- Leadership role overseeing Corporate Affairs portfolio
- Complex government relationships and engagement with key partners, government and media
- Ensure a high performing and collaborative function to support the broader business
GeelongPort is Victoria’s second largest port located within Victoria’s largest regional city, Geelong. Managing close to 14 million tonnes of cargo and 1000 vessel visits per year, GeelongPort supports the agriculture, construction, energy and tourism sectors. As Victoria’s premier bulk port and a major driver of Victoria’s economy, GeelongPort facilitates more than $7 billion of trade annually and provides land, infrastructure and services to facilitate trade for some of Victoria’s largest businesses. The location of GeelongPort makes it of high strategic significance for Victoria, providing easy access to logistics routes for trade through critical road, rail, air and channel connections for Geelong and south-west Victoria’s supply chains. GeelongPort is striving to become one of the most sustainable ports in Australia and is committed to undertaking our activities with care and respect for the environment.
Reporting to the Chief Legal and Sustainability Officer, you will be responsible for overseeing GeelongPort’s corporate affairs portfolio, which includes strategic communications, government engagement, stakeholder engagement, public relations, marketing, digital and social media channels, and internal communications. You will design and deliver programs to leverage the organisations strengths, project a positive organisational brand and continue to support the execution of GeelongPort’s strategic objectives. Key to your success will be your ability to plan, manage and execute public relations and marketing plans to promote GeelongPort’s brand, services, and support customer and key stakeholder relationships. This will include managing reputation and issue mitigation and effectively engaging with key stakeholders including media outlets and government. You will prepare media releases, holding statements and external engagement materials on behalf of the Senior Leadership team and the CEO. Internally you will lead the Corporate Affairs team and drive a highly engaged and motivated workplace culture, driving clear accounting and providing opportunities for growth and development.
To be successful in this role you will bring proven experience in a complex multi-stakeholder environment including extensive experience in government relations. This will include experience leading communication programs for project deliver or major change environments. Demonstrated experience in government relations will be critical in your ability to build excellent stakeholder relationships and design and build effective narratives to support external engagement. Importantly, you are recognised for your ability to build effective relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, and bring high attention to detail, ability to multitask, comfort with ambiguity and strategic mindset inform and support decision making. Formal qualifications in Public Relations, Communications or related discipline will be highly regarded.
This is a unique leadership opportunity to diversify your career experience within a highly collaborative and commercially focused organisation and contribute to the continued economic prosperity of Victoria.
To apply, please click ‘apply now’ and upload your Cover Letter and Resume. For any questions not or a confidential discussion, please contact Aleisha Cajaglis on 0439 910 866 or Anthony Grey on 0403 310 566.
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Applications close on Friday 11 th July.
