About Seqwater
Water is essential for life. At Seqwater, we’re not just delivering water—we’re driving innovation, growth and transformation to secure the future of water across South East Queensland.
As one of the largest water businesses with the most geographically spread and diverse asset base of any capital city in Australia, our operations extend from the New South Wales border to the base of the Toowoomba ranges and north to Gympie.
As we enter an exciting period of expansion, we're embracing new technologies and sustainable practices to meet the growing needs of our region. We work collaboratively across our organisation and with our stakeholders, constantly striving to enhance the quality of service we provide. As we modernise our systems and invest in smarter water grids, we remain focused on delivering the highest standard of service, always with the future in mind.
Our transformation is about more than just infrastructure—it’s about people. Our team of dedicated professionals are united by a shared passion for creating lasting, meaningful outcomes for the communities we serve, and this is reflected in Our Vision, Water for Life, Our Promise - Safe for Life, and Our Values of integrity, respect, care, and courage that shape everything we do.
You’ll be working on some of the most high-profile water infrastructure provider in the industry, helping to secure Water for Life for generations to come.
About Your Opportunity
Use your strategic thinking and creative ability to deliver targeted communication to stakeholders with a focus on our people, customers, media, and South East Queensland communities. Develop narrative that supports our mission to provide safe, clean drinking water while we also deliver a multi-billion dollar Dam Improvement Program for future water security.
Provide communication support and advice on best practice for sharing information, knowledge, stories, and content across the business. Maximise opportunities to build a positive culture through informative, educational, and entertaining content.
Be a proactive contributor and collaborator, consulting with stakeholders and helping tell our stories across intranet, website, newsletters, presentations, and marketing materials.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead the development and delivery of effective communication strategies to inform, engage, and align audiences across multiple channels and activities.
- Develop specialised internal communication plans and provide advice to senior leaders to support Seqwater’s strategic outcome areas.
- Lead and review high-quality, audience-appropriate storytelling content for internal channels and other key stakeholders.
- Manage communication contractors and suppliers to ensure alignment with broader business communication objectives.
- Support crisis and issues communication, including on-call emergency events, while managing multiple activities with strong attention to detail and quality standards.
About you
To be successful in this role, you will possess:
- Minimum five years' experience in corporate communication.
- Proven experience developing and delivering communication plans for internal and external audiences and stakeholders.
- Skilled in corporate communication activities and storytelling tools to manage corporate brand and reputation.
- Strong team collaborator with a track record of developing targeted narrative for diverse stakeholders (employees, media, customers, shareholders, community).
- Relevant tertiary qualifications in communication, marketing, journalism, or public relations; experience in crisis communication desirable.
This position will be offered on a 12-month fixed term contract with the potential for further extension or permanency, with the salary starting at $122,730.25 plus 12.75% superannuation.
Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other medical/character requirements. Please note that people with criminal records are not automatically deemed ineligible. Each application will be considered on its merits.
For a more detailed preview of the work that you will be involved in for this role, feel free to take a look at the position description on our careers page - careers.seqwater.com.au We also invite you to connect with us on LinkedIn and join our growing community of followers to see all the latest news and job opportunities as and when they happen - https://www.linkedin.com/company/seqwater/
If you are looking for an extraordinary career in which you can make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you!
To apply
Submit your cover letter outlining how you meet the requirements of the role and your resume via the Apply button.
Applications close: 11:55PM AEST, Sunday 6th July 2025
For further information please email enquiries to recruitment@seqwater.com.au
Please note – applications cannot be accepted via email.
