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Description & Requirements
Spark, Corporate Relations Partner – Internal communications
One year fixed term contract
We are looking for a passionate and high performing communicator to join our Corporate Relations and Sustainability team at Spark.
We are looking for a self-starter, who can work collaboratively with different areas of our large and complex business and develop internal communications campaigns to engage our team of around 5,000 people. You’ll be our company journalist – telling the stories of our people and informing them about critical information. From call centres to retail stores, corporate offices, infrastructure and field services, engineers and data analysts, our people and teams are diverse, and their communications needs are diverse too. As such, we need someone who can work in a fast-paced environment and think creatively to help us build an inclusive and high-performance innovation culture at Spark.
Based in our Auckland head office on Albert St, you’ll work on a range of internal communications activities across Spark and our subsidiaries. You will be focused on business partnering with the People and Culture team to create a compelling people experience at Spark and promoting the wide range of benefits, initiatives, events, and services that Spark offers our people. You’ll report to the Corporate Relations Lead who oversees our ‘Corporate’ portfolio and work closely with wider business stakeholders to engage our people through creative and effective communications plans.
- Report to the Corporate Relations Lead and work together to implement communications plans that support the Corporate Relations Strategy, specifically focused on the internal communications portfolio.
- Act as the primary business partner to our People and Culture team and develop internal communications strategies that support their strategy – including our ambitions across diversity and inclusion, Mahi Tahi wellbeing, learning and development, and more.
- Support the deployment of Spark’s quarterly hybrid Business Updates, which provide our people with an update on performance and strategy.
- Develop-employee communications materials such as EDMs, update Viva Engage, presentations, Q&As, and news articles.
- Identify story opportunities within the business that bring our innovation culture and people strategy to life and identify and manage potential risks and issues.
- Develop and foster effective relationships with key internal stakeholders.
- Collaborate with the wider Corporate Relations and Sustainability team to develop effective internal communications to promote sustainability initiatives and external brand and marketing campaigns to Spark people.
- Work effectively with Spark’s creative agencies to develop creative design elements that support internal communication plans.
- Maintain and regularly update Spark’s corporate website with the latest media releases and news stories, governance documents, and sustainability updates.
- Work with the wider business to ensure Spark’s SharePoint (intranet) is up to date.
- Actively seek to identify and understand new developments in your craft and apply them day-to-day.
What experience you'll bring?
We are looking for a communications star, someone who has worked in a corporate environment or who has journalism experience. We would like to find someone with the following attributes:
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to develop internal communications materials autonomously
- ’Batteries included’ – a self-starter who actively seeks feedback and growth opportunities
- The ability to foster positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
- Highly organised and able to manage different projects simultaneously and prioritise, working to deadlines with multiple stakeholders
- Ability to develop an effective internal communications plan
- A team player who enjoys working alongside a diverse a group of people
WHY CHOOSE US:
We are a high-performing team, responsible for reputation management and internal and external communications that engage our people and key stakeholders, sustainability strategy, and government engagement. Our team purpose is to build a trusting relationship with all of New Zealand by living up to Spark’s purpose and the expectations of our communities.
We work as a close-knit collaborative team that enjoys a laugh. We operate at pace, get stuck in, and we get great results.
Diversity and Inclusion: Te Kanorau me te Whakawhāiti mai
- Wellbeing - Comprehensive medical insurance, life and income protection. Access to wellbeing coaches, EAP and in-house Specialist Clinical support through our leading Mahi Tahi Wellness programme.
- Hybrid ways of working - for most teams at Spark this means being in the office for 4 days a week, and 1 day being flexible.
- Leave - in addition to four weeks annual leave, we offer purchased leave, enhanced parental leave support and study leave.
- Spark Credit – we provide permanent employees with $120 monthly Spark credit to use on any of our amazing products.
- Spark Share scheme – periodically we offer the opportunity to buy into our share scheme.
- Career development – access to an internal marketplace that connects employees with experiential, on the job learning across Spark.
