Public Affairs Manager

**What Makes Us, Us**

Established in 1840, we’re Australia’s first member-owned wellbeing company, delivering health, wealth and care services to more than 700,000 Australians. Today, while we’ve grown to a company of more than 7000 employees, our focus remains the same as it was 180 years ago — to deliver Real Wellbeing for our customers, members and the community.

We support your Real Wellbeing so you can better support our members’ and customers’ wellbeing journey

**There Are Four Key Attributes That Set Us Apart**
- **Good people**: We strive to set ourselves apart through the capability, warmth and expertise of our people.
- **Wellbeing experts**: Our breadth of capability enables us to provide smart solutions and services across all domains of wellbeing.
- **Long-term commitment**: As a member-owned company, we’ve been focusing on long-term outcomes and single-minded dedication to our members and customers since 1840.
- **Driving positive impact**: Everything we do is focused on making a positive difference at a personal, community and societal level.

These pillars are infused with our values of **bold, warm and honest**

**About Our Opportunity**

Sitting within the CEO’s Office, the Public Affairs Manager will play an important and multi-disciplinary role in supporting the Office and Australian Unity Group with government and advocacy relations, media communications, public relations, issue management and both corporate and strategic communications. The role will provide expertise across the Group and Australian Unity businesses within the Retail, Home Health, Specialist Care and Wealth & Capital Markets platforms.

**What You Will Do**
- Monitor and analyse current issues, policies and legislation, political trends and potential policy activities of relevance to the organisation
- Contribute to proactive advocacy strategy that supports key business initiatives and builds and maintains constructive relationships with key stakeholders
- Produce high quality communication material, including reports, media statements, speeches, articles, correspondence for senior leadership
- Shape and drive the ‘voice of the Group’ regarding key strategic initiatives and partner and collaborate across functions to progress those key initiatives

**What we are looking for**
- Degree Qualification in communications, social science public relations, business or other related areas
- Previous experience in a communication, advisory or strategic role within a complex corporate environment
- Experience in a media, government or public relations will be highly regarded, as well as knowledge of Government and structures
- Demonstrated critical, strategic and analytical thinking capability and strong business acumen
- Superior written communication skills, with excellent attention to detail
- Strong oral communication, relationship building and influencing skills
- Highly developed time management skills and ability to manage various priorities simultaneously in fast-paced environment

**Our Benefits**

You will enjoy a range of great employee benefits and rewards including:

- Competitive Remuneration and variable bonus
- A range of attractive product and service discounts from Australian Unity’s Retail and Wealth Management portfolio - including health insurance and banking products
- Flexible Working Arrangements including Work-From-Home days with a real work-life balance
- Available access to LinkedIn Learning courses through our great Learning platform
- Additional paid Wellbeing and Volunteer leave days yearly

**Where to from here?