About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do.

We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.

That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

Are you up for the challenge?

We have a unique opportunity for a National Media & Communication Manager to join our Corporate Affairs & Marketing team. This position is based out of our Pyrmont office in Sydney.

You will be responsible for leading development and implementation of external communication for John Holland Group, supporting work-winning and reinforcing corporate brand positioning.

About the Role

• Lead development and implementation of John Holland’s external communication strategy and marketing campaigns, ensuring high-quality outcomes aligned with organisational priorities.
• Lead planning and development of material for media opportunities, reputation and issue management, digital marketing campaigns, and web content to support work-winning and reinforce corporate brand positioning.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with media, key customers, and government stakeholders on behalf of John Holland, including journalists, editors, ministerial staff, and government departments.
• Analyse and understand the political and current-affairs environment and provide strategic advice to manage the potential impact on John Holland.
• Provide strategic advice to John Holland’s CEO and ELT regarding reputation and contentious issue management
• Develop processes to identify, anticipate, and respond to emerging and sensitive communication issues in a way that reflects and protects John Holland’s brand and reputation.
• Provide expert advice and information to internal stakeholders on marketing communication to support business objectives and present recommendations to support delivery.
• Develop key messages for target audiences and maximise the brand benefits of storytelling on all John Holland communication opportunities.
• Use strong interpersonal skills and ability to build productive working relationships with internal stakeholders to source stories and opportunities.
• Develop and lead approval processes with stakeholders, projects, and executives.
• Strategically evaluate and report on the effectiveness of communication planning and facilitate better use existing communication channels.
• Share on-call responsibilities (every second weekend)

About You:

This role will see you holding a Tertiary qualification in public relations, journalism, marketing or a related discipline. You will have previous experience in a multi-disciplinary communications role.

Your high-level stakeholder relationship management and influencing skills, along with your clear and confident written and verbal communication style, will see you succeed in the role.

As part of the team, you can help us transform lives.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to our long-term success.

We want you to be with us for the long term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What’s in it for you?

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits.

We offer:

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options.

Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing.

Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities.

Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities.

Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.

Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.