Community Engagement Graduate

At **SEC Newgate**, our people are what set us apart and are at the heart of our success. We create an environment that stimulates and rewards our people, where staff are supported to contribute ideas and embrace opportunities to achieve their personal goals. We look for people who are curious, self-motivated, and collaborative.

If you are like-minded and are motivated by working with a talented team on issues that matter, read below for what’s on offer.

**SEC Newgate Engage** focuses on community engagement and participation. We assist our clients to work constructively with project neighbours, stakeholders, and the wider community, using innovative and best practice engagement tools. We are looking for an **entry-level or graduate applicant** to join our Sydney Engage team. This is a **paid full-time role**, but we’re open to part-time arrangements if you’re still studying.

This is a great opportunity to **start your Communications career** We’re happy to offer personalised coaching so you just need to bring a can-do attitude with an enthusiastic approach to learning and our team will teach you everything you need to know about community engagement.

We're looking for capable, organised people to help us with **projects**. These include opportunities to assist with targeted stakeholder research and analysis, bid and tender responses and undertake in-house client work delivering high-profile projects in infrastructure and other sectors as part of multi-disciplinary teams.

**Job tasks and responsibilities**:

- Assisting senior colleagues in providing services for a multitude of projects
- Conducting desktop research, media analysis, note taking, initial drafting and logistics support
- Assisting with compiling more standard elements of proposals and tenders, (eg, team biographies, case studies, company details, proofing, etc.)
- Maintaining and updating stakeholder databases
- Coordinating project meetings, events, site tours, inspections
- Liaising with clients, Newgate teams and stakeholders to plan engagement programs and consider issues
- Facilitating community sessions and discussions
- In-house representation of the firm at client premises, working with the client and its contractors to deliver project communication, including reviewing strategies, materials, and tactics
- Working in a dynamic role on a myriad of tasks, juggling different projects and workloads effectively

**Key skills and attributes required**:

- Tertiary qualified in engagement, communications, or a related discipline
- Any experience in community engagement/stakeholder relations is desirable but we are happy to consider a graduate or near graduate level
- Strong writing, influencing, presentation and interpersonal skills
- Confidence in building solid relationships with stakeholders to ensure project success
- IAP2 Certificate in Engagement (not compulsory but desirable)

**About Us**

**SEC Newgate Australia**

**120 People - 6 offices nationally**

As Australia’s largest full-service strategic communications firm, SEC Newgate understands the environment and helps to build a communications and engagement strategy that goes to the heart of our client’s challenges. With 6 offices nationally and a network around the world, we bring a level of trust, expertise, collaboration and support to our clients that few others can match.

We have extensive expertise in corporate positioning and reputation building, issues campaigning, issues management and crisis communications, and are trusted by some of Australia’s leading companies, government departments and peak bodies.

Click here to find out more about SEC Newgate Australia

**Why SEC Newgate?**
- **We want people to thrive**. We believe our people should be in the driver’s seat of their growth, but within a supportive environment. We take a holistic approach to deliver better outcomes for our clients.
- **We work on stuff that matters**. We are proud to work on complex projects and issues that make a material difference to our clients and communities. This provides a stimulating and motivating environment to grow and contribute.
- **We can be flexible on how we get there but not on delivering excellence**. We support a flexible work environment that gives our people opportunities to work under different arrangements. This is a joint decision with a focus on what’s needed to deliver exceptional client outcomes whilst balancing personal needs and preferences
- **We aim to think and act beyond ourselves**. We strive to improve ESG outcomes for our clients and ourselves with a focus on inclusion, diversity and sustainability.
- **Connection is at the heart of our culture**. We connect daily, encourage constructive and active contribution to ideas and discussions, and want to encourage genuine collaboration to deliver better outcomes for our clients. Our culture embraces a philosophy of ‘one firm firm’.
- **We’re good people to work with**. Our staff and our