Herd MSL is one of Australia’s largest and most-awarded PR agencies. Part of Publicis Groupe ANZ and global PR network MSL, Herd MSL has more than 21 years in the market and has achieved multiple agency & campaign wins and Cannes Awards for creativity. We offer flexible working, industry leading policies to support individual circumstances, and a collaborative and caring strengths-based culture.

We solve complex business problems through outstanding creative ideas, technically excellent execution and content led multi-channel campaigns. Our purpose is to create conversations that change Australia and New Zealand, through unleashing the strengths of our dynamic, fearless, and curious team of 60+ specialists.

Our strategy is simple – recruit brilliant people, do great work and provide the ability to learn in a creative environment. We work in complex and disruptive sectors across an impressive portfolio of clients – ranging from established multi-national technology companies and leading consumer and corporate brands, to innovative industry leaders, government departments and fast growth start-ups.

We are on the lookout for an energetic and whip smart Account Manager to join our Herd MSL Consumer Team, based in Sydney – someone who is motivated to build a strong and successful career while working across some of Australia’s most iconic brands!

The role

This role is an incredible opportunity to transform and elevate your career in PR, working alongside a team of seasoned experts in the space. There is no typical day – you will be stepping into an agile and dynamic environment where you will have the platform to leverage your unique strengths and passion for creative ideas that drive both coverage and business results. In this role, you'll become an integral part of our consumer team, taking ownership of activity across several leading brands in our enviable portfolio. Having your finger on the pulse of the biggest industry trends, you will help our clients make informed, strategic decisions and create effective strategies for executing their goals.  

What you’re looking for

• The opportunity to partner with some of Australia’s, nay the world’s most iconic brands
• The opportunity to deliver work that’s outside of the box, wins awards and is celebrated in the industry
• A close team who works together as one – providing support, encouragement, advice, and the chance to grow, learn and deepen your skills in all areas of PR whilst still operating within Publicis Groupe’s integrated model
• A team made up of hand-picked experts from a wide range of backgrounds and skills-sets - we don't want a cookie-cutter approach when it comes to hiring but rather people who bring a fresh perspective and view of the world
• A strengths-based culture where every individual is celebrated for what they contribute to their clients and our culture
• A platform to fulfil your career goals in a business large enough to accommodate them – we have one of the finest mobility programs GLOBALLY!

What type of person will be successful in this role?

To be successful in the role, you will bring:

• Ideally 4 + years’ of PR / communications experience, working with consumer brands to deliver impressive results
• Curiosity and commitment to deeply understanding the categories your clients operate in and the cultural, social, and political landscape impacting PR
• Passion and proven experience contributing to the development and implementation of clever and creative multi-channel communications plans
• Experience delivering a variety of PR executions including events, publicity, influencer engagement, content, and partnerships
• Experience autonomously developing effective earned media, influencer and content strategies that ladder up to the broader communications strategy
• Strong media contacts and experience crafting, pitching, placing, and pivoting stories across diverse media channels and titles
• Excellent writing and editing skills, with creative flair and proficiency demonstrated across a variety of materials
• Confidence presenting to external and internal stakeholders and strong client management capability
• A strong understanding of the influencer and creator landscape, and experience in effective and authentic influencer marketing
• Project management skills and an ability to effectively lead campaigns and client accounts
• Good financial acumen, including experience developing and tracking budgets effectively
• Experience effectively managing team members in the delivery of work
• An ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, taking accountability for identifying challenges, prioritising, and engaging team members effectively

Most importantly you will be passionate about the industry we work in, the brands we work with, and are looking to leverage your unique strengths to grow and build your career in a supportive environment.

If you’re ambitious, naturally curious, and a media-gun, please apply!

Additional information 

Be a part of the Publicis Groupe family, one of the world’s most progressive and dynamic modern communications businesses, enjoying all the perks that come with our network offering:  

• A comprehensive Wholeself program supporting Physical, Mindful and Financial wellbeing 
• A creative, fun, and rewarding office environment backed up by our Publicis Liberté flexibility approach “working your way, with us!”  
• Access to our Global AI Platform, Marcel, connecting Publicis Groupe employees with opportunities for career mobility and collaboration across our global network 
• Extensive Learning & Development opportunities, including more than 15,000 learning programs via our online learning platform Marcel Classes 
• A culture of open feedback and support to reach your goals through our Career Conversations program  
• A committed Diversity, Equality and Inclusion strategy driven through our Viva! Women,  Égalité, enABLE, and Embrace  (reconciliation action plan) programs   
• Work Your World program enabling employees the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world for up to 6 weeks per year 
• Parental leave policy with up to 18 weeks paid primary carer leave and generous secondary carer benefits 
• Access to counsellors, psychologists, and professionals through Sonder - an all-in-on digital wellbeing technology platform designed to support psychological, medical & safety needs 

If you don’t tick every box in this ad, please don’t rule yourself out. Research suggests that women and other people in underrepresented groups tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. We focus on hiring people who share our values of inclusion, collaboration, adaptability, fearlessness, and integrity, rather than ticking boxes – so if this role resonates with you, please apply.

