Senior Communications Advisor - 12 Months Fixed-Term Contract

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

This is your opportunity to help share the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies.

Become a valued part of the team that’s shaping the future of aluminium, revolutionising the way the world lives, builds, moves and flies.

Be part of it and shape your world.

About the Role

As a senior media and communications professional, you will play a key role in shaping Alcoa’s public narrative by developing high-impact stories that showcase the company’s innovation, sustainability leadership, and community contributions.

This 12-month fixed-term position offers the opportunity to apply both strategic insight and hands-on expertise to support communications across Alcoa’s Australian operations.

Based in our Perth CBD office and reporting to the Communications Manager, you will be a vital member of a collaborative regional team, responsible for producing high-quality content across multiple media channels.

Working closely with colleagues from across the business you will help communicate major projects, strategic priorities, and key events, ensuring consistent and engaging messaging that aligns with Alcoa’s values and business goals.

Your key purpose and focus areas will be:


* Develop and deliver media relations activities, including media strategies, media releases and maintain strong relationships with relevant media contacts.


* Support proactive and reactive communications around key business activities and priorities that are important to Alcoa’s operations and stakeholders.


* Create high-quality content across websites, newsletters, speeches, presentations, and briefing documents.


* Monitor media coverage and emerging issues, providing strategic advice to protect and enhance Alcoa’s reputation.

What’s on offer


* Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.


* Employee growth and development opportunities.


* Employee assistance program for personal support services.


* Alcoa Live Well program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.


* Generous leave entitlements including a leisure day off every 4-weeks.


* Salary packaging for a novated car lease, employee share plan and superannuation options


* Flexible work arrangements including partial work from home options.

What you can bring to the role


* Tertiary qualifications and/or extensive experience in journalism, public relations, communications.


* Extensive corporate affairs skills and experience, particularly in external communications and media relations.


* Exceptional written and verbal communication skills that allow you to successfully simplify complex and technical matters for a range of audiences that deliver impact and enhance unders...