Manager Marketing & Communications

Role Overview

Lead ACC’s media, digital marketing, content, and brand teams. Shape how ACC communicates, engages the public, and builds trust. Use insight, evidence, and behaviour change to support better outcomes for New Zealanders.

What You Will Do

Empower teams to develop and deliver high-quality strategies, campaigns, and content. Champion the use of audience insight, data, and behavioural change to strengthen public understanding, encourage positive behaviour, and contribute to better recovery outcomes and experiences.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will bring proven experience leading high-performing communications, marketing, or media teams in a large or complex organisation. Deep expertise in one or more of media engagement, digital marketing, and content, or brand and identity, with the ability to provide leadership across the full function.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading high-performing communications, marketing, or media teams in a large or complex organisation.
• Deep expertise in one or more of media engagement, digital marketing, and content, or brand and identity, with the ability to provide leadership across the full function.
• Experience developing communications, marketing, or public engagement approaches that deliver measurable results.
• Strong strategic thinking and sound judgement, including experience advising chief executives, executives, or other senior leaders on complex and high-profile matters.
• Experience using data, research, and audience insight to set priorities, evaluate impact, and improve performance.
• Strong financial, resource, and risk management experience.
• Strong strategic thinking, sound judgement, and the ability to navigate complexity and change.
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated understanding and application of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in organisational practice.
• A collaborative leadership style that develops people, builds capability, and drives continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Advantageous superannuation scheme (9% contribution) with features like no mandatory employee contribution, optional life and income protection insurance