Australian Public Affairs Specialist

3 weeks ago

Perth, Western Australia Gold Fields Full time

Role Overview:

As an External Affairs Specialist at Gold Fields, you will play a crucial role in developing and implementing stakeholder engagement strategies to enhance the company's social license to operate in Australia. You will be responsible for building and maintaining relationships with key government, media, and industry stakeholders, and for providing expert guidance on external communications and public policy.

This role requires a high level of expertise in stakeholder management, corporate affairs, and external communications. You will work closely with the Vice President External Affairs (Australia) to develop and execute a comprehensive stakeholder engagement plan, and will be accountable for the development and delivery of the Australian stakeholder engagement strategy and the Australian communications strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and manage government relations, public policy, media, and external communications objectives as part of Australia's stakeholder engagement plan.
  • Identify and execute media and external communications activities for Gold Fields' projects, including content preparation and approvals for strategic channels.
  • Align and support Gold Fields' global communication strategy by coordinating in-country communication plans and contributing content.
  • Lead crisis communication efforts within Australia and manage material issues through identification, monitoring, and responding.
  • Plan and execute stakeholder engagement across media, government, and industry bodies and support community engagement efforts.
  • Manage and develop major partnerships in Australia, aligning them with Gold Fields' Purpose and supporting the brand strategy.
  • Leverage social investment activities to promote Gold Fields' commitment to host communities and partners through innovative communication.
  • Identify industry association memberships/forums, coordinating participation to support regional public policy and reputation goals.

Requirements:

  • Hold a relevant qualification in journalism, communications, public relations, marketing, or similar.
  • Experience in defining and implementing stakeholder management plans that contribute to the overall social license to operate of an organisation or industry.
  • Experienced in collaborating, as an integral member of a multifunctional team.
  • Ideally have exposure and experience in corporate affairs including media relations and external communications.
  • Ideally hold mining company and/or exploration projects experience.

About Gold Fields:

Gold Fields is committed to achieving an inclusive workforce. We recognise that the diverse talent of our people will ultimately determine our growth, performance, and success. We strongly encourage applications from female, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, as well as candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds.

Applications can be submitted via https://careers.goldfields.com/Australia

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