Manager, Government and Industry Affairs

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Marketing and Corporate Affairs (MCA) is responsible for delivering an integrated and consistent approach to the Group’s marketing, brand, external and internal affairs, communications and sustainability.

**Do work that matters**

As a Manager, Government & Industry Affairs, you will support the CBA Group’s engagement with Government and major industry associations.

In this role you will manage various projects including, but not limited to:

- Supporting the CBA Group in terms of public policy and government relations, with a particular focus on State Government engagement.
- Preparing accurate and high quality briefs for the GIA team on policy issues, taking in policy analysis and the political context.
- Preparing high quality meeting briefs for executive meetings with Government representatives and supporting the preparation of executives to appear before parliamentary inquiries.
- Coordinating CBA Group views and drafting submissions to Government and parliamentary consultations.
- Coordinating and participating in the monitoring of the parliamentary schedule and relevant parliamentary hearings.
- Maintaining proactive contact with political and policy contacts.
- Managing constituent issues.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Supporting the provision of high quality advice on politics and public policy to senior decision makers in the Group, including in the form of briefing notes that draw on accurate and verifiable data from external and internal sources.
- Monitoring the political and policy environment to identify and highlight emerging opportunities and risks to achieving the commercial and reputational objectives of the Commonwealth Bank Group.
- Supporting the GIA leadership team in the development of Corporate Affairs strategies and frameworks to build and sustain CBA’s reputation as an industry leader and to influence the operating environment in CBA’s favour.
- Managing constituent matters from time to time via relationships with the business and MPs/Senators.
- Adhere to the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct sets the standards of behaviour, actions and decisions we expect from our people.

**We’re interested in hearing from people who have**:

- Risk Mindset -All CommBank employees are expected to proactively identify and understand, openly discuss and act on current and future risks.
- High-level conceptual and analytical skills, evident business acumen and excellent verbal and written communication capability.
- Demonstrated experience in a similar role within an issues-rich and highly regulated environment managing government relations, or in Government.
- Strong understanding of the machinery of government, including direct experience liaising with parliamentary offices.
- Strong experience and understanding of economic and fiscal policy issues.
- Discretion and maturity in dealing with sensitive issues.
- Tertiary degree with excellent results in economics, law, political science or other relevant humanities discipline.

**_Working at CommBank _**
- At CommBank, we support our people with the flexibility to balance where work is done with at least half their time each month connecting in office. We also have many other flexible working options available including changing start and finish times, part-time arrangements and job share to name a few. Talk to us about how these arrangements might work in the role you’re interested in. _

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