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Fire and Emergency New Zealand

Senior Communications Advisor – Wellington – Fixed Term

October 24, 2024

  • Join an organisation dedicated to helping our communities!
  • Fixed Term position until June 2025, Wellington CBD location
  • Salary range $112,415 - $124,906 (pro rata), actual salary dependent on skills and experience

Use your excellent strategic communications skill as part of meaningful mahi that touches the lives of your community.

Mō tēnei tūranga - about the role
The Senior Communications Advisor provides dedicated strategic communications support to a range of projects, programmes and teams across the organisation. You will create a range of content across a variety of outputs for both internal and external communications. You will build strong relationships across the organisation with a wide range of stakeholders including our senior leadership team.

This is a fixed term position until 30 June 2025.

Ko tāu nā i tēnei tūranga - What you’ll bring to the role:
Bring your confidence in developing and implementing communications and stakeholder engagement plans, including developing and executing appropriate tactics. You’ll create content for a range of outputs and ensure timely and accurate information is provided through appropriate channels. This is a complex and fast paced environment, so you will be agile with the ability to negotiate competing priorities and viewpoints.

To be successful in this role, we’d expect:
  • High level of experience providing internal and external communications advice in a large and/or complex organisation
  • Great collaboration skills so you can develop well thought out communication strategies
  • Excellent writing and storytelling skills
  • Demonstrated strategic thinking
  • Proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with senior leadership
  • Strong risk radar


The salary range for this role is $112,415 - $124,906 (pro rata), dependent on skills and experience relevant to the role.

Ko wai mātou - who are we?
Fire and Emergency New Zealand is a Crown Entity responsible for reducing unwanted fires, responding to structural and vegetation fires and other emergencies including motor vehicle crashes, medical emergencies, hazardous substance related incidents, natural disasters, and supporting increased community resilience.
Our vision is to build stronger communities and protect what matters most to the people within them. We are proud to be recognised as New Zealand’s most trusted public sector agency. Our values reflect what our people believe is core to who we are and the organisation we aspire to be.
  • We Do the Right Thing – Kia Tika
  • We Serve and Support – Manaakitanga
  • We Are Better Together – Whanaungatanga
  • We Strive to Improve – Auahatanga
Ko te tono mai - How to apply:
Come join us - we are excited about the future of Fire and Emergency New Zealand, and we’d love you to be part of it! We value diversity as a strength and welcome applicants that can help bring a difference to our organisation.
If this sounds like you, apply now. To download a copy of our position description please visit our vacancy page on our Fire Jobs website.
If you have any specific questions about this role please email nhqjobs@fireandemergency.nz
However please note, applications sent via email will not be accepted.
Applications close Thursday 7 November
Please note: Eligibility to work in New Zealand is mandatory for this role.

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