Associate, External Communications

6 months ago


Melbourne, Australia NAB - National Australia Bank Full time

**Work type**: Fixed term Full time, Secondment
**Region**: VIC- Melbourne CBD
- **Support stakeholders across the business with their strategic communications needs**:

- **12 month fixed-term opportunity**

**It’s more than a career at NAB. It’s about more opportunity, more moments to make a difference and more focus on you.**

Your job is just one part of your life. When you bring your ideas, energy, and hunger for growth to us, you’ll be recognised and rewarded for your contribution in return. You’ll have our support to excel for our customers, deliver positive change for our communities and grow your career.

It’s a good time to see what more you can find at NAB as an Associate, External Communications.

**The role**:
Reporting to the Head of External Communications, this role supports a number of portfolios but focuses on the creation of external communications that represent the brand in a number of formats.
- Support the planning, advice and execution of the Communication plan including developing and executing integrated communications plans
- Managing overall communications, overseeing engagement activity and triaging issues, resolving them independently where possible
- Providing general communications support and advice to key stakeholders, at times providing strategic advice to executives and assisting with the planning and execution of targeted and/or enterprise-wide employee engagement activities and campaigns
- Work in collaboration with colleagues across Corporate Affairs and organisation, to ensure consistent alignment of NAB’s messaging and communications activity.
- Bring the outside in, by helping to drive business decisions that will build trust and drive change for the benefit of customers, communities and NAB, and by pursuing new, innovative and effective communications approaches.

**What you will bring**:
We are looking for an individual with a passion for telling stories through social media, someone that is deeply interested in news and current events. Our next team member needs to understand the new age media climate and the alternative avenues our news and cultural information is delivered. We are seeking
- Prior experience in communications or PR preferred
- Outstanding communication both written and verbal, can confidently tailor their communication for different audiences with a strong control of tone and style
- Confidence in handling ambiguity appropriately whether by seeking clarification or working with the available information and your business knowledge
- Creative problem solving, able to find innovative and unconventional solutions through their expertise and navigate their way through obstacles with confidence
- Highly developed stakeholder management skills, is relationship led to understand and manage business impacts/needs to achieve positive strategic outcomes

**A diverse and inclusive workplace works better for everyone**

We know that our people make us who we are. That's why we have built a culture of respect - where everyone feels valued and appreciated for being their true authentic selves at NAB. With our focus on inclusion and diversity, and in partnership with our Employee Resource Groups, NAB is a place where First Nations colleagues, colleagues of all genders, sexualities and ages, carers and colleagues with disability, and colleagues from all cultures, races and religions can thrive, connect and grow.

**More focus on you**
We are committed to delivering a positive experience for our colleagues and a workplace you can be proud of. We support our colleagues to balance their careers and personal life through flexible working arrangements such as hybrid working and job sharing and competitive financial and lifestyle benefits. We invest in our colleagues through world class development programs (Distinctive Leadership and Career Qualified in Banking), and empower you to learn, grow and pursue exciting career opportunities. To learn more, visit the Benefits of Working at NAB page on our website.

**Join NAB**

Unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.



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