Senior Strategic Communications and Media Advisor

Wellington or Hamilton

Permanent – Full Time

DairyNZ’s story

Deliver a positive future for New Zealand dairy farming

Te whakaputa i te anamata kounga mō ngā pāmu kau o Aotearoa

We are full of people who have a passion for delivering great outcomes and creating positive change. We leverage our collective strength by bringing the dairy sector together, helping farmers build more sustainable, profitable, and resilient farm businesses; because a strong dairy sector means a strong New Zealand.

Your opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping and sharing DairyNZ’s story. As Senior Strategic Communications and Media Advisor, you will develop and deliver strategic communications plans from end-to-end, working with our experts, farmers, internal teams, external stakeholders and media. Your work will help elevate DairyNZ’s strategic direction, highlight our scientific solutions and advocacy work, and protect and enhance our corporate reputation.

Reporting to the Strategic Communications and Media Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the Strategic Communications and Media team, including:

• Develop and deliver strategic communications initiatives.

• Translate complex information into engaging content.

• Provide trusted media and reputation advice.

• Identify and maximise media opportunities.

• Pitch and promote DairyNZ stories.

• Manage media enquiries and messaging.

• Create content across multiple channels.

• Support issues and reputation management.

• Build and maintain key stakeholder relationships.

About you

You’ll be a confident and experienced communications professional who can operate strategically while delivering great content. You’ll be comfortable working with complex information, asking the right questions, shaping clear messages and helping others communicate with impact. You’ll bring strong judgement, a calm approach to issues management, and the ability to build trusted relationships inside and outside the organisation.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• A relevant qualification in Journalism, Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Humanities, Political Studies, Science Communication or a related field.

• 8+ years' experience in communications, media, PR or journalism.

• Expertise in strategic communications, media engagement and reputation management.

• Exceptional writing and storytelling skills, with the ability to make complex topics accessible.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability.

• Experience developing content across multiple channels.

• Sound judgement, strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills.

• Established media networks and a proactive, solutions-focused approach.

Why you should join us

Make a difference - Together with our farmers, help us drive positive progress for the sector and country we love. Our credible work supports a sustainable future for farmers, the environment and communities across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Bring the whole you - We put people at the heart of what we do. We welcome all that you are and support your wellbeing, so you thrive personally and professionally.

Join a vibrant culture - Be part of a team that truly believes in our values. We have the courage to take bold action and the curiosity to drive innovation. Our credibility shines in our evidence-based work and our connectedness builds meaningful, collaborative relationships.

Empowering you - We succeed when you do, which is why we champion the development and growth of our people. We empower you to do and be at your best through learning opportunities and great benefits.

Sound good to you? Come join our team who together, are making a difference.

Check out the full position description here to read more detail. Applications close 28 August 2026 at 11:55pm.