Communications Advisor

2 weeks ago


Auckland City, New Zealand KiwiRail Full time

If life’s a journey, KiwiRail is a great way of keeping your career moving through it. Ours is a fast-paced, inspiring, and truly customer-focused culture - where your career will connect you to real opportunities, while balancing work and whānau life.

**We’re looking for a Communications Advisor - Corporate Communications & Culture team to join and become part of our One Winning Team.**
- Full time, fixed-term until March 2025
- Based in Auckland
- Internal audience of around 5,000 employees

**What you’ll do**

Reporting to the Internal Communications Manager, you’ll provide support for a wide range of functions, with a primary focus on supporting internal communications for our team of around 5,000 people. Your key responsibilities will include:

- Developing and implementing internal communications that tell KiwiRail’s stories across a range of channels - you may be writing articles for our staff newsletter, helping plan a video or gathering information and creating a presentation.
- Assisting with communications campaigns to publicise diversity, inclusion and wellbeing initiatives to our team.
- Using your superb writing and oral communication skills to develop appropriate content and provide communications support for business units across KiwiRail, ensuring a high level of engagement and inclusivity.
- Working collaboratively with the wider Communications team to achieve the best outcomes and drive excellence.

**What you’ll need**

You’ll have a tertiary qualification in journalism, communications, or a related discipline along with 5+ years’ experience in communications, journalism, public relations or similar.

**In addition, you'll have**:

- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong writing skills with the ability to source stories and tailor them to your audience.
- Good organisational skills, with the ability to manage and a varied workload and meet deadlines.
- Strong eye for detail, with good editing and proofreading skills.

**What you’ll get**
- Competitive remuneration
- A fantastic team culture within a diverse, energetic workplace
- Flexible working
- 5 weeks’ annual leave (pro rata for fixed-term appointment)
- Commitment to continued learning and development
- Access to discounted health insurance and holiday houses across NZ as part of our Staff Welfare Trust.

**Why KiwiRail?**

KiwiRail is shaping New Zealand for good, delivering significant economic, social and environmental benefits. Through moving more freight on to rail, we are reducing carbon emissions and road maintenance costs, easing congestion in cities, and making roads safer. Our purpose ‘Stronger Connections, Better New Zealand’ speaks to what our people, our customers, our stakeholders and the Government need. Connected to our customers and the future needs of their businesses. Connected to the communities we serve and operate in. Connected to each other, for the good of the country.

Communications Advisor



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