Description:
In the role of Communications Advisor, you will provide strategic community and stakeholder management services to technical and professional staff for community engagement, media relations, issues management, public affairs, and stakeholder relationship management.
Duties include:
- Provide communications advice and support to the Project Directors, Communications Leads, managers, and other staff in the areas of media and issues management, crisis communications, risk assessment and reporting, community engagement and communication strategies using appropriate communication tools.
- Expert accountability for crisis and reputation management strategies and identification of key risks involved with departmental actions.
- Provide advice to Project Directors, managers, and other staff in the areas of communications strategies for difficult stakeholders and critical conversations in relation to the project.
- Prepare communication materials including all project collateral, researching, and writing media releases, ministerial briefings, newsletters, flyers, speech notes and other materials for the project.
- Coordinate community and stakeholder engagement activities for projects in the region including providing project managers with ongoing strategic communications advice and developing and implementing communication strategies.