Lead - Corporate Affairs 12-month Contract

**We are CBH**

We bring our values to life every day by being Collaborative, Respectful, Reliable, Sustainable. Our values are more than just words they guide how we work with each other, farmers, suppliers, partners, and the communities we operate in. These values and behaviours represent the CBH team at our best and are what we need to collectively demonstrate to achieve our Path to 2033 strategic objectives.

**CBH has a strong and proud history of serving and returning value to WA growers since 1933**

We are a proud Western Australian co-operative and as Australia’s largest co-operative we are a leader in the Australian grain industry. We have grown from humble roots into one of the world’s largest and most efficient grain supply chains, delivering millions of tonnes of quality Western Australian grain into the hands of customers around the world each year.

Our storage and handling system currently receives and exports around 90 per cent of the Western Australian grain harvest and is regarded as one of the best in the world.

Our core purpose is to sustainably create and return value to current and future West Australian grain growers.

**Empowering our people**

CBH is more than just a place of work, it's a community of people who are passionate and committed to our core purpose.

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to providing a safe and rewarding working environment for our people, with a strong culture of developing and enhancing our employees’ capabilities.

We invite you to use your skills and expertise to make your mark to help CBH sustainably create and return value for grain growers in Western Australia.

**About the role**

We are seeking a communications professional who can help to develop and deliver engagement plans and initiatives predominately for our Marketing & Trading and Fertiliser divisions.

Working collaboratively with the Corporate Affairs Team and across the business, you will help to develop communications and marketing plans for emerging and expanding areas within CBH and help shape and strengthen the way we engage with farmers, grain customers and the general public.

No two days are the same in this dynamic environment where your projects can range from developing a marketing campaign to travelling regionally to produce a video to understanding the details of how a product can deliver sustainable results for farmers and customers.

Located at the CBH Head Office in Perth’s CBD, this is a full-time, 12-month fixed term contract that will suit a communications professional who is looking to build their in-house communications and marketing experience and/or is interested in branching out into a different sector.

**Collaborating with the Corporate Affairs Team and key internal stakeholders, you will be responsible for**:
- Developing and delivering communications and marketing initiatives to farmers, employees and customers.- Developing engaging content for the website, intranet, presentations, speeches and other corporate communications channels.- Provide advice to senior leaders on effective communications on a range of matters including farmer relations, media relations and employee engagement activities.- Support media relations and social media activities including preparing media statements and responses.- Provide support when required for other areas of the Corporate Affairs team, including the delivery of grower focused and corporate events.- Experience delivering communications and engagement campaigns that achieve results.- Excellent communication and writing skills in marketing and employee communications.- An ability to work collaboratively and establish effective working relationships with key internal and external stakeholders- A degree in communications, marketing, journalism or similar with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a related work environment.- Experience with the agricultural industry will be highly regarded.

**What we offer**:
CBH offers a range of employee focused benefits aimed at ensuring a healthy work life balance, including:
- Competitive remuneration and benefits- Ongoing training and professional development to support your growth and achieve your career goals- 13-weeks paid parental leave for both parents- Free on-site gym, fitness classes and excellent end of trip facilities- Flexible work arrangements- Employee assistance program- Corporate employee discounts including travel, health insurance funds and financial services- On-site day-care centre for children