Senior Communications Advisor

Some communications roles are mostly content. Some are mostly strategy. This one sits in the middle of a lot of moving parts and helps keep a busy communications function running well.

Pinnacle Midlands Health Network is looking for an experienced senior communications advisor to join our small but mighty communications and engagement team. This is a senior hands-on role with real breadth. It combines writing, editing and communications advice with website and newsletter publishing, collateral and supplier coordination, project support, quality control and the day-to-day operational discipline that keeps important work moving.

It’s a role for someone who enjoys variety, can think clearly under pressure, and knows that great communications work is often equal parts judgement, relationships, systems and follow-through.

This is a part-time role working 30 hours per week.

About the role 

• You’ll work across the organisation to support a wide range of teams, projects and priorities. One day you might be drafting or editing staff or practice-facing communications, planning content for an organisational initiative, or helping a team turn a rough idea into clear, effective communication. The next you might be coordinating a newsletter, updating website content, briefing a supplier, managing collateral requests, proofing a key document or keeping a communications project on track. 

• You’ll also play an important role in keeping our communications workflows, publishing processes and quality standards running smoothly. This role provides continuity, calm and practical expertise in a fast-moving environment, and suits someone who can hold multiple threads at once without losing sight of quality, audience or detail.

What you’ll bring 

We’re looking for someone who: 

• is an excellent writer, editor and proofreader 

• can confidently advise others on how best to communicate with different audiences 

• is highly organised and comfortable juggling multiple priorities and deadlines 

• has strong experience in website content management, newsletter production and communications delivery across a range of channels 

• brings sound judgement, initiative and a practical, solutions-focused approach 

• enjoys working with people across an organisation and building trusted relationships 

• understands that some of the most valuable communications work happens behind the scenes, in the systems, processes and quality checks that keep everything on track 

• Experience in health, the public sector, not-for-profit or other complex stakeholder environments would be an advantage, but most important is your ability to write well, think clearly, manage moving pieces and deliver consistently high-quality work.

About us 

• Pinnacle is a primary care network supporting general practice and community health services across Waikato, Tairāwhiti, Taranaki, Rotorua, Taupō-Tūrangi and Thames-Coromandel. Through Pinnacle Midlands Health Network, we support general practices and work alongside a wide range of partners to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for the communities we serve. 

• We are committed to equity, partnership and strong primary care. We know communication matters because it helps connect people to services, ideas, decisions and each other. It helps build trust, strengthen relationships and make good work visible.

Why this role? 

• This is an opportunity to join a team that covers a lot of ground and plays an important role in helping a complex organisation communicate clearly and well. It’s a role for someone who likes being useful, values quality, and takes pride in making sure the right things happen at the right time and to a high standard. 

• If you’re an experienced communications professional who thrives on variety, enjoys both thinking and doing, and wants to contribute to work that supports healthier communities, we’d love to hear from you. 

How to apply 

Please feel free to reach out to [email protected] to arrange a kōrero (chat) before you apply if that is what you need from this process and/or apply below.

Note: We will be screening applications as we receive them to ensure we move swiftly to interview shortly after the advert closes (depending on application numbers this date may change).

You may be asked to complete a pre-interview screen via phone. Please let us know in your application if we need to make any specific accommodations during our process.

To find out more about us visit www.pinnacle.co.nz

Closing date: 21 July 2026