Communications Manager

**Passionate about communications? Want to work for an industry leader that moves**two**billion people a day? Excited about the prospect of working with colleagues**globally**? Raise your hand**and apply**if**that’s**you**

We are looking for a comms pro to join our n ewly formed Communications Center of Expertise as **Communications Manager**for the KONE Australia and New Zealand ( K ANZ ) organisation. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the new function and ways of working. The role is both strategic and hands-on, as your responsibilities will span from coaching and advising leaders to driving strategic communications and being a spokesperson for the company as needed. You will be responsible for planning and implementing KONE communications in Australia and New Zealand with support from your global and area level colleagues.

You will be a member of the K ANZ People & Communications leadership team, and report to Head of Communications for KONE A s ia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APM ), and in dotted line to KANZ People & Communications Director. This position is preferably based in S ydney, Brisbane, or Melbourne. Travel within Australia and New Zealand is required from time to time. This is a full time fixed term role covering maternity leave.

**What**you’ll**deliver**:

- Plans, implements, and distributes the KONE story across all our channels for KA NZ - internally and externally
- Actively delivers communications strategy and roadmap, including strategy and change communications & external communications
- Develops different types of communications activities and materials, to create dialogue, which and are often implemented in close collaboration with KONE marketing and people colleagues
- Internal channels and content development, following global guidance and standards
- Handles crisis communications at K ANZ level
- Supports and coaches K ANZ l eadership team in communications topics, including thought leadership
- Can act as a spokesperson at K ANZ level
- Conducts communications training for senior leaders (crisis comms, presentation training, media)
- Independently manages relationships with external vendors and agencies, in accordance with the KONE APM Area’s guidance (for example comms agencies, advertising agencies, PR agencies, graphic designers)
- Much of the work is done in a project mode and requires someone who can be flexible and cope with changing priorities from time to time.
- Actively builds KONE brand and protects the organization reputation.

**What**you’ll**bring**:

- A suitable academic degree, preferably in corporate communications or journalism
- Min. of 5 years’ work experience in areas such as communications or marketing
- Strong track record in media relations and in crisis communications
- Excellent writing, editing and verbal communication skills.
- Good digital communications skills, including creating content and managing social media channels and digital communications campaigns
- Experience in planning, creating, distributing, and monitoring editorial content for and in different channels
- Experience in setting up or developing program and stakeholder specific communications channels and measuring the impacts
- Experience in managing and leading projects
- Accuracy, attention to detail and good organizational skills
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, take charge of issues and follow through to resolution
- Experience in working in an international, matrix organization is an asset.

As a colleague we expect you to be innovative, self-motivated with a business mindset. You will be operating in a fast-paced environment which means you need to know how to prioritise and understand what activities will add most value at a given time. You are passionate about communications and understand how communications add value to employees, customers, and other external stakeholders. This role requires strong internal and external stakeholder management which means strong emphasis on your business acumen and social competencies.

**Why join KONE?**

At KONE our purpose is to shape the future of cities. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, we employ over 60,000 driven professionals in more than 60 countries worldwide. In 2023, we had annual net sales of EUR 11.0 billion.

W e are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you t