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. More than just words, these are part of our DNA. At Publicis Groupe we are committed to the inclusion and recognition of all people; regardless of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status and religious affiliation. We believe that to deliver the best solutions to our clients, our people need to reflect the diverse communities in which our clients operate in. We value diversity and the skills, knowledge and experience that difference brings to our culture and solutions. 

Uniqueness is powerful; without it we wouldn’t be where we are today. So be you – we like it that way. 

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for people with disability or those that require additional support throughout the application process.  If you need any assistance or adjustments, please contact us via [email protected] - your personal information will be kept confidential.

Your Career

This role will report to the Head of Unit 42, JAPAC. The Executive Assistant will be responsible for executive administrative duties, aligning with company priorities and managing executive staff.

Your Impact

• Engage in complex communication and calendar management at the executive level including
  • Drive and track executive-level communication activities, such as (but not limited to) - All Hands events, monthly newsletters, Skip-level meetings
  • Own communication event calendars for the VP
  • Support the preparation of presentations and team communications
  • Support staff meetings, recording of minutes, and action items
• Anticipate potential conflicts (i.e., schedule issues, critical meetings, location issues) and raise to address/resolve in advance whenever possible
• Collaborate with cross functional teams on key programs and events, generating business reports on an ad-hoc basis
• Partner to support team well-being activities and events 
• Support direct staff of VP on ad-hoc basis as needed
• Coordinate travel arrangements, including flights, transportation, lodging and prepare and submit expense reports
• Organize and assist with online, hybrid and in-person events and large team meetings (e.g., team dinners, leadership off sites, All Hands, and training)
• Manage team distribution lists and reporting structure changes on internal systems
• Monitor and review team purchase orders, and team expense reports, prior to manager approval (and/or act as proxy approver when needed)
• Support systems, access, location and  IT needs for managers and new employees
• Provide project and presentation support as needed
• Responsible for ordering materials, catering, giveaways, and supplies as needed

Ready to take the next step in your retail leadership career? As an Assistant Store Manager at ALDI, take charge of daily operations, driving sales, and inspiring your team to be their best.

As a member of the leadership team in store, you support the Store Manager in all areas of running a multi-million-dollar business. From motivating team members to rostering and reporting, you’ll be part of an exceptional team that delivers extraordinarily efficient service to our customers.

As an Assistant Store Manager you’ll:

• Help to develop the next generation of leaders in our stores by training and coaching team members to be their best
• Keep your store looking top-notch, upholding the highest standards of safety and cleanliness
• Manage our stock, keeping an eye on inventory, and minimising losses
• Work alongside your team on registers, filling shelves and merchandising special buys
• Identify opportunities for improvement - we love a good idea!
• Ensure our stores run smoothly, helping to keep our customers Australia’s most satisfied . There’s nothing like the satisfaction of a job well done!
• Step up and run the store whilst the Store Manager is on leave.

About Us

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds.

We support nearly two million members, with around $75 billion of funds under management and are recognised as a responsible investment leader*. We believe when members understand and engage with their super, they’re more likely to get a better retirement outcome.

Everything we do at Rest is underpinned by our values and behaviours, we want to Be Daring, Keep it Simple, Take Action and Have Grit. To put it simply we want our people to thrive and love the work they do.

About the Job

The Rest Investment Team is undergoing a significant transformation as it aims to become the leading Investment Team in the Australian superannuation industry with a strong member focus and superior investment performance. This is an exciting role that will help drive efficient delivery from our vendor platforms and market data providers and support the Investment business with its continuous transformation and investment governance processes.

The Service Provider Analyst/Assistant Relationship Manager works within the Investments Services and Transformation enablement function, reporting to the Investments Business Manager and will focus on Service Providers policy and process, execution of Rest Investment Service Provider Governance framework and assist with vendor commercial executions. This will also be achieved through building strong relationships with our Head of Investment Technology, Head of Investment Services and Transformation, the Investment team the Group Procurement team and external vendors.

The Service Provider Analyst/Assistant Relationship Manager will assist the Service Provider Manager in carrying out the Service Provider Governance framework as well as ad-hoc projects and analysis to enable data driven analysis of our suppliers, commercial insights, improvements, Service Provider strategy and maintain a market leading Investment management practices across the Investment team’s suite of vendors.

You will play a key role in uplifting the way in which the Investment team holistically govern our portfolio of suppliers through the use of standards, measures and policy.

