Corporate Communications Manager

**We make a difference, delivering outcomes for millions of members**:

- **A values led, inclusive work environment**:

- **12 month max-term contract role**

**Reach your career potential with AustralianSuper **. AustralianSuper has a single-minded ambition: to help members achieve their best financial position in retirement. It shapes every decision we make and action we take. And this singular ambition drives us to excellence, working and growing together so you can achieve your potential. Together, we’re powered by purpose.

AustralianSuper offers leading flexible work policies, a wealth of career development opportunities and a unique culture. Join our team and grow your career as we strive collectively towards our 2030 vision to be the leading super fund in the world’s best system for members.

**Your new role**

Reporting to the Senior Manager Reputation & Corporate Affairs, the Corporate Communications Manager is responsible for supporting and promoting the Fund’s consistent positioning as Australia’s leading super fund. This will involve responsibility for the development and management of the Fund’s narratives, key messages communication strategies and corporate reporting in a way that enhances AustralianSuper’s reputation.

The Corporate Communications Manager will be AustralianSuper’s go-to source for corporate messaging on a wide range of topics and issues. They will work closely with other members of Corporate Affairs and broadly across the Fund to ensure AustralianSuper’s corporate communications are timely, accurate, engaging and consistent. Key responsibilities will include;
- Create and implement corporate communications including strategies, plans, messages, speaking notes, briefings, external and internal communications
- Manage projects to support positioning AustralianSuper as an industry leader including corporate information and corporate reporting (e.g. Annual Reports, sustainability reporting, web content, policies, and other corporate communications)
- Play a key role in the Crisis Communications Team including ensuring its ready state
- Position the corporate communication function as the go-to source of corporate messaging

**What you’ll need**
- Strong experience within the field of corporate communications
- Experience within Financial Services and/or a corporate environment
- Strong relationship building and stakeholder management skills across all levels of seniority
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a capability to adapt to the nuances of each topic, situation and different audiences
- Proven skills in corporate reporting and building strategic key messages to enhance the reputation of an organisation
- Excellent crisis and issues management communications experience
- Complex project management experience with the ability to prioritise and manage workflow in, at times, a fast paced and issues-rich environment
- Excellent organisation skills with an ability to manage conflicting deadlines

**Life at AustralianSuper**

AustralianSuper is committed to colleague development, and we support our colleagues with ongoing learning, coaching and training, as well as career opportunities across our expanding global organisation. We offer generous leave entitlements and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we’re happy to discuss what this looks like for you.

We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces diversity in all its forms. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let our recruitment team know.

**What’s next**

Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required.

**_Progress, powered by purpose._**

**The AustralianSuper Story
As a profit-to-member superannuation fund, AustralianSuper is run only for members, and is here to help members achieve their best possible retirement outcome. We don't pay profits or dividends to shareholders, so the money we make goes back into the fund.

We’re an organisation of talented, inspiring colleagues and passionate leaders. As we continue to grow in size and complexity, we need people who will challenge our thinking, deliver outstanding outcomes and most importantly, share in our purpose.