About the role

Reporting to the GM People & Performance, you will lead WEL’s strategic communications and engagement approach to support WEL’s business strategy, network priorities, customer outcomes, safety culture, community relationships, regulatory obligations and future energy ambitions.

You will provide trusted, timely and practical advice to the Chief Executive and senior leaders, while supporting proactive issues management, media engagement, internal communications, stakeholder relationships, outage and emergency communications, and commercially sensitive or reputationally significant matters.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading WEL’s strategic corporate communications and engagement approach.
• Developing and promoting WEL’s brand in line with “Leading Waikato’s Energy Future”.
• Creating and telling the WEL story, with a focus on innovation, collaboration, community and the future energy landscape.
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