Internal Communications Specialist

Great opportunity to experience, impact and engage one of the country’s largest and most diverse teams
- Showcase your creative, strategic and influencing communications skills
- Flexible working options, attractive salary, grocery discount card and team benefits2 vacancies

**Ready to make an impact?**

Woolworths is one of the most well-known businesses in the country, with a team of more than 20,000 people helping feed three million Kiwis every week. We’re committed to providing our customers with the best fresh food, value and shopping experience.

At Woolworths we champion responsible, ethical and sustainable retailing, and we play an active role in our community programmes and partnerships across the country. Whether we are giving Kiwi kids free fruit, doing our bit to help protect Aotearoa’s precious environment, or celebrating diversity, we want to make Kiwi lives a little better every day. To help us deliver on this promise, our communications and business messages across our team and network need to be effective, engaging and in line with our wider purpose and vision.

**About the Role | Mō te Tūranga**
Reporting to our Internal Communications Manager (or directly through to the Head of Internal Communications), you’ll help deliver and drive compelling and effective communications to our DCs, Stores & Support Office teams across New Zealand. You’ll have a real passion for figuring out how best to communicate with diverse groups of people and following it up with real data. You’ll also help develop communications plans and roll out projects in a way that excites and engages our team. You’ll be supported by a fantastic Internal Communications team locally as well as a broader Australian Internal Communications Chapter.

Your key responsibilities will include:

- Executing the Woolworths New Zealand strategy and acting as a point of contact for our Operational and Support Leadership teams within Woolworths New Zealand
- Working closely with teams daily to challenge and improve communications for our busy store and support office teams
- Delivering clear, concise and purposeful communications through various mediums, including online, print, video, internal social media and other
- Developing cohesive communications plans and working with the business teams for key events, change initiatives, product launches and other projects
- Helping our teams understand business objectives and how they contribute to our overall results.Designing and executing a cohesive communication strategy that combines content creation, video production, digital channel management, and performance measurement to enhance internal engagement, streamline messaging, and drive organisational effectiveness.

**About You | Mōu**
We’re looking for someone who is driven and genuinely interested in understanding and communicating with our diverse team. You’ll ideally be comfortable working within a large and complex environment, you'll thrive on tight deadlines and your ability to influence key stakeholders will be evident in the way you find solutions to problems that might come your way.

If you’re the sort of individual who strives to always do the right thing for customers, team, our communities, and our business then we ought to connect.

To be successful in this role, your background will likely reflect:

- Experience within a communications role (internal communications experience is preferred, but external communications, digital marketing or PR experience will also be considered)
- A few years experience delivering projects and achieving successful outcomes
- Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills
- Strong interest or background in social media/ different communications channels and reporting
- Ability to engage and influence stakeholders across the business
- Ability to thrive under pressure and manage competing prioritiesDemonstrate a proactive approach with a strong drive and passion for innovative solutions; leverage creativity and self-motivation to develop and execute compelling communication strategies that inspire and engage audiences.

**Working with Woolworths NZ | Me mahi tahi tatou ki Woolworths NZ**

Our purpose is to make Kiwi lives a little better every day.

We’re friendly, down-to-earth, and energetic - we work hard but we have a great time doing it, and we love what we do. There is plenty of scope for new ideas, lots of room for you to add value, and importantly, you’ll be working with a business that touches the lives of three million New Zealanders a week. We offer a diverse range of career opportunities across our ecosystem.

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