This is an exciting opportunity that will assist in managing vendors such as State Street / Charles River, FactSet, Market data providers such as Bloomberg and other Benchmark providers.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Working with the REST supplier management organisation to understand and Implement the Rest Supplier code of conduct for all Investment Service providers, aligning to our group level best of breed practices
• Assist the Service Provider Manager with the implementation and maintenance of Rest Group’s centralised service provider system, Third Party Risk Monitoring system (TPRM), and centralisation of contracts and service provider details for efficient monitoring of services and contracts.
• Assist in managing the relationship for a set of Service Providers for Rest Investment Team. This includes conducting regular meetings with Service Providers to ensure adherence to their committed key performance indicators (KPI) and enforcing service level agreements in place as well as ensuring Rest Investments team are kept up to date for any significant changes which may affect the Service Provider’s services to Rest Super.
• Escalate material and potential issues to the Service Provider Manager which will inform part of the escalations done to the Business Manager and General Manager of Investment Services and Transformation.
• Assist in tracking vendor costs to ensure alignment to yearly budget allocation and contracts, ensuring invoices are received and processed on time.
• Work with the Service Provider Manager to ensure regular due diligence is performed across all service providers in line with Rest’s policies, regulatory and compliance requirements. There will be an opportunity to lead the due diligence on your own for some of our Service Providers with assistance and coaching from the Service Provider Manager, as required.
• Assist with onboarding new vendors and ensure that the procurement process is followed and ensure all stakeholders are kept in the loop.
• Work with Rest Investment Team’s IT team to ensure license and user count are tracked and kept up to date. Conduct periodic license audit across Rest Investment Team.
• Work closely with Operational Risk and Compliance teams along with the Service Provider Manager to ensure all Service Providers are compliant and necessary artefacts are in place and meeting Regulatory requirements.
• Be a key contributor to recommendations provided by the Service Provider Manager to the Business Manager and General Manager of Investment Services and Transformation for improvements regarding our Service Provider Managers.
• Ensuring documentation and generation of supplier performance is kept up to date for tracking and escalation to the Business Manager and General Manager of Investment Services and Transformation for material issues.
• Support the Investment data strategy, data management capabilities, processes, and the organizational design via a robust vendor management framework and ability to investigate and identify various data providers in the market.
• Work with project teams and BA’s to help facilitate discussions with Service Providers when required.

Role: Patient Services Assistant

Reports to (position): Dialysis Clinic Manager

• To provide support to the nursing staff in the dialysis clinic by performing non-clinical duties relating to direct and indirect patient care.
• Functions as a team member, promoting the values, missions and goals of the clinic and company, constantly working towards their achievement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Protects the rights of patients by adhering to Privacy Principles and providing an excellent standard of care.
• Ensures cleanliness and neatness of patient’s environment and stock room
• Ensures cleaning of the Isolation rooms is done when required.
• Cleans exterior of dialysis machines, patient chairs and over-bed tables as per policy and procedures
• Assists with basic food preparation and delivery of nutritional requirements to patients as well as assists with meal ordering
• Serves, distributes and collects patient / visitors meals and refreshments
• Arranges patient transport from Dialysis treatment
• Attends to the re-stocking of consumables in the stock room and trolley/s as required for daily operation of the clinic 
• Monitors consumable stores and orders stock as required
• Confirms delivery of stock, checks inventory and documentation
• Performs stocktake when requested
• Maintains Clinic Manager database
• Ensures routine collection and appropriate disposal of linen, rubbish and contaminated waste
• Orders and pack away linen
• Assist in the collection of blood samples by pathology lab, help spin blood before collection 
• Participates in Quality Improvements  activities as required by the Dialysis Clinic Manager
• Ensures/promotes a safe, secure and healthy working environment to staff and a comfortable, safe environment for visitors and patients as detailed in the Workplace Health and Safety policy (FMEAU-28).

Engages in interne.al and external in-service activities to enhance / maintain skills and knowledge

• Schedule appointments, plan meetings, and maintain complex and changing calendars, while working through scheduling roadblocks.
• Draft and prepare routine and advanced correspondence including emails, presentations and reports. Review outgoing correspondence for accuracy, format consistency, signatures and conformance with executive procedures.
• Assist leadership and organizations by optimizing usage of time. Make decisions regarding short-term priorities and work activities.
• Arrange all travel to ensure consistency within company procedures and support organization in obtaining necessary travel documents including Visa/passport, while maintaining Leadership expenses/credit card reconciliation.
• Identify issues within the organization and initiate or facilitate solutions.
• Assist internal departments with the setup of new hires.
• Assist new hires with processes including expense reporting and travel systems and other internal processes and tools. Compile, prepare and process Leadership expenses and credit card reconciliation where needed.

