Communications Community

Mascot, NSW, AU, 2020**About John Holland**:
We’re all about transforming lives by finding solutions to complex challenges across a wide range of industries including infrastructure, property, rail, building and water projects in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.
While our competitors talk about what they do, we focus on why we do it. We transform communities to make them easier to move around, more connected and better to live in.

The More Trains, More Services program will simplify and modernise the rail network creating high capacity, turn up and go services for many customers. It means customers can expect more frequent train services, with less wait times, less crowding on a simpler and more reliable network.

John Holland is seeking a Communications, Community and Stakeholder Relations Advisor to join the MTMS team based in Mascot, NSW.

**Your Role**:

- Build and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders including community, businesses, and other stakeholders to support delivery of the project
- Provide advice and assistance to the community and where required face to face meetings regarding specific issues
- Draft and distribute community communications in relation to construction works, impacts, etc
- Assisting the project with communications strategies
- Identify stakeholder, community and trader issues and develop strategies to minimise impacts.
- Work collaboratively with the project construction team to ensure activities are undertaken strategically, minimising impact and disruption to stakeholders and the community.
- Write a range of communication materials, including notifications, newsletters, advertising, social media posts and formal correspondence as well as co-ordinate residential doorknocks.
- Communicate community and stakeholder awareness and risk minimisation programs across the Project through inductions and toolbox presentations.
- Maintain registers and ensure community and stakeholder activities are recorded appropriately.
- Assist in the identification, development and management of promotional opportunities for the project.

**About You**:

- Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline, ie Public Relations, Marketing
- Minimum 2 years in community relations and stakeholder engagement in a complex environment, preferably in rail or infrastructure projects
- Corporate communications and marketing experience including social media, print publications, design messaging and branding Excellent written and verbal communications

**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.