• Play a pivotal role in shaping how our strategy is brought to life across the organisation
• Lead meaningful engagement that supports people, performance and culture
• Competitive package, benefits and bonus opportunity
• Convenient Haymarket location | Flexible Hybrid Model
  
  
  

About Ausgrid - we're wired for good
We're the largest distributor on the east coast, which means over two million homes and businesses rely on our good work. We're at the heart of the energy transition, and we're driven by powerful purpose to make electricity accessible for all. It's an exciting chapter for our company with each day bringing a renewed energy to how we deliver, store and use electricity.

As we continue to grow, were in search of exceptional talent to help us achieve our goals.Everyone's job is important here. Our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We're committed to fostering, diverse, respectful and inclusive workplaces, and encourage applications from all backgrounds.


About the Role

We’re looking for a strategic and engaging Employee Communications Manager to help connect our workforce to our vision, priorities and strategy in a meaningful and engaging way.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll act as a trusted partner to senior leaders, shaping how we communicate important information to our people and channel their feedback to enable continuous improvement in our approach. You’ll lead the design and delivery of enterprise-wide communication strategies that bring clarity to complexity, strengthen engagement and connection across the organisation, build trust, foster learning, and bring our strategy to life for every employee.

This position reports to the Head of Enterprise Change and Communication and will lead two direct reports, based in our Haymarket, Sydney office.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise employee communications strategy aligned to our organisational goals, culture and priorities.
• Partner with senior leaders to shape compelling narratives, messaging and communication approaches.
• Design and deliver integrated communication plans across key initiatives, programs and change activity.
• Oversee communication channels, campaigns and governance to ensure consistency, quality and effectiveness.
• Use insights, data and employee feedback to continuously improve communication impact and engagement.
• Simplify and streamline communications to cut through complexity and improve the employee experience.
• Building leadership communication capability across the organisation.
• Leading, coaching and developing a high-performing communications team.

Skills and experience:

• Extensive experience in employee, internal or change communications ideally in a large, complex or regulated environment.
• A strategic mindset with the ability to translate business objectives into impactful communication strategies.
• Proven ability to influence and advise senior leaders in complex, fast-paced environments.
• Exceptional storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to make complex ideas clear and compelling.
• Experience leading teams and building high-performing, collaborative cultures.
• Strong judgement, prioritisation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to operate through ambiguity.
• A data-driven approach, using insights to shape decisions and measure success.
• Tertiary qualifications in communications, business, HR, journalism or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).

Life at Ausgrid
At Ausgrid, we go beyond just a competitive salary to offer an exciting range of benefits. From salary sacrificing electric vehicles and novated leasing, to discounted corporate health insurance and access to Fitness Passport, our benefits support your work here, and your life out there.
Celebrate success every day with our employee recognition program to bring out each other’s best. Looking to grow professionally? We’ve got you covered with study assistance, secondments, training and mentors, whose advice you’ll keep wherever you go.

We’re proud to offer gender-neutral parental leave to balance work when growing your family. And if you’re caring for elderly parents, our aged care support services offer expert guidance to help you access care for your loved ones. At Ausgrid, it's all about supporting you in every aspect of life. If you require support with your application/reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please reach out to our dedicated Talent Team recruitment@ausgrid.com.au.

Application close date: Sunday 5th July

By applying, you may be considered for a Talent Pool to support future opportunities over the next 12 months.

We are not accepting agency submissions at this time.