Communications Specialist - Hawthorn East
We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.
About the team
People and Culture at Coles is dedicated to creating an engaged and empowered workplace. One that’s strong, diverse and where our team members have exciting career pathways to choose from. We do it by making people’s lives easier through better experiences, useful tools, and by providing ongoing opportunities to learn and grow.
About the role
An exciting new role to support Coles’ transformation programs. This role will support various functions as they implement initiatives that will enhance processes and ways of working as all functions continuously look for opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness. This role will initially be embedded in Finance and People & Culture to support their transformation and will flex to support other functions over time.
As the Communications Specialist you will define the needs across stakeholders and plan for and deliver communication to support transformation initiatives. You will partner with functional leaders, tailoring communications and ensuring consistent messaging in a busy communications environment to engage, influence and inspire teams to come along on this journey. You will work closely with cross-functional teams develop and deliver communications plans, messaging and artefacts, requiring an understanding of multiple audiences.
About you and your skills
• Experience in designing and delivering clear and impactful communications for large scale change and projects in a complex corporate environment.
• Demonstrated experience in developing internal communications requiring input from multiple senior stakeholders, including tailoring and adapting outputs for different audiences.
• Experience in defining audience needs and an overall communication plan to effectively communicate and implement change.
• Degree in journalism, mass communication, public relations, or a related field.
• Excellent communication (oral and written), digital and presentation skills.
• Solid understanding of project and change management principles; well organised with strong planning and prioritisation skills.
• Flexible, dynamic working style; able to collaborate cross-functionally and adapt to changing stakeholder requirements quickly and effectively.
Take your next step into something bigger, apply now
With us it’s not about the discounts (although you do get those), it’s about joining a team where your wellbeing and professional development is invested in and celebrating your contributions is the norm. And because everyone leads unique lives, we offer flexible work including work from home, additional leave and parental leave entitlements.
We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that’s just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.
We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. Find out more in the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site.
Job ID: 117239
Employment Type: Full time