- Casual, flexible hours; contract or retainer arrangements also considered
- Crisis and issues management clients
- Boutique, ethics-driven communications consultancy
- Sydney preferred, Melbourne or Brisbane considered; hybrid working
- Hourly rate, depending on experience

About us

Wilkinson Group is a boutique crisis communications and reputation management consultancy. We advise boards, executives, and organisations when the stakes are highest. Our work is underpinned by our ethical Code of Conduct and five behaviours: excellence, creativity, nimbleness, robust and honest relationships, and lifelong learning.

How the role works

Crisis work requires a flexible personality. Workload follows our clients’ needs: some weeks are intense and on short notice. The role will occasionally require you to respond to clients outside business hours, including evenings and weekends, and all time worked is paid. The position suits an experienced practitioner who wants flexibility and can step up quickly when a matter breaks.

The role

You will work alongside Managing Director Peter Wilkinson on major client accounts, with a focus on crisis and issues management. You will:

- Provide strategic counsel and reliable, on-time delivery on live crisis and issues matters
- Lead media relations, including shaping stories, pitching journalists, and writing media releases, statements, and Q&As;
- Engage government, regulators, and community stakeholders on clients’ behalf




- Develop and run communications campaigns across traditional and digital channels
- Use AI tools to work faster, while applying your own judgement
- Track the news cycle closely and identify emerging issues before they reach our clients

About you

- At least five years’ Australian agency or in-house experience in corporate affairs, media relations, or issues management
- Strong, current relationships with journalists and a record of securing quality coverage
- Calm under pressure, and able to write quickly and well on deadline
- Highly organised and detail-oriented, with sound judgement on legal and reputational risk
- Responsive and reliable when clients need you
- Genuine interest in current affairs, sustainability, and social impact

What you will gain

- Senior crisis and issues work for significant clients
- Close relationship with Peter and the team
- Flexibility, and broad exposure across a small, ethics-driven business

How we will measure success

- Strong, lasting client relationships and high client satisfaction
- Campaigns delivered on time and within scope, with quality media coverage
- Effective engagement with government and community stakeholders To apply

Send your CV and a short note about how you fit the role to [email protected]. Please indicate whether you are seeking casual employment or a contract or retainer arrangement.

📌 Senior Consultant – Corporate Affairs/Crisis Communcations/Public Relations (Sydney)
🏢 Wilkinson Group
📍 Sydney