Corporate Communications Manager

**The Role**:
Exciting new opportunity for an experienced Corporate Communications Manager to join our Corporate Affairs team to be develop and deliver communication plans and coordinate all communication outputs to ensure ENGIE ANZ positioning is presented in an effective and aligned manner.

The role is accountable to the Head of Corporate Affairs and can be worked flexibly from our brand-new Southbank office and from home.

**Key Responsibilities**:
The incumbent is responsible for managing corporate communication workflow and approvals, centralised management of external providers, communication measurement and reporting, with some external stakeholder management.
- Develop best-practice, measurable communications plans that address the needs of ENGIE ANZ and/or its individual business units; manage outputs, outcomes and reporting associated with these plans
- Manage corporate communications outputs and positions, using channels including but not limited to publications, media statements, corporate credentials, and campaigns
- Manage engagement with external providers including media monitoring services, research and insights providers, PR and creative agencies, copywriters, photographers ensuring adherence to brand and quality standards
- Oversee corporate communication workflow, approvals and reporting, liaising with Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) Communications and AMEA Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) teams as required
- Maintain issues register and consolidated record of positions and messages to help leaders and relationship managers respond to emerging reputational risks

**About You**:
To be successful in this role, you will have solid experience with leading corporate communications function in a fast paced and changing matrix work environment. You have an understanding of the energy industry, sustainability and climate issues and applied understanding of the external operating environment - government, business and political.

You possess exceptional communication skills and situational adaptability skills and can manage multiple priorities. You are able to balance both internal and external stakeholders and can relate openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people whilst being organisationally savvy.

**Next Steps**

All applicants must have unlimited rights to work in Australia.

**About ENGIE Australia & New Zealand**:
ENGIE Australia & New Zealand, a joint venture with Mitsui & Co Ltd, is accelerating the transition to a carbon-neutral economy by providing innovative, sustainable energy solutions to households, businesses, communities and cities.

Our mission is to accelerate and support the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions.

We have 1,100MW of low-carbon generation capacity and more than 2,00MW of renewable energy under development. Our retail business, Simply Energy, has more than 750,000 customer accounts around Australia.

We're also delivering sustainability solutions to cities, precincts and universities through our ENGIE Net Zero Energy Solutions team.

ENGIE's trading arm, Global Energy Management (GEM) provides long-energy supply agreements, energy trading, risk management and asset management services to business customers across the ENGIE ANZ portfolio.

**Our Business Units**

Thermal & Supply
- Simply Energy is one of Australia's fastest growing energy retailers, with more than 750,000 electricity and gas customer accounts in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia, The Australian Capital Territory and Queensland.
- 1,000MW of low-carbon generation capacity located in South Australia
- The Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project is a dedicated business stream leading the safe, stable and sustainable rehabilitation of the former Hazelwood Power Station and Mine, which ceased operation in 2017

Renewables
- Development, operation and maintenance of large-scale assets - predominantly in wind, solar and industrial-scale battery storage - as well as integrating hydrogen as an alternative energy source.

Energy Solutions
- ENGIE Net Zero Energy Solutions builds long-term partnerships that deliver net zero outcomes for communities.
- By integrating infrastructure, technology and services, we design, build and operate environmentally-friendly solutions, such as Green Mobility and energy storage, that support and accelerate the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.

Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS)
- GEMS has 20 years' presence in energy markets worldwide and offers services including risk management solutions, market access, asset management and optimisation, gas off-take, investment services, physical supply and logistics management, economic research, market analysis and M&A facilitation for energy producers.
- GEMS tailors solutions, such as PPAs, to the specific needs of corporate clients, with a strong focus on decarbonation and decentralisati