern workplace environment.

We want someone to join our team who shares our vision, lives our values and is passionate about working with our communities. You will appreciate the cultural identity of Tairāwhiti.

In accordance with health and safety procedures at the Trust and our community-facing roles here in Tairāwhiti, this position has been risk-assessed and requires full vaccination to keep you, our team and our community safe and protected from Covid 19 – Tātau Tātau 

If this sounds like you and you have the skill set outlined above, apply now!

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