Internal Communications Partner

Sydney, NSW, AU, 2009**About John Holland**:
At John Holland, our purpose is simple, we transform lives with everything we do. We’ve always known at its 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 you and the role**:
You’re a skilled communications professional with experience in large and complex organisations, who’s comfortable working with senior leadership teams to influence their communications and align with organisational strategy. You will partner closely with our People, Strategy, and Customer and Corporate Affairs teams in defining, articulating and delivering communications to support a comprehensive change agenda.

You will be confident in rolling out effective and engaging internal communications, coaching and influencing senior-level stakeholders and driving change and engagement programs.

You will have freedom and license to shape communications, and to drive and deliver creative content and campaigns.

Your communications skills will showcase the transformational work John Holland delivers, reflecting our projects and people to the broader business, and your change communications expertise will ensure we understand our audiences and cut through the noise to maximise engagement.

Location is flexible and can be based in either Sydney or Melbourne.

**You’ll be**:

- Partnering with senior leaders to deliver internal communications and change strategies.
- Influencing and supporting senior leaders to communicate and lead change effectively with their teams and in line with our business strategy, brand and values
- Providing strategic advice on best practice internal and change communications, helping leaders and people move from current to future state
- Developing content and supporting major stakeholder events - State of the Business, forums, roadshows, town halls, etc
- Developing engaging and creative content for business-wide internal communications channels (real life and digital, including Workplace)
- Understanding our culture, mood and what resonates with our people through stakeholder engagement, data and insights
- Collaborating with Customer and Corporate Affairs to drive integrated communications and change campaigns, issues and major corporate events
- Championing the John Holland brand and EVP across all internal channels and living our values
- Seeking opportunities to improve engagement between employees, leaders and corporate communications

**What we are looking for**:

- Tertiary qualifications in relevant discipline eg Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Marketing, Stakeholder Management
- Experience in a similar internal communications and change communications role in a large and complex organisation
- Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with senior leaders
- Desire to get your hands dirty, talk to our project people and understand their experience
- A person who’s comfortable moving between strategy and delivery, with the ability to learn and laugh
- An abundance of creative ideas to engage our people and highlight the work we do, coupled with attention to detail so we get it right.

**As part of the team, you help us deliver on our promise to transform lives.**:
Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as different perspectives and ideas will deliver our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long-term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

**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** whe