• Provide exceptional customer service & product/service information at front house, via telephone and email
• Supporting the Client Services Specialists and Clinic Coordinator with ad hoc tasks
• Work collaboratively with all departments to support client, examinee and expert needs
• Working towards and achieving company KPI’s and objectives for expert bookings, customer onboarding & customer service
• Assist in training lawyer/insurers/experts in the use of systems as required; 
• SMS inbox management for examinee appointment confirmation
• Pro-active appointment confirmation calls to examinees and clients to avoid Failure to Attend(FTA)/late-cancellations.
• FTA/late-cancellation re-bookings
• Teleconference connections
• Home-risk assessments
• Video testing calls with examinees
• Assist the Clinic Coordinator at front reception when required to ensure Examinee and Expert support on clinic days.
• Regular communication with Managers, Clinic Coordinator and Client Services Team.
• Communicate effectively with File Team and QA; 
• Adhere to quality standards as per SOPs.
• Responding to basic enquiries sent to [email protected]; 
• Keep up to date with key administrative knowledge in order to provide effective support as requested;  
• Support Expert needs in order to enhance their experience ie. system training and assistance with general queries;
• Assist in managing the Court Hearing Notices process with the Clinic Coordinator and Client Services team.
• Assist the File and Admin team and Experts in chasing for documents for upcoming assessments from lawyers and communicate to experts and team.
• Ensure that facilities are suitable for expert needs; 
• Assist the Client Services Specialists in identifying any potential risks or issues to the team and appropriate manager.
• Promote and support practices that are inclusive, responsive, safe and accessible.

Being led by the Event Associate Manager, our Event & Hospitality Assistants support all experience and event requests. This position can expect direct interaction with employees, executives, customers, and partners, and will work closely with the entire hospitality team to deliver best in class experiences that are uniquely memorable at our Partners new global campus located in Circular Quay, Sydney.

In this position it will be critical to own events from beginning to end ensuring all events are “next level” while following logistical procedures, checking that all factors are accounted for, aligning, and collaborating with multiple departments, vendors, contractors, and agencies. In addition, the role is key to operational excellence for the holistic workplace experience driving the “happy to help” spirit across all areas and touch points.

Our partner is the global leader in customer relationship management, empowering companies to connect with their customers in new and innovative ways.

Join us and be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that celebrates success and values creativity and collaboration.

Key accountabilities will include, but not be limited to -

• Strong customer service and executive interaction experience
• Ability to multitask many events and projects at one time  
• Organise logistics, from beginning to end, for customer facing meetings, company-wide events, and IBP programs
• Pre, onsite and post event logistic management to ensure corresponding policies with supporting documents for each event if and when required.
• Co-manage event intake forms, correspondence with IBPs and management of ticketing queue including assigned tickets

Being led by the Event Associate Manager, our Event & Hospitality Assistants support all experience and event requests. This position can expect direct interaction with employees, executives, customers, and partners, and will work closely with the entire hospitality team to deliver best in class experiences that are uniquely memorable at our Partners new global campus located in Circular Quay, Sydney.

In this position it will be critical to own events from beginning to end ensuring all events are “next level” while following logistical procedures, checking that all factors are accounted for, aligning, and collaborating with multiple departments, vendors, contractors, and agencies. In addition, the role is key to operational excellence for the holistic workplace experience driving the “happy to help” spirit across all areas and touch points.

Our partner is the global leader in customer relationship management, empowering companies to connect with their customers in new and innovative ways.

Join us and be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that celebrates success and values creativity and collaboration.

Key accountabilities will include, but not be limited to -

• Strong customer service and executive interaction experience
• Ability to multitask many events and projects at one time  
• Organise logistics, from beginning to end, for customer facing meetings, company-wide events, and IBP programs
• Pre, onsite and post event logistic management to ensure corresponding policies with supporting documents for each event if and when required.
• Co-manage event intake forms, correspondence with IBPs and management of ticketing queue including assigned tickets

Reporting to the Director of Sales and Marketing, this is a pivotal role in the team, where a self-driven proactive approach is paramount.

You will be:

• Developing, managing and optimizing marketing content (yearly marketing plans), for all channels, focusing on increasing online performance, driving visibility/traffic and sale conversion across multiple segments.
• Lead the creation and management of compelling content and storytelling that aligns with marketing goals, business strategy and brand standards, ensuring high engagement across all channels.
• Developing and managing social media content, promotions and food & beverage initiatives.
• Developing creative advertising, copywriting, hotel collateral, direct mail, photography and overall internal initiatives including collateral design.
• Prospecting and managing key partnerships.
• Responsible for internal and external communication including the management of media and PR agencies.