National Manager Communication

Permanent role with flexible working opportunities
- Great employee benefits including generous wellness leave
- This is a great opportunity to lead a busy, supportive team and uplift our Communication Strategy across this unique organisation

Join our Communications team within Fire and Emergency and utilise your knowledge within a supportive team and make a real difference to the business

**Ko wai mātou? - Who we are**

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a Crown Entity established on 1 July 2017 under the Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017. The role of our new organisation is to reduce unwanted fires, respond to structural and vegetation fires and other emergencies including motor vehicle crashes, medical emergencies, hazardous substance related incidents and natural disasters, and to support increased community resilience.

Our vision is to build stronger communities and protect what matters most to the people within them. We are proud to be recognised as New Zealand’s most trusted public sector agency. Our values reflect what our people believe is core to who we are and the organisation we aspire to be:
We Do the Right Thing - Kia Tika

We Serve and Support - Manaakitanga

We Are Better Together - Whanaungatanga

We Strive to Improve - Auahatanga.

Our employee benefits include matched KiwiSaver employer contributions of up to six percent, life and income protection insurance for eligible employees, and a wellness policy that allows for generous sick leave provisions so you can look after yourself.

**Mō tēnei tūranga - About the role**

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Communications leader to join our award-winning and busy team. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Executive, Office of the Chief Executive, and working closely with the Chief Executive and Executive Leadership team, you will support them to build their external profiles, and identify key relationships to be built and nurtured.

As the National Manager Communications & Engagement, you will lead the development and execution of our external media and stakeholder relations strategy, and internal communications strategy, to build credibility and alignment to maintain our credible reputation.

In this role you will have the opportunity to influence and lead change across multiple stakeholder groups and to lead communications-related external relationships, ensuring the development of strategic partnerships.

The salary range for this role is $204,867 - $227,629 depending on your skills and experience.

**Ko tāu nā ki tēnei tūranga - What you’ll bring to the role**
- Senior communications and engagement professional (7+ years), including external communications (and media relations), internal communications, and strategy and execution; with proven experience working in complex organisations
- Significant experience in stakeholder engagement for executive teams and boards providing professional, timely, and effective strategic advice
- Proven senior leader with a strong track record of developing high-performing teams with good morale and culture
- Significant depth of knowledge and experience providing diverse communications solutions to a large, complex public sector organisation
- Understanding of the emergency sector
- Exceptional understanding of tikanga Māori and demonstratable understanding of the Tiriti o Waitangi

The National Manager Communications & Engagement is a fantastic opportunity for a strategically minded communications professional who is also focused on delivery for the function. This role would suit someone who wants to make an impact beyond the borders of the position title.

**Ko te tono mai - How to apply**

**Please note: Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory for this role.