The Head of Regional Corporate Affairs:  

• Leads the development, implementation and evolution of Corporate Affairs strategy for regional & remote, including stakeholder engagement strategy.

• Coordinates and reports on delivery of CA regional & remote programs and other activity, aligned to that strategy  

• Leads CARL regional & remote inputs into Corporate Affairs policy priorities  

• Leads coordination of advocacy strategies on regional & remote-related CA priorities  

• Leads Corporate Affairs engagement, including policy advocacy, with key regional & remote stakeholders to bring in their insights and support advocacy, including:  

• Developing and implementing a regional stakeholder engagement strategy ensuring we receive deep and broad insights into regional and remote community risks and opportunities. This will be aligned to Corporate Affairs’ broader stakeholder engagement framework.   

• Proactive engagement with a small number of key national and critical State/Territory regional-related organisations  

• Representing Telstra in priority regional forums, roundtables, conferences, other events  

• Advocating on key outcomes to support the CA strategy, and engaging with regional stakeholders on key projects (e.g. technology migrations)  

• Leading sentiment assessment and tracking of stakeholders   

• Leads CARL inputs to significant cross-company programs (e.g. technology migrations)   

• Ensures that insights into regional & remote priorities, risks and opportunities are identified, understood and embedded in key cross-company forums and decisions  

• Acts as the Corporate Affairs Business Engagement Lead for Telstra Business