Senior Manager – Corporate Communications

About Our Oganisation

For almost 70 years, Export Finance Australia has helped Australian businesses grow and succeed internationally with finance to secure opportunities, expand into new markets and diversify their presence. We support critical minerals and defence sectors, finance projects that strengthen economic resilience and advance net zero, and back Australian investment in sustainable infrastructure. 

Working with banks, other Government agencies and international partners, we back Australia’s exporters, supply chain businesses and industries, contributing to a more stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific while advancing Australia’s trade, investment and economic security objectives.  

Your new role

Location: Sydney
Role Type: Full-time, 12 month FTC

About you

The Senior Manager, Corporate Communications is accountable for the delivery of strategic communications, content development, social media, stakeholder communications and media engagement to strengthen EFA’s reputation, visibility and stakeholder trust.

This role helps shape and protect EFA’s narrative through clear messaging, high-quality content, proactive engagement and consistent positioning across owned, earned and shared channels. Working in close collaboration with communications, marketing, government and business colleagues, this role plays a crucial role in supporting our mission to advance Australia’s national interests in critical minerals, infrastructure, Southeast Asia, defence and strategic reserves, while helping executives and teams communicate clearly, confidently and credibly with priority audiences.

Working in a small, fast-paced team, this is a role for a communications generalist who can move between strategy and delivery, and who is comfortable working across public and private sector issues, complex stakeholder environments and core business communications. It requires strong judgement, excellent writing, calm execution under pressure, and the ability to develop compelling content for a range of channels and audiences. If you are passionate about finding and telling great stories about Australian businesses taking on the world and have the skills to match, please consider applying.

• Strengthen EFA’s strategic communications capability and raise EFA’s profile through proactive, integrated communications activity.
• Develop and deliver strategic communications plans, messaging and content that support EFA’s priorities, government mandates and stakeholder engagement objectives.
• Shape and maintain clear corporate narratives that explain who EFA is, what it does, why it matters and how it supports Australian businesses and national priorities.
• Create, edit and publish high-quality communications products, including articles, case studies, speeches, talking points, media materials, web content, social media content, presentations and stakeholder materials.
• Identify and develop story-led content that demonstrates EFA’s impact and supports customer, stakeholder and reputation outcomes.
• Develop and execute effective media and social media strategies that support EFA and Government priorities.
• Manage media engagement, relationships, issues response and media monitoring, including timely advice on emerging risks and opportunities.
• Provide communications, media and messaging support to executives and spokespeople, including preparation for announcements, interviews, speeches, events and periods of heightened scrutiny.
• Own and manage EFA’s official social media calendar and channels in line with the Communications Policy, ensuring content is timely, accurate, engaging and aligned to brand and messaging priorities.
• Design and deliver organic social media activity to strengthen EFA’s brand, positioning and stakeholder engagement.
• Work closely with marketing, government relations and business teams to ensure communications activity is coordinated, audience-focused and aligned with strategic priorities.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to understand business priorities, identify communications opportunities and provide practical advice.
• Monitor media coverage, social media mentions, stakeholder commentary and relevant external trends, providing insights and reporting to inform communications planning.
• Prioritise customer-focused content, lead generation and optimised owned channels to improve engagement and understanding.
• Identify and apply appropriate AI-enabled tools and approaches to enhance productivity, insight generation and communication effectiveness, while ensuring all usage aligns with Export Finance Australia’s policies on data, privacy, security and governance.
• Contribute to building organisational capability in AI by sharing learnings, improving ways of working, and supporting the adoption of new technologies across the Brand, Media and Communications function.

Experience & Skills

• 5+ years’ experience in corporate communications, strategic communications, media relations, public affairs, content development or a related communications discipline.
• Tertiary qualifications in communications, journalism, public affairs, marketing, international relations or a related field.
• Experience working across multiple communications channels, including owned, earned and shared channels.
• Experience producing clear, compelling content across a range of formats, including articles, case studies, speeches, talking points, web content, social media content and stakeholder materials.
• Experience managing social media accounts or developing social media content to achieve communications goals.
• Experience across both public and private sector organisations is desirable.
• Interest in policy development, foreign policy, national security, economics, finance or corporate affairs is desirable.
• Understanding of the machinery of government and policy frameworks is desirable.
• Experience with AI tools and platforms is desirable.

Even if you haven’t ticked every box but this role resonates with you, don't rule yourself out just yet, we'd love to hear from you!

Our benefits and culture

We are small enough to have an impact, BIG enough to make a world of difference and it starts with our people.

We support flexible working and pride ourselves in fostering a culture that is inclusive, diverse and collaborative. We are proud to be certified as a 2025 Great Place to Work for a fifth consecutive year, recognised on the 2023 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list and listed as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces for Women in 2025. 

In line with our commitment to our people, we have a comprehensive array of benefits available to our employees:

• Generous leave provisions (e.g. Annual Wellbeing day) and leave purchase opportunities
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• Thorough induction onboarding program
• Fitness Passport along with other Health & Wellbeing initiatives
• Gender affirmation leave
• Income Protection Insurance
• Community volunteering
• and many more!

Our headquarters is based in Sydney CBD, and we have a national presence across Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Eligibility

Australian Citizenship - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must hold Australian Citizenship at the time of application.

Security Clearance - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

How to apply

Applications close: 2 August 2026.  

Interviews will occur in parallel, so please apply ASAP.
Enquiries: Careers@exportfinance.gov.au      
  
To apply, please email your CV to Careers@exportfinance.gov.au      

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We invite and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disability and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. 

If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

About us

Export Finance Australia is Australia’s export credit agency.  

The reason our people join us, stay with us and grow with us is because they wholeheartedly believe in our purpose. They can see the impact we create for our customers.

We are a highly purpose-driven organisation. We seek to create an inclusive culture that values our customers and employees. Our people are expected to champion this and play a key role in achieving those outcomes. In working towards our strategy, our people display our IMPACT leadership behaviours of Frank & Fearless, Dexterous & Agile and Careful & Diligent

For more information about us, please refer to our website. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered on this occasion.