Media and Communications Officer

About the role

We are currently recruiting for a Media and Communications Officer to join the Communications team within our Corporate Affairs division. This role can be based anywhere within Essential Energy’s operational footprint.

Reporting to the Media and Communications Manager you will support the delivery of the Media and Social Media Strategy across the business. You will play a key role in preparing media materials, including statements, releases, and speeches, while ensuring all communications align with internal strategies.

This position will involve creating multimedia campaigns to promote Essential Energy's work, with a focus on showcasing the company's leadership in the energy industry, particularly across regional, rural, and remote NSW.

Additionally, you will monitor media coverage and provide advice to the Media and Communications Manager on external communication strategies, contributing to the management of media responses during crises or network events.

About You

You are a skilled communications professional with experience in media, public relations, and social media management. Your background includes the research, design, and delivery of integrated campaigns that enhance the identity and reputation of your organisation. You have a strong understanding of media processes and deadlines, with the ability to craft high level corporate communications. You excel at content creation, including video, audio, and photography, and are adept at managing events and liaising with media during significant corporate activities. Your professional written and verbal communication skills ensure that you can effectively collaborate across departments and manage media inquiries. You bring both a creative and strategic approach to the role, with an ability to manage sensitive and confidential media issues effectively.

Required Qualifications

• Certificate IV in Communications, Public Relations or Journalism or demonstrated capability through past employment experience and/or relevant qualifications.

Why Essential Energy

We offer competitive remuneration commensurate with skills and experience and 16% superannuation.

Essential Energy provides employees with a broad range of employee benefits including 26 weeks paid parental leave, learning and development opportunities, and Health and Wellbeing programs including fitness passport. For more information on our benefits, please visit the employee benefits page.

We are proud to be recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for All Women.

We’re a business with a huge range of operational and corporate roles aimed at connecting our communities. As a pivotal player in the energy future of NSW and the country – we cover 95% of NSW and parts of southern QLD - we are an organisation with a wider variety of roles than you may first think. Whether you want to work remotely, in a coastal region or rurally, we will invest in you, develop you and help you shape a career in energy that will give you future opportunities you may never have realised in a sector where there is so much to explore.

For further information please contact Anne Keen, Media and Communications Manager on 0498 285 612.

Applications close on Sunday 20 April at 11:55pm.

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Essential Energy is committed to building a culturally diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourages applicants to apply regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or disability. As an organisation, our aim is to champion inclusivity in the workplace and celebrate the difference in all our employees.