Internal Communications Manager

**Join us and let’s make a bigger difference together.**

It’s an exciting time to be joining Australian Unity - we have grown significantly over recent years and are transforming to capitalise on further growth opportunities to help our customers and employees thrive. We operate with commercial principles and with a strong social purpose to create community value. Australian Unity is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Established in 1840, we’re Australia’s first member-owned wellbeing company. Today we have over $1 billion in revenue and provide smart solutions and services to more than 700,000 Australians. We employ over 7000 people and our purpose is to **Help People to Thrive**.

**Your New Role**:
The Internal Communications Manager will develop and implement communication strategies that connect and align our workforce with our strategy, values, leaders, and business. They will manage and drive key Group channels, support employee engagement and work with P&C to activate the listening strategy.
- Develop integrated internal communications strategy in alignment with the People Strategy and Group Scorecard.
- Engage with stakeholders in P&C, Platforms and Enabling Functions to manage a Groupwide internal content calendar.
- Manage and craft content for core Group Channels, key campaigns, and strategic announcements.
- Work with the Office of Group Managing Director to prepare and distribute major GMD announcements.
- Plan and manage the Homepage and Employee News sections of the Intranet, aligned with the internal communications strategy.
- Develop communications initiatives to continue to enhance and embed the EVP and People Strategy.
- Provide best practice advice on internal communications logistics to support capability uplift across the Platforms and Enabling Functions, including preparing reference guides, toolkits and templates.
- Develop best practice processes for the Platforms and Enabling Functions/SMEs to maintain Intranet content.
- Provide communications expertise to support “icon” employee engagement initiatives (eg. launch of a new employee benefits program).
- Work with People & Culture teams to support and activate ‘always
- on’ and pulse Listening program through various channels.

**About You**:

- Tertiary degree qualification preferably in communications, public relations, marketing or a related business field.
- 5+ years’ experience in a communications, public relations or related field.
- Demonstrated ability to create purpose-driven integrated communication strategies and plans.
- Experience in sourcing content and managing a complex calendar across various channels and strategic priorities.
- Autonomous worker with proven capability to self-drive and prioritise multiple projects under limited direction and support.
- Ability to take detailed briefs or complex information and transform into engaging, easy to understand communications material.
- Tech savvy and highly capable, with experience using content management systems, the Microsoft Office suite, Sharepoint online and Staffbase a key requirement
- Experience in working with a variety of stakeholders, across seniority levels within a large organisation.
- Ability to craft high quality content in a fast-paced environment with exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

**Your Benefits**:
You will enjoy a range of great employee benefits and rewards including:

- Competitive Remuneration and Incentive Program
- A range of attractive product and service discounts from Australian Unity’s Retail and Wealth Management portfolio - including health insurance and banking products
- Supported Learning and Career Development program
- Flexible Working Arrangements including Work-From-Home days with a real work-life balance
- Available access to LinkedIn Learning courses through our great Learning platform
- Additional paid Wellbeing and Community Volunteer Days yearly

**What Makes Us, Us**

Putting people first is not just something we say, it's what we do. We care for our people so they can care for themselves and our customers. We stay true to our values (Bold, Warm, Honest), we work hard because it matters and we work well together - collaborating, encouraging and even managing to have some fun.

At Australian Unity we do the right thing and we expect the same from others. Being a member-owned company, means we're focused on our members and customers, not shareholder returns. Our purpose to Help People to Thrive, drives us to make a real difference, every day, big and small. We are passionate about improving the wellbeing of all Australians and about making a positive difference.