G8 Education is one of Australia’s largest early education and care providers, with more than 400+ centres across Australia and over 10,000 team members who are all helping shape the lives of children in our centres every day.  Our core values of passion, innovation, dedication, compassion, and integrity, unite us on our journey to ensure the health and happiness of future generations. We are committed to developing a culture that empowers and rewards our team of early childhood educators, teachers, leaders, and support office.

The Opportunity

The Senior Communications Advisor is responsible for proactively managing internal and external communication campaigns, ongoing communications activities, and use their communication experience and expertise to contribute to integrated project and event management.

Reporting to the Head of Communications, Community & Events, this role will cover a range of communications practice areas including, media relations, internal communication, social media, government relations, financial and corporate communications and has responsibility as the crisis delegate for the Head of Communications.

Your day-to-day

No two days are the same; this role is diverse, with depth and breadth to cement your career, now and into the future. Areas of core responsibility include, but are not limited to:

• Contribute to the development of G8 Education’s integrated communications strategy.
• Lead and implement G8 Education’s strategic communication campaigns to build and maintain G8 Education’s reputation across audiences and channels.
• Provide timely and strategic advice to Senior leadership teams regarding reactive and proactive communication.
• Develop and coordinate proactive and reactive response to issues and events and act as the SIRT team delegate in the absence of the Head of Communications.
• Identify and optimise opportunities to protect and enhance G8 Education’s reputation.
• Ensure the quality of all G8 Education’s public relations and communication materials.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure objectives are achieved, collaborate and effectively manage initiatives.
• Contribute as a senior member to a high performing team to achieve G8 Education’s strategic objectives.
• Stay up to date on industry and sector trends and make continuous improvement recommendations.
• Manage and enhance the quality of internal content and channels to drive engagement.

About You

You are someone who thrives in a fast paced and engaging work environment. You value great partnerships, you’re collaborative, you always strive for excellence, and you own the outcomes.

We’re looking for an all-rounder who is excited about taking on unique challenges and projects. Some of the required skills and experiences to be successful in this role:

• 8+ years of experience in a PR and communications role ideally within a large-scale organisation.
• Bachelor's degree in, public relations, communications or a related field.
• You are prepared to get in and deliver work.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as outstanding copywriting and proofreading skills.
• Firm grasp on various communications platforms.
• Must be a self-starter and able to independently move projects forward, prioritise tasks, and meet deadlines.
• You create structure in ambiguity while being flexible in how you drive outcomes.
• A team player with a strong desire to learn and grow and become part of a results-oriented team.
• Flexibility to undertake domestic travel and out of business hours communications is required.
• Hold, or be willing to obtain, a valid working with children check

Benefits Include: 

• Competitive salary package with incentivised annual bonuses.
• Work From Home & Hybrid working conditions encouraged.  
• Flexibility to travel to both Support Office locations, Brisbane CBD and Gold Coast.
• Career development opportunities as part of a large ASX-listed company
• National corporate travel included to national office and services
• Access a 50% discount on early education and childcare fees at any G8 Education Centre
• Exclusive access to our employee benefits program covering a wide range of discounts and promotions 
• Dedicated focus on professional growth and development 

This is a rare opportunity; if you want a diverse, challenging and personally fulfilling role, apply now! 

Please note the advertising closing date is indicative only.  G8 Education reserves the right to close the advertisement before this date is reached. Therefore, it is encouraged that you submit your application as soon as possible. 

G8 Education is a committed advocate for child protection, safety and wellbeing. We have a zero tolerance for any form of child abuse or harm. The safety and wellbeing of children will always be our priority and all team members are expected to embrace this shared commitment. All G8 Education employees will need to hold a relevant Working with Children Check upon their commencement into the business.