Manager Communications & Pr - Media

Your role at St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private not-for-profit providers of healthcare services across Australia and New Zealand. Our team of 16,500 caregivers deliver a range of services including hospitals, home nursing, disability care, and social outreach programs.

We are looking for an experienced media relations professional to join our team and help us tell the story of our Mission, our people, and our services. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Communications & Public Relations, this role leads our national media and social media strategy, focusing on storytelling and protecting our reputation.

You will be responsible for building relationships with key media outlets, managing media inquiries, and creating targeted media strategies to achieve positive outcomes that align with St John of God Health Care's Mission.

The Position

• Drive proactive opportunities to generate positive media coverage for St John of God Health Care services across Australia (WA, Victoria, NSW) and New Zealand.
• Build strong media relationships, pitch stories, manage media inquiries, and design targeted media relations strategies to achieve positive outcomes.
• Provide media advice to Group and hospital executives and senior leaders. Support hospitals and services in securing media coverage for key initiatives such as new services and redevelopments.
• Create and execute content strategies for traditional and social media platforms.
• Lead thought leadership initiatives, coach spokespeople, and oversee media training.
• Guide communication efforts for major projects, including mergers and acquisitions.
• Mentor and provide leadership to the Communications & PR Officer.
• Participate in and manage the weekend on-call roster.
• Write and edit key corporate materials like newsletters, annual reports, speeches, and handle group photoshoots and video production.

You are a seasoned communications professional with a passion for storytelling and the ability to produce clear and compelling information simply and consistently. You hold a tertiary qualification in a related field and have five years of experience in media relations, ideally in fast-paced environments. You will have a strong ability to navigate large and complex organisations with excellent problem-solving abilities. You excel at simplifying complex topics and crafting engaging media pitches. You have a proven track record of managing media around critical issues and securing coverage.

The Requirements

You will have 5+ years experience in developing and executing internal communication strategies that demonstrably contribute to better engagement preferably within large complex organisations.

To excel in this role, you will have outstanding writing skills and ability to produce clear and compelling information simply and consistently. A good understanding to identify key corporate drivers is essential along with a strong ability for strategic planning and development ability is also required along with a relevant tertiary qualification, or industry experience in a comparable role.

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We can offer you- Salary $149,237 to $165,829 per annum plus 11.5% Superannuation- Permanent Full Time position working 76 hours a fortnight- Located at Perth CBD Kings Square office- 40% work from home option- Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as :

For enquiries contact Christine D'Souza, Senior Manager Communications and Public Relations, on (08) 6116 0712

Applications close : 23 / 02 / 2024