Communications & Business Engagement Advisor

At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We've always known that at it's heart infrastructure is about people - our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work.

That's our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of a team that thrives on rising to the challenge of transforming lives for good.

**About Gold Coast Light Rail Stage 3**:
Gold Coast Light Rail has transformed public transport on the Gold Coast, helping create an integrated network that connects more people to more places in one of Australia's most dynamic and fastest growing cities.

John Holland is GoldlinQ's nominated design and construction contractor for GCLR3, to extend the existing light rail network by 6.7kms from Broadbeach to Burleigh Heads, including eight new light rail stations, two new light rail-bus connections, and intersection upgrades along the alignment.

Jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments, and the City of Gold Coast, this city-shaping project will link communities to business centres, shopping, dining, education and medical facilities and cater to the Gold Coast's expected population growth in the coming decades.

As construction of GCLR3 gets under way, John Holland is actively recruiting for a talented and driven Communications & Business Engagement Advisor to join our team and play a key role in the successful delivery of this iconic Gold Coast project.

**Responsibilities of the role include**:

- Manage and implement the project's Business Engagement Plan and the associated activities under the Communications and Stakeholder Management Plan
- Drive the implementation of the Love Your Local campaign for the Gold Coast including the Shop Local and Win competition
- Facilitate third party business support services and initiatives for alignment businesses
- Prepare responses to media enquiries, with the ability to draft proactive media releases
- Day to day management of the website content for Business information and Love Your Local
- Lead the development and implementation of the GCLR3 Science Tram
- Support the development and implementation of the GCLR3 Community Benefit Fund
- Copywrite and consolidate project newsletters, business EDMs and other collateral and communications material as required.

**To be successful in this role, you must have**:

- A Bachelors degree in Communications, Business, Law, Journalism or equivalent experience
- Previous experience working in a similar stakeholder engagement role, delivering major transport or infrastructure projects
- Local understanding of the Gold Coast and it's communities

**What’s in it for you when you join John Holland?**:
We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From industry-leading leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

- **Competitive remuneration** with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice packaging options available
- **Great leave benefits** including 18 weeks paid parental leave with superannuation and up to an extra 18 weeks of superannuation paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two additional John Holland Days to prioritise health and wellbeing
- **Career progression** underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities
- **Learning and development** opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, and technical and leadership training and development opportunities
- **Inclusion and diversity** is part of how we work and do what we do at John Holland. Our active commitment to being an employer of choice is evident in the delivery of our Gender Equality Strategic Plan supported by our Pride, Celebrate Women, RAP and Grow networks
- **Flexible working** that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts, flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly

**A note from John Holland to Recruitment Agencies**: