Take hold of a monster opportunity and join our Advocacy and Impact team as a Corporate Affairs Lead.  If you’re a good fit for this role and live in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne, we’d love you to apply. 

Why join us?

• You'll get 14% super as standard, to help your future come alive.
• Unleash your potential and build a career to be proud of through excellent training and development opportunities.
• Balance your work between in-person days at our purpose-built hubs and working from home.
• In the office, enjoy end of trip facilities, a yoga and multi-faith room, parent and carer rooms, quiet rooms, BrewHub coffee facilities, and collaborative team spaces.

About the role

We’re all about helping our members make the most of their money. And while they go after their goals, you can too. As a Corporate Affairs Lead, you will play a critical role in shaping and delivering Australian Retirement Trust’s (ART) external communications strategy. You will support the development of ART’s reputation across issues management, media, corporate channels, and stakeholder communications. You will work collaboratively to deliver high-impact content, develop communications strategies, manage media relationships, support executive visibility, and contribute to ART’s positioning as a leading voice in the superannuation sector.

Day to day, you'll:

• Develop and deliver communication strategies aligned with ART’s purpose and values.

• Provide communications advice during sensitive or high profile issues.

• Create compelling content: speeches, presentations, articles and high-level correspondence.

• Identify and mitigate potential reputation issues.

• Simplify complex financial topics for diverse audiences.

• Prepare executive communications for events, conferences, and panels.

• Support management of daily media activities: enquiries, spokesperson prep, and media engagements.

• Build strong relationships with senior internal and external stakeholders including media outlets.

• Support responses to escalated member enquiries.

  • This role may require you to produce investment-related content or corporate communications.
    

This role is available as a 12-month opportunity. 

About you

It goes without saying you'll be a great communicator with top notch interpersonal skills. We'll also expect you to pick up problems and come up with quick, creative ways to solve them. It's quite likely you tick some of the following boxes too:  

• Degree in Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, Investments, or equivalent.
• Experience in corporate communications, media relations, or public affairs.
• Strong journalistic, storytelling, and copywriting skills.
• Proven experience in long-form writing and executive communications.
• Experience working with senior leaders and managing reputational issues.

About us

Our 2.4 million members trust us to take care of over $330 billion in retirement savings. And we help them take charge of their finances and face the future with confidence. Our inclusive culture means you’ll be valued and heard in a respectful workplace. We've created an environment where you can be yourself and do amazing work. It's that simple.

Apply online now

Everyone is welcome to apply. We value diverse thinking, cultures, perspectives, backgrounds, and abilities. Awaken your career at Australian Retirement Trust and apply now. Applications close Monday, 4 May 2026.

We don’t want to leave you with a monstrous wait. So, you’ll hear from us after the closing date to find out whether you’ve made it through to the next round or not. Being fair and up-front is important to us – and recruitment is no different.