Senior Communications Business Partner - Operations

Overview:

·       Full-time​, ​Continuing position​  

·       Salary Level HEW 9 + 17% superannuation.  

·       Partner with senior stakeholders 

·       Based at the ​Melbourne CBD​ campus, ​and hybrid ways of working​ 

About You 

 
As a passionate corporate communications professional, the Senior Communications Business Partner is an integral role that is accountable for providing strategic communications to drive the priorities of the University and to support the Operations portfolio which provides professional services to the wider university across human resources, property, information technology, finance and assurance, service excellence, legal and governance and data and analytics.  

Acting as a key strategic advisor, this role partners with and provides guidance and counsel to the Operations Leadership Team (in particular to this role, the Chief People Officer) and their teams to shape and develop an integrated strategic communications plan that supports the strategic direction, goals and objectives of the area. This role is predominately focused on internal communications however there will be some initiatives that require both internal and external communications. 

The remit for this fast-paced role is broad and rewarding. You will take responsibility for leading our People initiatives, like diversity and inclusion, health and safety and organisation capability and culture as well as taking on strategic communications for priority work across the Operations portfolio, to maximise and showcase RMIT’s impact, manage risks and issues and support staff engagement. Through the development and implementation of a comprehensive content strategy focused on creating an aligned narrative, you will share the Portfolio’s story to internal audiences across RMIT globally, and externally. 

As a Senior Communications Business Partner, you will work with autonomy to meet the needs of your stakeholder groups and be responsible for leading multi-discipline campaigns, streams of work and projects as well as develop and maintain outstanding cross-functional relationships across the University and the wider Communications team to increase collaboration and more deeply embed effective communications. This may include working with multiple delivery partners to achieve a shared outcome.  

This role will work closely with the Associate Director, Communications – Operations, acting in a 2IC capacity.