The Lines Company Looking for Senior Communications Specialist at Te Kuiti, Waikato, New Zealand Full Time

Introduction:

Ready to make an Impact?

Here at The Lines Company keeping the power on in the King Country is what we do, but it’s who we do the work for, that is most important to us – our customers and our community. We take pride in our ability to keep our whare, our farms and our businesses powered up, 24/7.

We’re searching for a communications rock star who can assist us in telling our narrative at a very important and exciting point in the company’s almost 100-year existence. This is your chance to work for a forward-thinking, community owned company that is at the forefront of achievement and innovation. We may be little in size, but we pack a big punch.

Description:

Kōrero mō te tūranga – About the role

The Senior Communications Specialist will deliver professional, strategic and best practice communications and engagement activities with a focus on media relations and key external stakeholders. Reporting to our General Manager Operational Excellence you will work with teams across the organisation to identify customer and stakeholder needs and support the delivery of information.

You will lead the development of our corporate communications strategy and will be instrumental in a range of business change projects including:

• Transforming our business from a traditional engineering approach to a digitally-driven utility;
• Rolling out new tools to enable our teams to embrace a new health framework;
• Supporting our leadership team to grow and develop;
• Engaging across government departments to secure project funding;
• Working with our community on key projects to alleviate energy hardship;
• Maturing our approach to fault and incident management.

Working with a small team you will also be involved in driving:

• The transformation and digitisation of our communications capabilities to enable internal communications to become a self-serve model that can be accessed and embraced across the organisation.
• Supporting the deployment of new ‘future energy’ technologies on our network to test and trial new ways or providing energy to our customers.

Skills and Experiences:

Mōu – About You

The successful candidate will be a brilliant all-rounder who is passionate about communications, loves sniffing out a great story and is an accomplished storyteller. The role requires someone who is a self-starter and willing to roll up their sleeves to get the job done. In return you’ll have significant scope to develop and deliver creative communications programmes that engage audiences and have a major impact on the organisation.

He Aha Te Pai – What you’ll love about us!

We take great pleasure in being an enjoyable place to work and in our passion of giving back to the local community. We’ve worked hard to build great teams of people who love coming to work, and in doing so have created a great work culture. So, on top of competitive salaries, there are several other perks, such as:

• Medical Insurance and Annual Health Screening
• Lifestyle days and a Volunteer Day.
• Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary caregivers.
• Staff Community Fund
• Wellbeing Payment
• Development Opportunities
• Additional Employer Kiwi Saver Contribution after 3 years
• Deals and Discounts

We’ve got a lot of work to do over the next decade so you will never be short of exciting work opportunities!

The fine print

Safety and wellbeing are paramount to us, so our recruitment process involves a Ministry of Justice criminal history check and a pre-employment medical, alcohol and drug test.

Unfortunately applications from those without the right to work in New Zealand cannot be considered at this time.

Hiahia? – Interested? Come and join the whanau!

Please note, applications will be reviewed during advertising period and advertising may close earlier than the date advertised.