Corporate Affairs Lead

**12-month opportunity**:

- **Location - Kent Street Sydney (Hybrid role
- Currently 3 days office and WFH opportunity)**:

- **Key role in supporting our Consumer division, while collaborating with media and government business partners**

**How will I Help?**

If you enjoy working in a fast-paced corporate affairs environment and want to further your career, this could be the role for you.

Westpac is looking for a creative and driven senior communications professional to join our corporate affairs team.

This Corporate Affairs Lead role will support the internal and external communications strategy for the Consumer Division with a key focus on our Mortgages Line of Business.

In this role, you will be a trusted communications adviser responsible for developing and delivering employee communications and events, assisting with media relations, and working with our internal and external business partners to share news and updates.

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Developing and delivering end-to-end communications strategies to support business objectives and employee engagement
- Identifying and leveraging opportunities to share stories and news across internal and external channels, including media and social media
- Supporting with media relations, including managing media enquiries and positioning in collaboration with our Group Media team
- Producing written and video communication materials
- Management of internal All Ins and events to support the Consumer Division's strategic priorities and communications
- Effectively identifying and managing business issues
- Providing communications and reputational counsel, in collaboration with our Group Media and Government & Industry Affairs teams.

**What's in it for me?**

You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 207 years. Our purpose is creating better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grown, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure.

**What do I need?**
- Strong corporate communication and media relations experience. Experience in the financial services industry is welcome but not essential
- Extensive proactive integrated communications and issues management experience
- Understanding of digital and social media channels and communication.
- Superior written and verbal communication skills across all styles of content, including a range of employee communications channels
- Ability to build and manage strong relationships with senior executives and a range of stakeholders and business partners, including journalists as required
- Strong creativity and ability to develop communications activities and campaigns that engage employees
- Great written and verbal communication skills.

If you are a proactive and driven team player with proven ability to collaborate with others to drive ideas and deliver outstanding results, then we would love to hear from you

**What's it like to work there?**

We aim to provide one big, supportive team of people to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. Working with us you'll discover new ways of working, and an exciting range of roles to showcase your skills. As an equal opportunity employer, we're proud to have created a culture where people can be their best, in an environment that values diversity and flexibility. And one where everyone belongs.

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