Principal Communications Advisor

**Principal Communications Advisor**(**Job Number**:250000G4**)**

**Description**

At RACQ, we're good people doing good things, making a positive impact every day, with opportunities to learn, grow, and be more.

To take a lead role in promoting, protecting and defending RACQ's brand across the business through strategic external communications campaigns across all platforms and rigorous issues management.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Research, write and edit content to a high standard for use across owned and earned communications channels.
- Advise on and develop proactive and reactive media strategies to promote, position and protect the Group and business lines' reputation.
- Support RACQ's PR and communication campaigns for Banking, Insurance and Assistance
- Provide reports on media and campaign outcomes to Manager Media and Corporate Communications as part of the Group's reporting requirements
- Manage updates to the Crisis Communications Manual and various plans, as required
- Contribute to the management of RACQ's social media and earned media responsibilities by participating in the on-call roster as required
- Support management in Corporate Communications with crisis comms, including severe weather events.
- Represent RACQ's interests in both formal and informal interactions with external stakeholders, including media.

**About you**:

- Media, Public Relations, Political Advice or similar
- 5 years+ experience
- Proven history of effective Public Relations and Corporate Media management
- Demonstrated experience in issues management
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to meet multiple deadlines
- Complete understanding of all media channels with the ability to develop compelling content aligned to business priorities across multiple channels
- Demonstrated ability to write reports, speeches, media collateral, digital content.
- Previous media spokesperson experience

**Why join RACQ?**

It is an exciting time to be part of RACQ as we continue our transformation towards better, smarter solutions that deliver more security and prosperity for Queenslanders. We are big enough to make a real difference in our community, yet small enough to nurture your professional and personal development.

By joining RACQ, you'll be part of new sustainability initiatives, including a commitment to being a carbon neutral organisation by 2032. We've invested in and partnered with sustainable companies, including the introduction home solar and batteries, Green Home and Car Loans, and many other products and initiatives. We'll continue to advocate for, research, and offer green solutions.

At RACQ we are passionate about building a diverse and inclusive workplace to create better outcomes for our employees and our members. We aim for our teams to be a true reflection of our communities and are committed to inclusion particularly people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, and those who may experience diversity or disability related barriers in securing employment. Applicants from these and other diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. If you have any support or access requirement, please advise us at the time of applying.

**What we offer you**:
At RACQ, we want you to succeed in work and life and feel supported to do good stuff daily. Whoever you are, wherever you're from. Some of the good stuff our people have access to include:
Our employee benefits are designed to enrich your work life, your home and the community you live in, some of these include:

- Financial benefits and discounts on a range of banking, assistance and insurance products
- Give back to our communities with paid volunteer leave, payroll giving and volunteering for community events such as MotorFest.
- A range of flexible working and leave options, parental leave of 13 weeks primary carer leave, purchased leave up to 4 weeks per year, cultural observance leave, substitution of public holidays for cultural/religious reasons, personal leave for wellbeing, gender affirmation leave.
- Prioritise your wellbeing with discounts on health programs and access to wellbeing initiatives such annual flu vaccinations, corporate health insurance offer and free and confidential Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Invest in your development with in-house development programs and access to an extensive digital learning platform.

**Work Locations**

Edward Street 60 Edward Street Brisbane 4000